Ohio Wesleyan 101 1/2, Wilmington 99 1/2

Dec. 8, 2007

Sophomore Usman Javaid (Lahore, Pakistan/Aitchison) won 2 events and the Bishop 200-meter freestyle relay team of sophomore David Gatz (Delaware/Hayes), sophomore Christopher Potterton (Needham, Mass.), sophomore Andrew Sisson (Greensburg, Pa./Greater Latrobe) and sophomore Kevin Fahey (Delaware/Hayes) won the final event to lift Ohio Wesleyan over Wilmington in a non-conference dual meet on Saturday at Wilmington.
Complete results

With the Bishops trailing, 95 1/2-90 1/2, going into the final event, the Ohio Wesleyan 200-meter freestyle relay team won the event in a time of 1:48.19, edging the Quakers by a margin of just over 8/10 of a second to win the meet.

Javaid won the 200-meter IM and the 400-meter freestyle in respective times of 2:28.93 and 4:49.30.

Also winning events for Ohio Wesleyan were Fahey, who won the 800-meter freestyle in 9:22.05 and added a second in the 100-meter butterfly; sophomore Nathaniel Cook (Delaware/Hayes), who won the 100-meter breaststroke in 1:14.89 and finished third in the 200-meter freestyle; and senior Robert Naples (Hamden, Conn./Notre Dame), who won the 50-meter freestyle in :27.27.

Other standouts for the Bishops included Gatz, who finished second in the 800-meter freestyle and tied for second in the 100-meter backstroke; Potterton, who was second in the 400-meter freestyle and third in the 200-meter IM; sophomore Tony Wong (Cleveland/Cleveland Heights), who placed second in the 200-meter freestyle; and junior Todd Ufferman (Delaware/Hayes), who was second in the 100-meter freestyle.

The Bishop 200-meter medley relay team of Ufferman, Cook, Naples and Wong finished second.