Meadvile, PA - October 17, 2026 - The Hiram College men's and women's swim & dive team traveled to Meadville, PA Saturday afternoon for their first swim meet of the season. The Terriers fought hard but both the men's (116-94) and women's (97-53) swimming and diving fell in their respective meets on Saturday afternoon. 

Men's recap 

Joe Krosky and Noah Parrott both had outstanding days for the Terriers in their inaugural swim meet. Krosky notched his team's first win of the meet during the fourth event,  which was Men's 1000-Yard Freestyle, finishing with a time of 11:56.25. Kylen Blake notched a third place finish in 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 13:33.20. Parrott captured a top finish a couple of events later in the Men's 200-yard Freestyle at 2:06.59. Aiden Sisowath (3rd) and Elijah Gilman (4th) finished at 2:11.55 and 3:03.42, respectively. Parrott also won the 100-yard Freestyle later in the afternoon with a time of 1:00.93. Tanner Markley (2nd) and Tony Smith (3rd) also captured top three finishes. Markley finished with a time of 1:08.62, while Smith came in at 1:09.44. Krosky finished out the winning for his squad just a couple events later with a 5:39.94 time in the 500-yard Freestyle. Blake and Gilman finished 3rd and 4th respectively again. 

Women's recap 

On the women's side, Emmie Rausch captured one of the two women's top finishes with a time of 2:28.67 in the 200-yard freestyle early in the meet. Rausch also notched a second place finish in the 200-yard Individual Medley at 2:56.18. This marks the impressive start for the freshman from Willoughby, OH.  Stellaluna Madrigal also reached the top spot in a race of hers in the 100-yard backstroke with her time standing at 1:18.99. Madrigal also finished second prior to that in the 100-yard Butterfly with the time of 1:20.80, marking yet another impressive first career meet for another freshman Both Avery Clay and Izzy Francis registered top three finishes in multiple events, with Clay finishing second in both the 50-yard Freestyle (27.34) and  the 100-yard Freestyle (59.82). Francis would crack third place in the 50-yard Freestyle (34.15) and followed it up with another third place finish in the 100-yard Freestyle (1:11.89). 

The Terriers will return to action when they travel to Wittenberg University on next Saturday, October 24, with the meet starting at 1 p.m.