Detroit, Mich. - The University of Findlay swimming teams were back in action Friday, Nov. 6, beginning the first day of competition in a tri-meet against Wayne State and Northern Michigan. Findlay's women are ranked No. 8 in the country while the men are ranked No. 10. 

Competition is fierce as each of the six teams competing are nationally ranked with Northern Michigan's women ranked T11 and their men ranked 17th in the country. Wayne State's women are ranked 17th and the men are ranked 11th.

Women's Results

• 200 Medley Relay- Findlay's A team won the event with a time of 1:43.84. The team consisted of Sofia Lesmes (Sr.), Helmi Käkelä (So.), Miriana Ippolito (Fr.), and Olivia Scheibelhoffer (Jr.). The B team, featuring Bella Bucio (Fr.), Elisa Solari (Fr.), Giannitsa Garcia Lopez (Fr.), and Anabelle Smith (Sr.), took third with a time of 1:43.84.
• 1650 Free- Michelle Jativa (So.) won with a time of 17:56.67. Carley Teger (Fr.) took fourth with a time of 18:19.76.
• 100 Back- Miriana Ippolito (Fr.) took second with a time of 57.45. Sofia Lesmes (Sr.) finished fourth with a time of 58.17.
• 50 Free- Olivia Scheibelhoffer (Jr.) took first with a time of 24.10. Josephina Giovanni (Fr.) finished runner-up with a time of 24.32, and Giannitsa Garcia Lopez (Fr.) took fourth with a time of 24.59.
• 100 Breast- Helmi Käkelä (So.) won the event with a time of 1:05.16. Elisa Solari (Fr.) finished second with a time of 1:06.20.
• 200 Free- Miriana Ippolito (Fr.) took second with a time of 1:58.04. Michelle Jativa (So.) finished third with a time of 1:58.40.
• 400 IM- Giannitsa Garcia Lopez (Fr.) took the crown in the event, clocking in at 4:39.35.
• 200 Free Relay- Findlay's B team won the race with a time of 1:38.57. The team was composed of Ava Shardo (So.), Helmi Käkelä (So.), Hannah Nagel (So.), and Anabelle Smith (Sr.). The A team, made up of Josephina Giovanni (Fr.), Olivia Scheibelhoffer (Jr.), Sofia Lesmes (Sr.), and Miriana Ippolito (Fr.), finished runner-up with a time of 1:38.92.

Men's Results

• 200 Medley Relay- Findlay's A team took second with a time of 1:30.75. The team included Ollie Davis-Tootill (Fr.), Arnaldo Guimaraes (Jr.), Wojciech Okon (Fr.), and Juan Blandon (So.). The B team of Jack Lund (Fr.), Stanislav Lohvynenko (So.), Peter Helmuth (Jr.), and Edu Trejos (Jr.) took third with a time of 1:34.10.
• 100 Back- Ollie Davis-Tootill (Fr.) took third with a time of 51.38.
• 50 Free- Juan Blandon (So.) won the race, clocking in at 20.47.
• 200 Fly- Chandler Burston (So.) took fourth with a time of 1:59.59.
• 100 Breast- Arnaldo Guimaraes (Jr.) finished third with a time of 57.43. Edu Trejos (Jr.) took fourth with a time of 58.64.
• 200 Free- Santiago Arteaga (Sr.) tied for third with a time of 1:44.28.
• 400 IM- Joey Swenton (Fr.) finished fourth with a time of 4:18.70.
• 200 Free Relay- Findlay's A team won the race with a time of 1:22.80. The relay team was Wojciech Okon (Fr.), Juan Blandon (So.), Arnaldo Guimaraes (Jr.), and Santiago Arteaga (Sr.). The B team of Ollie Davis-Tootill (Fr.), Jack Lund (Fr.), Luke Mignery (Fr.), and Nick Beratz (So.) finished fourth with a time of 1:26.59.

The event will wrap up tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 7.