OBERLIN, Ohio - The Malone University men's and women's swimming & diving teams concluded the Oberlin Early Invite on Saturday and both squads placed seventh overall. Case Western Reserve University won the team championship in both genders.
 
The Pioneer women had several intriguing performances, led by a sixth-place from Ann-Katherine Burns in the 200-yard breaststroke. The sophomore just missed her career best at 2:40.41. Freshman Katalina Guillan had two top-ten finishes, a seventh-place in the 1650-yard freestyle (19:40.76) and a ninth-place in the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.62). On the diving board, Allea Graves was seventh at 143.05 points.
 
Finishes just outside the top-ten for Malone included Ashtyn Rickel in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:02.56 (11th overall) and Danielle Ketler in the 200-yard backstroke at 2:29.01 (13th overall). The 200-yard medley relay team of Rickel, Burns, Lauryn Ebersole and Ketler swam a time of 1:55.99 en route to a seventh-place spot.
 
On the men's side, the team of Carter Anderson, Lincoln Rickleff, Carson Letchworth and Dylan Yoder secured a 14th-place finish at 1:47.93 in the 200-yard medley relay. The best individual finishes belonged to Letchworth (2:11.74) and Tillman Hawk (19:22.45) in the 200-yard backstroke and 1650-yard freestyle events. Both competitors were 15th.
 
The first duel meet of the year will be at home against The College of Wooster on October 31. Action begins at 1:00 P.M.