Chicago, Ill. – The No. 14 Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving team is in fifth place with 385 points following the second day of the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships, hosted by the University of Chicago.
 
Senior Alex McCormick had the best finish of the day for the Bears, claiming third in the 200 IM with an NCAA B cut and 2023 qualifying time of 1:47.32. First-year Marco Minai finished second in the B Final and 10^th overall with an NCAA B cut of 1:50.58 while sophomore Ethan Feng finished 11^th overall and third in the B Final with an NCAA B cut time of 1:50.63.
 
Junior Jeffrey Forbes had the top finish for WashU in the 500 freestyle with a NCAA B cut time of 4:30.60 to take fourth. Sophomore Matt Giardinelli also made it onto the podium with a seventh-place finish with a time of 4:31.67.
 
The Bears team of senior Austin Bick, junior Justin Rockaway, junior Nathan Lin and junior Danny Sibley finished fourth in the 200 freestyle relay, racing to a time of 1:22.15. The group of senior Kyle Wolford, senior Mark Lipkin, sophomore Reece Bends and Feng took 12^th overall and fourth in the B Final with a time of 1:23.48.
 
Bick was the lone swimmer in the 50 freestyle finishing 14^th overall with a time of 20.68.
 
WashU's team of McCormick, Lin, Bick and Sibley finished fifth in the 400 medley relay, swimming to an NCAA B cut and 2023 qualifying time of 3:15.77. The group of Wolford, Rockaway, sophomore Matthew Walker and Lipkin took 12^th overall with an NCAA B cut time of 3:18.75.
 
The Bears are back on Friday for day three of the UAA Championships with the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and 200 medley relay.