ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The No. 8 Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving team defeated Division II Quincy 160.00-99.00 on Saturday afternoon in front of a full house at Millstone Pool.
Prior to the meet, the Bears honored their seniors –
Orluke Borjigin,
Ethan Feng,
Matt Giardinelli,
William Little,
Kai Taft,
Henry Tavens,
Mikey Thurk,
Matthew Walker and
Andy Zhu.
Top Finishers
Swimming
- 200 Medley Relay
- 1,000 Freestyle
- Chan claimed the top spot with a time of 9:16.66
- Senior Matthew Giardinelli took fourth in 9:46.11
- First-year Caleb Collings finished fifth in 9:46.11
- 200 Freestyle
- 100 Backstroke
- Sophomore Nicholas Frank won with a time of 51.93
- Zhu took third in 52.25
- Parseghian claimed fourth in 53.01
- Sieckhaus finished fifth in 53.53
- 100 Breaststroke
- Sophomore Ben Scott won, posting a time of 57.37
- Schrepfer took second in 57.67
- Raghunathan finished fourth in 58.65
- 200 Butterfly
- Minai claimed his second race of the day, winning in 1:50.22
- First-year Ethan Nus took second in 1:54.90
- Junior Tommy Moul finished third in 1:55.45
- Senior Matthew Walker took fourth in 1:55.81
- Chan finished fifth in 1:57.78
- 50 Freestyle
- Thurk took third with a time of 21.34
- First-year Jackson Heether finished fifth in 21.56
- 100 Freestyle
- Feng took second place with a time of 46.79
- Thurk finished third in 46.94
- Tavens took fourth in 47.62
- Frank claimed fifth in 47.84
- 200 Backstroke
- Zhu finished third with a time of 1:53.93
- Chan took fourth in 1:55.59
- Moul finished fifth in 1:55.62
- 200 Breaststroke
- Scott claimed the top spot with a time of 2:03.91
- Schrepfer finished third in 2:08.83
- 500 Freestyle
- Collins won the field with a time of 4:39.26
- First-year Eli Wichman took second in 4:50.53
- First-year Hunter Hua finished fifth in 5:01.16
- 100 Butterfly
- Walker took the top spot with a time of 51.88
- Zhu finished second in 51.91
- Moul took third in 52.15
- Sophomore Lucas Caswell finished fifth in 52.53
- 400 IM
- Minai won his third race of the day with a time of 3:56.73
- Scott finished third in 4:02.64
- Nus took fifth in 4:13.44
- 200 Free Relay (Exhibitions – points not counted in total)
- The team of Feng, Heether, Bergin and Koehler finished in 1:24.93
- Tavens, Borjigin, Tulchinsky and Walker swam a time of 1:25.73
- Taft, Giardinelli, Nus and Scott finished in 1:28.84
- Collins, Wichman, Little and first-year Alex Nguyen swam a time of 1:32.35
The Bears have one final tune-up before the UAA Championships when they head to DePauw on Saturday, January 31 for a 1 p.m. meet.
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