ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving team opened the 2025-26 season with a win over Division 1 Saint Louis University, 172.00-103.00.
Top Finishers
- 1-Meter Diving
- First-year Ian Corey finished second with a score of 169.10
- 200 Medley Relay
- 1,000 Freestyle
- Chan won his first collegiate individual race with a time of 9:25.90
- First-year Alex Nguyen took second in 9:49.63
- 200 Freestyle
- Senior Ethan Feng won the field with a time of 1:43.17
- First-year Gavin Coggin took third in 1:45.17
- Senior Orluke Borjigin finished fourth in 1:45.32
- Senior Matthew Giardinelli took fifth in 1:45.44
- 100 Backstroke
- Zhu won with a time of 51.64
- Sophomore Nicholas Frank took fourth in 53.36
- 100 Breaststroke
- Scott finished second in 57.68
- First-year Kevin Raghunathan took fourth with a time of 58.95
- 200 Butterfly
- Walker won the race with a time of 1:56.22
- Coggan took fourth in 1:59.39
- Nus finished fifth in 1:59.40
- 50 Freestyle
- Heether won with a time of 21.42
- Graduate student Mikey Thurk finished third in 21.63
- Koehler took fifth in 21.76
- Sophomore Jacob Tulchinsky finished fifth in 21.78
- 100 Freestyle
- Thurk and Feng tied for first with a time of 47.50
- Koehler claimed third in 47.78
- Heether took fourth in 47.87
- 200 Backstroke
- Chan won the field in 1:52.04
- First-year Hunter Hua took fourth in 1:55.12
- 200 Breaststroke
- Scott finished second in 2:08.71
- Raghunathan took third in 2:09.26
- 500 Freestyle
- Chan won his third race of the day with a time of 4:39.19
- Coggan finished second in 4:51.07
- Borjigin took third in 4:52.89
- 100 Butterfly
- Walker won the field in 51.12
- Zhu took second with a time of 52.34
- Nus finished third in 52.40
- Junior Tommy Moul tied for fifth in 52.75
- 200 IM
- Feng claimed the top spot in 1:56.23
- Hua finished third in 1:57.32
- Raghunathan took fifth in 1:58.84
- 400 Freestyle Relay
- Heether, Thurk, Tulchinsky and senior Kai Taft finished second with a time of 3:09.90
- Coggan, Walker, Koehler and Fend finished third in 3:10.59
- Frank, Borjigin, Giardinelli and senior Henry Tavens took fourth in 3:14.11
The Bears return to action on Saturday, November 1 against Chicago at 1 p.m. in Millstone Pool.
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