NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The Ouachita Baptist University men's swimming and diving team put the finishing touches on a perfect week with a 181-78 road win over Loyola-New Orleans. It was the highest point total for Ouachita in a duel meet since 2016.
"The team swam pretty good considering the long bus ride on Friday," said Ouachita Head Coach
Steven Bostick. "Loyola was a great host and with the pool being on the fifth floor of the building it was an exciting venue… We've got to do better on some of the details and figure out how to swim fast even after a tough week of practice. All in all, we're excited to be 2-0 and pick up the road wins. We're hoping for a big crowd next week for homecoming against top ten opponent Oklahoma Christian."
The Tigersharks earned wins in nine of 14 events, highlighted by five events with Ouachita representing at least the top three spots.
Ouachita's top performances include:
- 400-yard medley relay: Ouachita's team of Noah Smith, Angel Medina, Ian Redman, and Cristobal Pena opened the meet with a win, finishing at 3:34.06. Ouachita also had the second and third place teams in the event.
- 1,000-yard freestyle: Jeff McCoy took first at 10:17.26. Jacob Lewis came in second at 10:26.26.
- 200-yard freestyle: Ouachita had the top four finishers, led by Anthony Paculba at 1:47.53, followed closely by Angel Medina at 1:48.85.
- 100-yard backstroke: Chad Gscheilde took first at 56.39.
- 200-yard butterfly: Ouachita had the top six finishers, led by Elijah Christenson in first with a time of 1:55.69.
- 200-yard backstroke: Ouachita had the top three finishers, led by Anthony Paculba in first with a time of 1:56.85.
- 500-yard freestyle: Ouachita had the top three finishers, led by Tyler Andruss in first with a time of 4:50.85.
- 100-yard butterfly: Rafael Bustillo took the win with a time of 54.45.
- 200-yard freestyle relay: Ian Redman, Sam Ragsdell, Alex Schulze, Fernando Bustillo combined for the win with a time of 1:27.60.\
