NEW ORLEANS – The Loyola Wolf Pack men's and women's swim teams returned to The Den for their first in-person home swim meet since December 2019 on Saturday, hosting Ouachita Baptist in a head-to-head competition. 
 

After hosting that meet in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the programs to compete in virtual meets during the 2020-21 season, then damage to the University Sports Complex during Hurricane Ida caused the teams to relocate to other facilities around New Orleans until the USC's pool reopened in August. 
 

OBU won both matchups in Saturday's meet, claiming the women's head-to-head 170-87 over the Wolf Pack and a 181-78 win on the men's side. 
 

The Loyola men had numerous first-place finishers, but Harvey Quiddington led the group with three to his name. He started his day by winning the 100-yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:00.06, then he won the 200-yard Breaststroke after swimming a 2:08.77. He capped off his day with a 1:59.72 performance in the 200-yard IM, and all three times were personal records for the freshman. Tate Bladon, a freshman as well, grabbed a couple of first-place finishes in the 50-yard and 100-yard Freestyle races. He started with a 21.40 performance in the 50 then had a 47.26 effort allowed him to win the 100 event. 
 

Presses also took second place in the 100-yard Backstroke (56.68) and Charles Henderson also claimed a second-place finish in the 100-yard Butterfly (55.32). 
 

Mya Baker, Eve Thomas and Jenna Copes all picked up individual wins, too. Baker was the first to claim victory, winning the 1,000-yard Freestyle with a time of 11:08.52 before Thomas swam a 1:02.51 in the 100-yard Backstroke to take first. Shortly after, Copes snagged the top spot in the 100-yard Butterfly after recording a 59.23 time.  
 

The women's 400-yard Medley Relay team also won its race, as the team made up of Thomas, Copes, Reese Berry and Sophie Sierveld combined for a time of 4:11.21 to start the day strong for the Wolf Pack. 
 

Megan Stempkovski and Emily Cooper added second-place finishes for the women's team, as Stempkovski swam a 1:14.49 in the 100-yard Breaststroke and Cooper recorded a time of 2:22.71 in the 200-yard IM. 
 

Women's Results

400Y Medley Relay: 1, Loyola A (Thomas, Berry, Copes, Sierveld), 4:11.21; 5, Loyola B (Carr, Streeter, Balhoff, Cooper), 4:25.22.
1,000Y Freestyle: 1, Mya Baker, 11:08.52
200Y Freestyle: 4, Emily Cooper, 2:10.07; 5, Ella Balhoff, 2:13.63. 
100Y Backstroke: 1, Eve Thomas, 1:02.51; 3, Norah Carr, 1:06.49; 4, Hannah Richard, 1:10.88. 
100Y Breaststroke: 2, Megan Stempkovski, 1:14.49; 3, Zada Streeter, 1:14.51; 4, Reese Berry, 1:14.53; 6, Lauren Gill, 1:17.33. 
200Y Butterfly: 3, Jenna Copes, 2:15.96.  
50Y Freestyle: 4, Eve Thomas, 27.01; 5, Norah Carr, 27.63; 6, Natalie McLaughin, 28.31; 7, Lauren Gill, 28.68. 
100Y Freestyle: 3, Sophie Sierveld, 57.39; 4, Zada Streeter, 58.05. 
200Y Backstroke: 3, Emily Cooper, 2:19.89; 6, Hannah Richard, 2:32.73. 
200Y Breaststroke: 3, Reese Berry, 2:41.48; 5, Megan Stempkovski, 2:47.12. 
500Y Freestyle: 3, Mya Baker, 5:35.30. 
100Y Butterfly: 1, Jenna Copes, 59.23; 4, Ella Balhoff, 1:05.54; 6, Olivia Courville, 1:10.29. 
200Y IM: 2, Emily Cooper, 2:22.71; 3, Sophie Sierveld, 2:23.04.
200Y Freestyle Relay: 3, Loyola A (Copes, Streeter, Thomas, Sierveld), 1:43.03; 5, Loyola B (Stempkovski, Gill, Baker, McLaughlin), 1:52.43.

Men's Results

400Y Medley Relay: 4, Loyola A (Presses, Quiddington, Potter, Bladon), 3:38.62.
1,000Y Freestyle: 3, Cameron Hinton, 10:40.34; 4, Aiden Hinton, 10:46.02. 
200Y Freestyle: 6, Andrew Levine, 1:54.74; 7, Jackson Courville, 1:58.46. 
100Y Backstroke: 2, Nikolas Presses, 56.68; 6, Nick Jones, 58.05. 
100Y Breaststroke: 1, Harvey Quiddington, 1:00.06 (PR). 
200Y Butterfly: 7, Jackson Smith, 2:12.47. 
50Y Freestyle: 1, Tate Bladon, 21.40; 3, Aaron Ervin, 22.12; 4, Eric Potter, 22.43; T8, Nick Jones, 23.79; T8, Charles Henderson, 23.79. 
100Y Freestyle: 1, Tate Bladon, 47.26; 3, Aaron Ervin, 49.53; 6, Eric Potter, 49.91; 10, Andrew Levine, 57.18. 
200Y Backstroke: 4, Nikolas Presses, 2:03.05. 
200Y Breaststroke: 1, Harvey Quiddington, 2:08.77 (PR). 
500Y Freestyle: 4, Aiden Hinton, 5:10.00; 5, Cameron Hinton, 5:15.05; 6, Jackson Courville, 5:26.05. 
100Y Butterfly: 2, Charles Henderson, 55.32; 3, Jackson Smith, 55.72.
200Y IM: 1, Harvey Quiddington, 1:59.72 (PR).
200Y Freestyle Relay: 2, Loyola A (Potter, Bladon, Ervin, Jones), 1:28.41; 7, Loyola B (Levine, Henderson, Presses, Courville), 1:36.31. 
 

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