Ovaskainen earns his fourth NEC Rookie of the Week honors after producing impressive results at the Harold Anderson Invite helping Wagner to second place among five teams. The rookie swam a 47.48 leg in the 400-yard medley relay helping the squad to gold touching the wall in 3:18.15 followed by a second place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay clocking 1:24.18 and a 21.08 leg. Ovaskainen set a pool record in the 200-yard individual medley posting 1:49.71 as the top NEC time as well as a CSCAA B-cut qualifier. In the 800-yard freestyle relay, Wagner placed first swimming 6:48.06 and the Lahti, Finland native recorded a 1:40.69 leg. Ovaskainen logged another pool record, swimming a gold time of 48.66 in the 100-yard butterfly holding the top time in the conference and concluded his meet performance swimming a silver finish of 45.99 in the 100-yard freestyle ranking third in the NEC.