WILMORE, Ky.--- The Asbury men's and women's swimming teams combined for an overall team win on Saturday afternoon in Wilmore, Ky., over Transylvania University, to open their 2025-26 seasons. 

The AU women's team took a decisive 143-57 win over Transy, while the AU men's team battled from behind but slipped to the Pioneers, 99-89. Asbury took the overall matchup 232-156 against their NCAA Division III cross-town opponent, Transylvania. 

AU had three event sweeps on the day against Transy, taking first, second, and third place in those races. The Eagles won 16 out of the 24 events in their opener of the year. 

Another highlight included sophomore business administration major and NCAA All-American Ethan Bonow setting a new Asbury pool record in the men's 100 butterfly (49:30). 

Team Scores:

Women: Asbury 143, Transy 57

Men: Transy 99, Asbury 89

Combined: Asbury 232, Transy 156

Individual Results:

Women's A 200 Medley Relay (Leah Margraf, Chloe Anderson, Ruthie Ward, Mallory Taylor) 1^st Place

Women's B 200 Medley Relay (Jocelyn Schulte, El Jankoviak, Alanna May, Claire Hentrup) 2^nd Place

Men's A 200 Medley Relay (Owen Seymour, Avery Annas, Ethan Bonow, Braden Vincent) 1^st Place

Sarah Finlayson – Women's 1000 Freestyle, 1^st place (11:49.57)

Eva King – Women's 1000 Freestyle, 3^rd place (12:46.53)

Caden Eckenroth – Men's 1000 Freestyle, 1^st place (10:40.12)

Henry Coleman – Men's 1000 Freestyle, 2^nd place (11:15.61)

Colin Smith – Men's 1000 Freestyle, 3^rd place (11:30.62)

Mallory Taylor – Women's 200 Freestyle, 1^st place (2:02.25)

Morgan Stephenson – Women's 200 Freestyle, 3^rd place (2:05.82)

Braden Vincent – Men's 200 Freestyle, 1^st place (1:49.86)

Houston Porter – Men's 200 Freestyle, 3^rd place (1:57.32)

Claire Hentrup – Women's 50 Freestyle, 1^st place (25.51)

Leah Margraf – Women's 50 Freestyle, 3^rd place (26.57)

Joy Killingsworth – Women's 200 IM, 1^st place (2:26.65)

Alanna May – Women's 200 IM, 2^nd place (2:27.87)

Raegan Guilford – Women's 200 IM, 3^rd place (2:29.09)

Ruthie Ward – Women's 100 Butterfly, 1^st place (1:01.81)

Morgan Stephenson – Women's 100 Butterfly, 3^rd place (1:06.64)

Ethan Bonow – Men's 100 Butterfly, 1^st place (49.30, *New Pool Record)

Claire Hentrup – Women's 100 Freestyle, 1^st place (57.03)

Chloe Anderson – Women's 100 Freestyle, 2^nd place (57.61)

Ethan Bletzinger – Men's 100 Freestyle, 2^nd place (53.36)

Emme Johnson – Women's 100 Backstroke, 2^nd place (1:02.90)

Jocelyn Schulte – Women's 100 Backstroke, 3^rd place (1:05.65)

Owen Seymour – Men's 100 Backstroke, 2^nd place (57.38)

Hannah Maria Jones – Women's 500 Freestyle, 1^st place (5:40.54)

Sarah Finlayson – Women's 500 Freestyle, 2^nd place (5:51.13)

Caden Eckenroth – Men's 500 Freestyle, 1^st place (5:09.31)

Houston Porter – Men's 500 Freestyle, 2^nd place (5:21.75)

Henry Coleman – Men's 500 Freestyle, 3^rd place (5:22.82)

El Jankoviak – Women's 100 Breaststroke, 1^st place (1:14.85)

Joy Killingsworth – Women's 100 Breaststroke, 3^rd place (1:15.68)

Women's A 200 Freestyle Relay (Mallory Taylor, Sarah Finlayson, Raegan Guilford, Ruthie Ward) 1^st place

Men's A 200 Freestyle Relay (Ethan Bonow, Braden Vincent, Ethan Bletzinger, Owen Seymour), 1^st place

Women's A 200 Freestyle Relay (Ruthie Ward, Chloe Anderson, Leah Margraf, Claire Hentrup), 1^st place

"It's been a long season of training to get to this point, but it's so great to finally start to see some of the work we've been doing pay off. We had some great performances today, and I was genuinely surprised by how well we competed after the first six weeks of tough training. It's always great to welcome teams to the Luce Center, and it's even better when we can compete well and give all we have each and every event. I loved watching our team swim today, and I'm really heartened as we enter the next stretch of our season. We're back in action at the Luce Center next Friday at 5 PM against Campbellsville."
Graham Duncan | Asbury Swimming Head Coach

"I had so much fun! Everyone on the team is so encouraging and it was so much fun to go out and compete surrounded by so much joy."
Mallory Taylor | Freshman | Elementary Education and Youth Ministry | Lake Forest, Ca.

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