CHICAGO, Ill. – The No. 10 Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving team wrapped up the two-day Division III Shootout on Saturday, hosted by the University of Chicago. Additionally, the Bears also competed at IU Indy against the Cougars and Northern Kentucky.
D3 Shootout
The Bears finished third with a score of 580. Chicago won with a 679 and Pomona-Pitzer took second with a 598.5.
Top Finishers
SWIMMING
- 400 Medley Relay
- 500 Freestyle
- Chan won the field with a time of 4:25.80, hitting an NCAA B cut and setting a new D3 Shootout record by more than four seconds
- The previous record of 4:29.96 was set at last year's competition.
- First-year Gavin Coggan finished 11th overall with a time of 4:33.92
- 100 Butterfly
- Junior Marco Minai finished in third with a time of 49.38
- Walker took 12th in 49.68, finishing second in the B final
- 200 Breaststroke
- Mixed 400 Free Relay
- Minai, first-year Robin Koehler, first-year Ayaan Olasewere and first-year Sarah Cohen finished fourth with a time of 3:17.82
- 200 Backstroke
- Chan finished third with a time of 1:50.87
- Raghunathan took 13th overall in 1:55.14
- 100 Freestyle
- Senior Ethan Feng claimed fourth with a time of 45.82
- Koehler finished 18th overall in 47.19
- 200 IM
- Minai finished second with a time of 1:51.53
- Scott took 12th overall in 1:53.44
- 200 Freestyle Relay
- The team of Koehler, Feng, Walker, Raghunathan finished sixth with a time of 1:24.34
DIVING
- 3-Meter
- First-year Ian Corey finished eighth with a score of 195.35
IU Indy
Top Finishers
SWIMMING
- 400 Medley Relay
- 1,000 Freestyle
- Senior Orluke Borjigin took third with a time of 9:40.88
- Senior Matthew Giardinelli finished fourth in 9:48.46
- 200 Freestyle
- 100 Backstroke
- 100 Breaststroke
- Schrepfer finished second with a time of 57.55
- Thurk placed third in 58.23
- Herzlinger took fourth in 58.33
- 200 Butterfly
- Nus claimed the top spot with a time of 1:51.39
- 50 Freestyle
- First-year Jackson Heether took second with a time of 21.05
- Tulchinsky finished fifth in 21.25
- 100 Freestyle
- Thurk finished third with a time of 46.65
- 200 Backstroke
- Zhu finished third in 1:53.84
- Frank took fifth with a time of 1:55.38
- 200 Breaststroke
- Schrepfer finished third with a time of 2:08.57
- Herzlinger took fourth in 2:09.85
- Nus finished fifth in 2:11.27
- 500 Freestyle
- Borjigin took third with a time of 4:39.47
- 100 Butterfly
- Zhu claimed fourth with a time of 51.46
- 200 IM
- First-year Hunter Hua took second place with a time of 1:55.18
- Nus finished third in 1:56.15
- Schrepfer took fourth in 1:57.41
- 400 Freestyle Relay
- Borjigin, Giardinelli, Tulchinsky and Heether won the field with a time of 3:07.53
- Parseghian, sophomore Thomas Bergin, first-year Alex Nguyen, and junior Tommy Moul finished fifth in 3:14.98
The Bears head back to Chicago Friday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 23 for the Phoenix Invitational, hosted by the University of Chicago.
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