CHICAGO, Ill. – The No. 15 Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving team finished the first day of the D3 Shootout, hosted by the University of Chicago, with two NCAA B cuts. The Bears are in second with 306.5 points.
 
Top Finishers
Swimming

• 200 Medley Relay
  • Sophomore Aara Parseghian, first-year Tobin Howe, first-year Ethan Pak and junior Jacob Tulchinsky finished second with a time of 1:30.44
     
• 400 IM
  • Senior Marco Minai won the field, swimming to a time of 3:53.62
    • NCAA B cut
       
• 200 Freestyle
  • Sophomore Parker Chan finished third in 1:39.13
     
• 50 Freestyle
  • Tulchinsky took third with a time of 20.70
     
• Mixed 4x100 Medley Relay
  • Junior Ben Scott, Parseghian and junior Iris Qi and sophomore Eliana King from the women's team took fourth in 3:45.18
     
• 200 Butterfly
  • Minai finished second with a time of 1:46.19
    • NCAA B cut
       
• 100 Backstroke
  • Parseghian took third place with a time of 50.18
     
• 100 Breaststroke
  • Howe finished in third with a time of 55.95
     
• 800 Freestyle Relay
  • Minai, Chan, sophomore Gavin Coggan and Pak finished second with a time of 6:40.77
     

Diving

• 3-Meter
  • First-year Gage Wright finished sixth with a score of 405.65

 
The Bears wrap up competition at the D3 Shootout tomorrow. Additionally, the remainder of the team will host Sewanee tomorrow at 10 a.m.
 
Standings

1.	#3 Chicago	359
2.	#15 WashU	306.5
3.	#11 Pomona-Pitzer	288.5
4.	#12 Hope	270.5
5.	#21 RIT	251.5
6.	Trinity	238
7.	#23 SUNY Geneseo	226
8.	UW-Eau Claire	226
9.	RV Swarthmore	218
10.	Puget Sound	179

 
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