Men’s Swimming and Diving completes first undefeated regular season with 186–108 Senior Day victory over Mount Union

Men’s Swimming and Diving completes first undefeated regular season with 186–108 Senior Day victory over Mount Union
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January 31, 2026

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team finished off its first undefeated regular season in program history and celebrated Senior Day with a 186-108 victory over Mount Union on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (8-0 overall, 4-0 OAC); Mount Union (5-4 Overall, 3-1 OAC).
  • Venue: ONU Sports Center Natatorium — Ada, Ohio.

Meet Highlights

  • Senior Selby Wilt (Findlay) won four events on the day to pace the Polar Bears.
  • Individually, Wilt won the 50-yard free in :21:43 and the 100 free in :47.31.
  • He was also on ONU's winning 200 medley and 400 free relay teams.
  • Junior Nathan Herbert (Medina/Highland) won the 1000 free in 10:16.66 and the 100 breast in :58.34. 
  • Senior Nathan Clark (Cleves/Elder) won the 500 free in 4:53.83.
  • Sophomore Chase McCluskey (Pickerington/North) won the 200 free in 1:46.83.
  • Senior Long Huynh (Billings, Mt./West) won the 200 fly in 1:59.46.
  • Senior Max Etheridge (Ashley/Hayes) won the 1-meter diving with a score of 156.90.
  • Freshman Braedon McMillen (Westlake) won the 3-meter diving with 190.75 points. 
  • Senior Aiden Magoolaghan (Hinckley/Highland), Clark, McCluskey and Wilt won the 200 medley relay in 1:34.87.
  • The 400 free relay team of Wilt, freshman Kyler Jablonski (Lebanon/Dayton Christian), senior Isaac Reddy (Maryland Heights, Mo./Pattonville) and Clark won in 3:11.70.

Notables

  • The meet consisted of 16 events, including 12 individual races, two diving events and two relays.
  • The Polar Bears won 10 of the 12 individual events, both relays and swept the diving events.
  • Northern finished it's first undefeated season in program history.
  • Northern's 8-0 is the best in program history.
  • Austin Veltman is 44-20 in his seventh season as head coach of the Polar Bears.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action Feb. 18-21 at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at Akron's Ocasek Natatorium.