McCluskey wins twice as Men's Swimming and Diving sweeps tri-meet at Heidelberg in 2025-26 season opener

TIFFIN — The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team opened its 2025-26 season with victories over Heidelberg and Bethel (Ind.) in a tri-meet on Saturday.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (2-0 overall, 1-0 OAC); Heidelberg (0-3 Overall, 0-1 OAC), Bethel (Ind.) (1-2 Overall).
• Venue: Tiffin YMCA - Tiffin, Ohio.
• Ohio Northern defeated Heidelberg 171-20 and Bethel 127-81. Bethel also defeated Heidelberg 123-44.

Meet Highlights

• Sophomore Chase McCluskey (Pickerington/North) won the 200 fly in 2:02.97 and combined with senior Nathan Clark (Cleves/Elder), freshman Kyler Jablonski (Lebanon/Dayton Christian) and senior Selby Wilt (Findlay) to win the 200 free relay in 1:28.04.
• Junior Nathan Herbert (Medina/Highland) won the 200 free in 1:50.19.
• Freshman Liam Donovan (Dublin/Coffman) won the 200 I.M. in 2:03.50 and was second in the 200 fly in 2:04.43.
• Junior Long Huynh (Billings, Mt./West) won the 200 back in 2:07.96.
• Freshman Austin Peace (Eaton) won the 200 breast in 2;19.51 and was second in the 200 I.M. in 2:08.36.
• Senior Simon Bopple (Cleveland/Shaker Heights) was second in the 200 back in 2:11.72.
• Junior Grayson Morgan (Clyde) was second in the 200 breast in 2:20.43.
• Freshman Owen Weiss (Strongsville) was second in the 500 free in 5:23.02.

Notables

• The meet consisted of 13 events, including 11 individual races and two relays.
• Ohio Northern has won 12 OAC Championships titles since 2005.
• Austin Veltman is 38-20 in his seventh season as head coach of the Polar Bears.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Friday with a 6 pm dual meet at OAC foe Wilmington.