Ashley Yearwood and her Denison Women's Swimming & Diving teammates dropped a very close 161-139 decision to NCAA Division I foe, Ohio University at the Trumbull Aquatics Center.
Denison captured seven event titles and posted eight runner-up performances.
The quartet of Carolyn Kane, Marissa Bednarek, Yearwood and Mary Van Leuven paced Denison with four top-3 finishes apiece. The foursome opened the event with a victory in the Women’s 200 Medley Relay after touching the wall in 1:44.88.
Kane, Yearwood and Van Leuven became multiple winners in the final event of the Meet, the Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay, when they teamed up with senior Kate Wright to record a time of 1:34.54. Their winning time was over a second and a half faster than the second-place performance.
Yearwood, Carolyn Kane and Van Leuven each had a second and third-place showing on the night. Yearwood was runner up in the Women’s 100 Backstroke after clocking in at 58.19, Yearwood would finish 3rd in the Women’s 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:10.27.
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