GENEVA, Ohio - In a two-day event, the Golden Grizzlies competed against a trio of A-10 conference opponents Duquesne, George Mason, and St. Bonaventure.

"The 3 session format over a 24 hour period was definitely a challenge. I would've liked to have swum a bit faster all the way around but considering our workload the past week I like where we are and I really liked the way the teams raced," Head Coach Pete Hovland said. 

Oakland had many top-five finishes over the three sessions. The women's 200 free relay team made up of Mia Keranen, Jordyn Shipps, Sydney McDowell, and Ronja Riihinen finished first with a time of 1:36.52. The men's team of Ryan Geheb, Christian Bart, Valance Washington, and Mack Flowers also won this event (1:23.44). 

The women's 400 medley relay team of Susan LaGrand, Taylor Bailey, Shipps, and Keranen finished first in an impressive 3:48.24. Marko Khotynetskyi, Gehab, Flowers, Rudy Aguilar won for the men in 3:23.06. In the women's 200 medley relay, Oakland women finished first and second, while the men took first place. 

Aguilar swam to first place in the 500 free with a time of 4:36.19, followed by Khotynetskyi in second (4:37.39), and Jonas Cantrell in third (4:38.26). Flowers won the 100 butterfly (49.15), followed by Danylo Hrebelnyi in second (50.49) and Sebastian Aguirre in third (50.71).

LaGrand had an impressive weekend and won the 100 backstroke (55.61), 200 backstroke (2:01.28), and the 200 IM (2:03.58).

Andrew Bernsdorf won the 200 IM (1:53.97) followed by Hrebelnyi in second (1:55.63). Bernsdorf also won the 400 IM (4:06.46) while Christian Bart took first in the 100 free (45.48) and the 50 free (20.67). 

In the 1650 freestyle, Emily Aycock swam to a second-place finish of 17:36.04 while Ben Davis finished second for the men (16:38.74), followed by Philip DeJonge in third (16:49.9). 

Ellie Chalifoux won the 1-meter dive with a final score of 280.9 and finished second in the 3-meter dive (267.05). Scott Scrivano finished second in the 1-meter and 3-meter dive with 286.05 and 276.2, respectively. 

Oakland continues their season at GVSU on Nov. 5.