LEBANON, Ill. – The No. 8 Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving team lost to Division II McKendree 157.00-123.00 on Saturday afternoon.
Top Finishers
Swimming
- 200 Medley Relay
- 1,000 Freestyle
- First-year Caleb Collins finished third with a time of 9:52.06
- Senior Matthew Giardinelli took fifth in 10:06.24
- 200 Freestyle
- Senior Ethan Feng won the field with a time of 1:42.33
- Sophomore Ben Scott took fourth in 1:43.61
- Senior Kai Taft claimed fifth in 1:45.62
- 100 Backstroke
- Zhu finished third in 51.90
- Sophomore Nicholas Frank finished fifth with a time of 54.07
- 100 Breaststroke
- First-year Kevin Raghunathan took second with a time of 57.54
- Schrepfer finished fourth in 58.87
- 200 Butterfly
- Minai finished second in 1:51.74
- First-year Parker Chan took third with a time of 1:51.77
- First-year Gavin Coggan took fourth in 1:54.25
- First-year Ethan Nus finished fifth in 1:55.26
- 50 Freestyle
- Graduate student Mikey Thurk won with a time of 21.38
- Sophomore Thomas Bergin finished third in 21.54
- Koehler took fourth in 21.68
- Heether finished fifth in 21.74
- 100 Freestyle
- Feng claimed third with a time of 46.52
- Thurk finished fourth in 46.57
- Minai took fifth in 46.95
- 200 Backstroke
- Zhu finished second in 1:55.34
- Junior Tommy Moul took fifth in 1:58.22
- 200 Breaststroke
- Raghunathan claimed the top spot with a time of 2:06.78
- Schrepfer finished second in 2:10.01
- Herzlinger took fifth in 2:12.97
- 500 Freestyle
- Coggan finished third in 4:44.16
- 100 Butterfly
- Nus took third in 51.42
- Zhu finished fourth in 51.82
- Walker took fifth in 51.87
- 200 IM
- Minai won the field with a time of 1:52.69
- Feng finished third in 1:55.20
- Nus took fifth in 1:57.50
- 200 Freestyle Relay
- Heether, Koehler, sophomore Jacob Tulchinsky and Thurk finished second with a time of 1:25.23
- Frank, senior Henry Tavens, Feng and Taft took third in 1:27.46
- Coggan, Raghunathan, senior Orluke Borjigin and Giardinelli finished fourth in 1:30.57
- Collins, Parseghian, Schrepfer and first-year Eli Wichman took fifth in 1:32.58
Diving
- 1-Meter
- First-year Ian Corey won with a score of 197.25
- 3-Meter
- Corey won the board with a 195.35
The Bears are home next weekend for a pair of meets, starting with a 5 p.m. faceoff on Friday, January 16 against Division II UMSL. On Saturday, January 17, WashU hosts Division II Quincy University at 1 p.m. for senior day.
