CHICAGO, Ill. – UAA CHAMPION! Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving first-year Parker Chan won his first-career UAA title on Thursday evening in the 500 freestyle, posting a time of 4:23.98. The time sets a new UAA record, previously set back in 2020.
 
The Bears are in fourth place with 432.5 points.
 
Top Finishers

• 200 Freestyle Relay
  • First-year Jackson Heether, first-year Robin Koehler, grad student Mikey Thurk and sophomore Jacob Tulchinsky took fifth with a time of 1:21.94
  • Sophomore Nicholas Frank, senior Matthew Walker, senior Henry Tavens and senior Ethan Feng finished 12^th overall in 1:22.70
     
• 500 Freestyle
  • Chan claimed the title in 4:23.98, setting a new UAA record
  • Senior Matt Giardinelli finished second in the B final and 10^th overall in 4:29.23, hitting an NCAA B cut
  • First-year Gavin Coggan finished 16^th overall in 4:35.47
     
• 200 IM
  • Junior Marco Minai took third with a time of 1:47.17, hitting an NCAA B cut
  • Feng finished second in the B final and 10^th overall in 1:49.50, an NCAA B cut
  • Sophomore Ben Scott took third in the B final and 11^th overall with a time of 1:50.59
     
• 50 Freestyle
  • Koehler finished 12^th overall with a time of 20.65
  • Heether took 13^th in 20.72
     
• 400 Medley Relay
  • Chan, sophomore Brody Schrepfer, Minai and Feng claimed fifth in 3:16.41, hitting an NCAA B cut
  • Senior Andy Zhu, Scott, Walker and Taft finished 13^th overall in 3:21.70
     

Action continues tomorrow with preliminaries at 10 a.m. and finals and 6 p.m. for the following events: 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 200 medley relay and 1-meter diving.
 
Standings

1.	Emory	626.5
2.	NYU	590
3.	Chicago	554.5
4.	WashU	432.5
5.	Carnegie Mellon	378
6.	CWRU	305.5
7.	Rochester	253
8.	Brandeis	198

 
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