Coaches Matt Lenhart, Jessica Radtke, Andrea Kovacs and Lewis Fellinger had the feeling the John Carroll men's swimming & diving program was one on the rise.

Those feelings were validates at the 2010 Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships, where the Blue Streaks finished in a solid second place and the team brought home a handful of records and awards. Among those awards was co-Coaching Staff of the Year for the aforementioned John Carroll soothsayers.

Ohio Northern won its fifth consecutive team title with 325 points, followed by JCU with 187. Baldwin-Wallace (159), Mount Union (136) and Wilmington (58) rounded out the field. 

For all results, click here for the official site of the OAC Championships

The Blue Streaks won two titles Saturday night, and Alex Vereshchagin (Solon, OH, Solon) had a hand in both. Individually, he captured a second consecutive 200 Free title with a winning time of 46.74.

He then swam anchor on the champion 400 Free Relay. Eric Davis (Canfield, OH, Canfield), Drew Edson (Birmingham, MI, Brother Rice ) and Jimmy Ranallo (Willoughby, OH, Notre-Dame Cathedral Latin)teamed with Vereshchagin to win the race in a time of 3:09.97.

Ranallo and Davis had a pair of runner-up finishes this evening to earn All-OAC status. Ranallo claimed second in the grueling 1650 Free (16:41.01), while Davis posted a season best 1:59.70 to claim second in the 200 Fly.

Blake Pinchot (Solon, OH, Solon) earned All-OAC accolades for a third place swim in the 200 Back (2:00.32).