ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The No. 8 Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving team defeated Division II UMSL 124.00-72.00 on Friday evening at Millstone Pool.
 
Top Finishers
Swimming

• 200 Medley Relay
  • The team of first-year Parker Chan, first-year Kevin Raghunathan, senior Matthew Walker and first-year Robin Koehler won with a time of 1:33.22
  • Senior Andy Zhu, sophomore Ben Scott, first-year Ethan Nus and senior Ethan Feng took second in 1:35.16
     
• 1,000 Freestyle
  • First-year Gavin Coggan won the field in 9:50.15
  • Senior Orluke Borjigin took second in 9:51.43
     
• 200 Freestyle
  • Chan claimed first with a time of 1:42.57
  • Senior Henry Tavens took second in 1:44.87
  • Walker finished third in 1:45.56
  • Sophomore Jacob Tulchinsky took fifth in 1:46.62
     
• 50 Freestyle
  • Grad student Mikey Thurk won the field in 21.23
  • First-year Jackson Heether took third with a time of 21.02
  • Sophomore Thomas Bergin finished fifth in 22.05
     
• 200 IM
  • Junior Marco Minai won with a time of 1:52.74
  • Feng took second in 1:54.48
  • Scott finished third in 1:56.19
  • Raghunathan finished fourth in 1:57.24
     
• 100 Butterfly
  • Minai won his second race of the day with a time of 50.84
  • Walker took second in 51.70
  • Chan finished third in 52.09
  • Feng took fourth in 52.50
     
• 100 Freestyle
  • Heether claimed the top spot with a time of 47.79
  • Tulchinsky finished third in 48.22
  • Tavens took fifth in 48.75
     
• 100 Backstroke
  • Zhu won with a time of 52.82
  • First-year Aara Parseghian took second in 53.66
  • Sophomore Nicholas Frank finished third in 53.93
  • Junior Tommy Moul finished fifth in 54.34
     
• 500 Freestyle
  • Borjigin won the field in 4:45.32
  • Scott claimed second in 4:49.63
  • First-year Caleb Collins finished third in 4:50.57
  • Senior Matthew Giardinelli took fourth in 4:50.97
  • First-year Alex Nguyen finished fifth in 4:52.76
     
• 100 Breaststroke (all WashU times were counted as exhibitions and not in the point total)
  • Raghunathan was the top Bears' finished with a time of 58.06
  • Thurk finished in 58.90
  • Sophomore Brody Schrepfer finished in 59.29
  • Senior Kai Taft finished in 1:02.24
  • Senior William Little finished in 1:04.42
     
• 200 Free Relay (all WashU times were counted as exhibitions and not in the point total)
  • The team of Thurk, Heether, Tulchinsky and Bergin finished in 1:25.58
  • Borjigin, Taft, Minai and Tavens finished in 1:26.23
  • Schrepfer, Coggan, Giardinelli and first-year Eli Wichman finished in 1:31.29

 
The Bears are back at home tomorrow for a 1 p.m. meet against Division II Quincy. Prior to competition, they will honor their seniors.
 
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