Hillsdale, Mich.- The University of Findlay swimming teams turned in a strong showing Saturday, Oct. 17 in a tri-meet inside Jack McAvoy Natatorium on the campus of Hillsdale College. The women's team secured victories over both Hillsdale and Davenport, defeating the Chargers 164-98 and the Panthers 204-58. The men's team also earned a win, topping Davenport 170-91.

Quote from Head Coach Diego Santos
I'm very proud of how the team performed today. Even though it is still early in the season, we continue making a lot of progress. Today, it wasn't perfect, but I believe we got more out of it this way. We know what we need to continue working towards. It was another great learning opportunity for us, and we will make sure we apply those lessons to the next few weeks of training. It was a great day to be an Oiler.

Women's Results

• 400 Medley Relay- Miriana Ippolito (Fr.), Helmi Käkelä (So.), Giannitsa Garcia Lopez (Fr.), and Josephina Giovanni (Fr.) teamed up for the event, winning with a time of 3:53.06.
• 400 Free Relay- Sofia Lesmes Montes (Sr.), Anabelle Smith (Sr.), Olivia Scheibelhoffer (Jr.), and Mariana Ippolito (Fr.) won the race with a time of 3:34. 77. Findlay's B team finished runnerup with a time of 3:39.94.
• 1000 Free- Michelle Jativa (So.) won with a time of 10:43.89. Carley Teger (Fr.), the reigning G-MAC Athlete of the Week, took third with a time of 10:53.79.
• 200 Fly- Giannitsa Garcia Lopez (Fr.) won the event with a time of 2:07.92. Alex DeCarlo (So.) took second with a time of 2:16.90.
• 50 Free- Olivia Scheibelhoffer (Jr.) took first with a time of 24.35. Josephina Giovanni finished runnerup with a time of 24.76.
• 200 Breast- Helmi Käkelä (So.) won the event with a time of 2:23.34.
• 500 Free- Michelle Jativa (So.) took the gold in the 500 free, clocking in at 5:12.83.
• 50 Fly- Olivia Scheibelhoffer (Jr.) won the race with a time of 26.24.
• 200 IM- Giannitsa Garcia Lopez (Fr.) took the crown in the event, clocking in at 2:13.27.

Men's Results

• 400 Medley Relay- Ollie Davis-Tootill (Fr.), Arnaldo Guimaraes (Jr.), Wojciech Okon (Fr.), and Juan Blandon (So.) teamed up for the event, winning with a time of 3:25.76.
• 400 Free Relay- The squad of Wojciech Okon (Fr.), Jack Lund (Fr.), Santiago Arteaga (Sr.), and Juan Blandon (So.) won the race, clocking in at 3:08.51. Findlay's B team took second with a time of 3:10.23.
• 200 Free- Nick Beratz (So.) won with a time of 1:43.07. Santiago Arteaga (Sr.) finished third with a time of 1:43.13.
• 50 Back- Jack Lund (Fr.) won the race with a time of 23.77. Ollie Davis-Tootill (Fr.) took second with a time of 24.02. Findlay also had the third and fourth place finishers in Stanislav Lohvynenko (So.) and Peter Helmuth (Jr.).
• 200 Fly- Juan Blandon (Sr.) took first with a time of 1:52.94.
• 50 Free- Wojciech Okon (Fr.) won the race, clocking in at 21.01. The Oilers also had the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth finishers in the event.
• 100 Free- Juan Blandon (Sr.) won with a time of 45.78 just shy of the NCAA B Standard by 0.55. Sebastian Washington (Sr.) finished right behind with a time of 47.42.
• 200 Breast- Arnaldo Guimaraes (Jr.) won the race with a time of 2:10.37.
• 50 Fly- Wojciech Okon (Fr.) won the event with a time of 22.05. Luke Mignery (Fr.) and Peter Helmuth (Jr.) finished second and third with times of 23.07 and 23.57.
• 200 IM- Nick Beratz (So.) won the race with a time of 1:56.04. Arnaldo Guimaraes (Jr.) finished just behind, taking runner-up honors, clocking in at 1:56.06.

The Oilers will be back in action Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7 as they travel to Detroit, Mich. for a tri-meet with Wayne State and Northern Michigan.