Ravens Win Six Events in Dual with Pilots

The Anderson University men's swimming and diving team won six events during Saturday's dual meet with Bethel University (Ind.) in Elkhart.

Bethel (3-3) topped the Ravens (1-1) in a 138-109 decision. The Pilots entered the meet ranked No. 10 in the latest National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) poll.

Matthew Hayward (Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran) claimed first place in 1-meter diving after establishing an 11-dive school record score of 477.00 points. The freshman from Fort Wayne put together an average of 43.36 points per dive.

Evan Kropf (Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran) captured first in the 100-yard freestyle with a personal-record time of 48.41 seconds. The junior from Fort Wayne locked up first in the 50 freestyle with a personal-record time of 21.86 seconds.

Noah Scheffer (Lambertville, Mich./Bedford) raced to first (53.21) in the 100 freestyle and second (22.07) in the 50 freestyle.

Bryce Holt (Osceola, Ind./Penn) claimed first (56.92) in the 100 backstroke. He also recorded a 200 backstroke time of 2:08.82.

Anderson took first in both of the relay events. Holt, Josh Ekberg (Mahomet, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour), Scheffer and Kropf clocked a time of 3 minutes, 39.16 seconds in the 400 medley relay. Kris Keller (Fishers, Ind./Northridge), Ekberg, Scheffer and Kropf turned in a time of 3:20.89 in the 400 freestyle relay.

The Ravens welcome Manchester University (0-2) on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Bennett Natatorium.