The John Carroll University women's swimming and diving team hosted Ohio Northern University in their first Ohio Athletic Conference match-up of the year. The meet was scheduled for 16 events but was essentially over in two.

Using a pair of sweeps in the opening two races as fuel, the Blue Streaks ran away with a 223-73 victory Saturday at the William H. Johnson Natatorium.

Results

Ohio Northern won the regular season title in the OAC last year, but JCU proved they will be back in the hunt for the OAC title once again.

In the opening event of the meet, John Carroll came out strong. The "A" relay team of Carly Adams, Chloe Ruggiero, Anne Crowley and Shelbi Shearer placed first (1:52.52), and the "B" team of Margaret Zagrobelny, Jenna Latsko, Emily Yoos and Amanda Casamatta placed second (1:54.51).

In the 1000 Free, Madison Dolce (11:17.65), Alex Iosue (11:45.76) and Allison McGreer (11:59.57) took first, second and third respectively as John Carroll opened up a 31-5 lead an never looked back.

Yoos (1:55.32) and Samantha Needham (2:06.11) grabbed first and second in the 200 free to keep the momentum going.

In the following events, Adams (1:00.26) placed first and Zagrobelny (1:03.92) grabbed second in the 100 backstroke. Latsko (1:08.65) placed first in the 100 breaststroke.

Casamatta (25.58), Crowley (25.79) and Shearer (26.21) grabbed the top three honors in the 50 free to add triple the points to the board.

At the end of the first eight races, the Blue Streaks were leading the Polar Bears 100-31.

The Blue Streaks continued to dominate throughout the rest of the meet.

Ashley Creasap swept the diving on both the 1-meter (189.52) and 3-meter (205.50) boards.

In the 200 breaststroke, Latsko (2:28.56), Ruggiero (2:35.42) and Morrow (2:37.44) took the top three spots respectively. This marked the third event of the day that JCU took the top three places.

Dolce (5:27.00) grabbed her second first place finish of the day in the 500 free, followed by Crowley (1:00.66) and Kocheff (1:03.69) finishing first and second respectively in the 100 butterfly.

JCU finished strong in the final event of the day as all three 400 free relay teams earned points.

The women's team will travel to Alliance, Ohio on Saturday, Nov. 5th to take on the University of Mount Union.