Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving to open 2017-18 campaign at Kenyon Relays

By Caleb Scott

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's and women's swimming and diving teams are set to open the 2017-18 season at the Kenyon Relay on Oct. 14 under 14th-year head coach Peggy Ewald.

For the fifth consecutive season, Northern will open its schedule at the Kenyon Relays.

The diving portion of the meet will be held at Denison.

In the month of November, ONU will compete in the Calvin (Mich.) Invitational on Nov. 3-4, and will travel to Wilmington on Nov. 10 and Wittenberg on Nov. 17.

The Polar Bears will open the home portion of the schedule on Nov. 11 in a dual meet with Ohio Athletic Conference-foe John Carroll.

Other home meets feature bouts with Mount Union on Jan. 13 and Oberlin on Jan. 20.

The Polar Bears will also compete in the 3-day Wooster Invitational from Nov. 30-Dec. 2.

Northern will travel to Kenyon on Jan. 12, before competing at Baldwin Wallace during the annual Golden Kickboard meet on Jan. 19 and will wrap its road schedule up on Jan. 27 at Case Western Reserve.

The OAC Championships are slated for Feb. 15-17 at the University of Akron and the NCAA III Championships will be on Mar. 21-24 in Indianapolis.