CHICAGO, Ill. – The No. 15 Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving team beat No. 19 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (166.50-133.50) and fell to No. 3 Chicago (155.00-145.00) on Saturday afternoon in a tri-meet.
Top Finishers - Swimming
- 200 Medley Relay
- 1,000 Freestyle
- Chan won the field with a time of 9:10.40
- Sophomore Hunter Hua took third against both teams in 10:00.84
- Sophomore Eli Wichman finished fourth against both teams in 10:01.34
- 200 Freestyle
- Sophomore Gavin Coggan finished second against both teams in 1:40.15
- First-year Ethan Pak finished third against both teams with a time of 1:41.43
- 100 Backstroke
- Sophomore Aara Parseghian took first against CMS and second against Chicago, swimming a time of 50.05
- 100 Breaststroke
- Howe took second against both teams with a time of 56.20
- Junior Brody Schrepfer finished third against both teams in 56.89
- Junior Ben Scott took fourth against both teams in 57.34
- 200 Butterfly
- Senior Marco Minai finished first against CMS and second against Chicago in 1:48.05
- Coggan finished second against CMS and fourth against Chicago with a time of 1:51.48
- Chan took third against CMS and fifth against Chicago in 1:52.92
- 50 Freestyle
- Heether took first against CMS and second against Chicago in 20.75
- Junior Jacob Tulchinksy finished second against CMS and third against Chicago in 20.86
- Pak took third against CMS and fourth against Chicago with a time of 21.03
- 100 Freestyle
- Heether took second against both teams with a time of 45.87
- Tulchinsky finished third against CMS and fourth against Chicago in 46.28
- 200 Backstroke
- Minai won the field in 1:50.73
- Parseghian took second against Chicago and fourth against CMS in 1:52.88
- First-year Ben Hu finished third against Chicago and fifth against CMS in 1:52.98
- 200 Breaststroke
- Scott took second against both teams with a time of 2:05.73
- Junior Gabriel Herzlinger took third against Chicago and fourth against CMS in 2:08.28
- 500 Freestyle
- Coggan took third against Chicago and second to CMS in 4:36.12
- Chan finished second against Chicago and third against CMS with a time of 4:36.34
- 100 Butterfly
- Senior Tommy Moul finished second against CMS and third against Chicago in 50.86
- Schaefer took fourth against both teams in 51.27
- 400 IM
- Minai won with a time of 3:56.66
- Hu took second against both teams with a time of 4:01.92
- Scott finished fourth against both teams in 4:05.78
- 200 Freestyle Relay
- Heether, Tulchinsky, Pak and sophomore Robin Koehler took first over CMS and second against Chicago with a time of 1:22.07
Top Finishers - Diving
- 1-Meter
- First-year Gage Wright tied for first against CMS and took first against Chicago with a score of 275.60
- 3-Meter
- Wright finished second against both teams with a score of 257.00
The Bears are back at Chicago next Friday and Saturday for the D3 Shootout. Additionally, WashU hosts Sewanee on Saturday at 10 a.m.
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