4th of 5 at Kenyon College Relays

Junior Ian Jarvis (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) helped Ohio Wesleyan post 3 of its top 4 finishes as the Bishops opened the season at the Kenyon College Relays, hosted by Kenyon College on Saturday in Gambier.

Kenyon won the meet with 112 points to 80 for Carnegie Mellon.  Ohio Northern was third with 54 points, followed by Ohio Wesleyan (52) and Wittenberg (22).

Jarvis teamed with freshman Kevin Zhou (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron), junior Aamir Motiwala (Karachi, Pakistan/Karachi Grammar School), and junior Owen Kennedy (Columbus/Bishop Hartley) to finish eighth in the 200 backstroke relay in 1:46.94; combined with freshman Chase Blackstone (Mansfield/Senior), senior Justin Petty (Cincinnati/West Clermont), and junior Ezra Ferguson (New Bremen) to place eighth in the 200 breaststroke relay in 1:56.34; and joined forces with Zhou, Kennedy, and Ferguson for an eighth-place finish in the 400 IM relay in 3:58.34.

Senior Eric Blessman (Royal Oak, Mich.), Motiwala, and freshman Dom Novak (Dublin/Coffman) recorded Ohio Wesleyan's other eighth-place finish, that coming in the 3x500 relay in 16:38.99.

The Bishop 200 butterfly relay team of Zhou, Jarvis, freshman Austin Wyner (Dublin/Jerome) finished 11th in 1:40.42, while the 500 crescendo relay team of Petty, Kennedy, Ferguson, and Wyner placed 12th in 4:32.25.

The 200 freestyle relay team of Wyner, sophomore Brian Moskus (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron), Kennedy, and Petty closed out the meet with a 14th-place showing in 1:32.00, and the 200 medley relay team of Kennedy, Ferguson, Wyner, and Petty placed 15th in 1:44.14.

Final Results