The Starting Block

• Cleveland State concludes the regular season with its senior day meet versus Oakland.
• Both teams enter the final dual with 7-1 records and 5-0 marks at home.
• This is the fifth straight year these two teams have faced off in the final meet before the Horizon League Championship.

 
Thank You, Seniors

• The Vikings will honor nine seniors before the start of the meet.
• The women include Oksana Horova, Elle Speed, Ellie Mckibbin, Gracie Chelf, and Olivia Leonard.
• The men include Justin Schneider, Nate Steiner, Aidan Rush, and Tyler Schultze.

Last Time Out {Men's Edition}

• The Green and White swept the Cleveland City Classic on Saturday.
• The team defeated Baldwin Wallace 201-37 and John Carroll 163-72.
• Landon Harman led the way with multiple wins on the day: the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.82) and 500-yard freestyle (4:46.79).
• Paxton Martinez won 3-meter diving with a score of 272.70.

Last Time Out {Women's Edition}

• Cleveland State upended both teams at the Cleveland City Classic inside Busbey.
• The Green and White beat Baldwin Wallace 202-39 and John Carroll 185-49.
• Haley Palmer claimed multiple wins on the day: 50-yard freestyle (24.82) and 100-yard freestyle (54.46).
• Gracie Chelf took home two wins on the afternoon: the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.77) and the 100-yard backstroke (58.40).

About Oakland

• Oakland enters the finale with a 6-3 record on the men's side and a 4-5 mark on the women's.
• Nicholas Karel Subagyo and Kendra Venter were each named the Horizon League Swimmers of the Week.
• Subagyo won the 1650-yard freestyle and Venter claimed the 100-yard backstroke.

 
Series History

• Oakland leads 17-0 in the all-time meetings on both sides.
• Last year, the Grizzlies won 195-105 on the men's side and 163-137 for the women's.

 
Get to Know Coach Richardson
Richardson enters his second year with the Green and White and is the fifth head coach in program history. In year one, he guided both teams to third-place finishes at the Horizon League Championships.
 
Preseason Rankings

• Both the men's and women's teams were picked to finish third in the Horizon League preseason poll.
• Oakland was picked to win the championships on both sides.

 
Chelf Looking for Three

• Senior Gracie Chelf is seeking to win her third consecutive Horizon League Championship in the 50-yard freestyle.
• Last season, she set school record times in both prelims and finals. Prelims were 22.85 and 22.78 in finals.

 
Outside the Pool Success

• Both teams received Scholar All-America Team honors for the Fall 2025 semester.
• The women's team posted a combined GPA of 3.61, while the men's program registered a team GPA of 3.39.

 
Up Next
The Vikings will now prepare for the Horizon League Championships which run from February 18 through February 21 in Indianapolis.