CHICAGO, Ill. – UAA CHAMPION! First-year Parker Chan won the 1,650 freestyle on Saturday evening with a time of 15:24.33, hitting an NCAA B cut. He is the first WashU men's swimmer since 2019 to win multiple individual titles in the same year.
 
For his performance, Chan was named the 2026 UAA Rookie of the Year. He is the first UAA Rookie of the Years for the Bears since 2016 (Brandon Lum).
 
The No. 14 men finished fourth with a four-day total of 1,067 points.
 
Top Finishers

• 1,650 Freestyle
  • Chan won the field in 15:24.33
    • First person since Kevin Cleave in 2019 to win multiple individual titles in the same year for the Bears
  • Senior Orluke Borjigin finished second in the B final and 10^th overall with a time of 16:12.89
  • Senior Matt Giardinelli took third in the B final and 11^th overall in 16:12.16
  • First-year Alex Nguyen finished 15^th with a time of 16:26.11
     
• 200 Backstroke
  • Senior Andy Zhu finished fourth in the B final and 12^th overall with a time of 1:51.34
  • Sophomore Nicholas Frank finished 14^th in 1:51.78
     
• 200 Breaststroke
  • Sophomore Brody Schrepfer finished second in the B final and 10^th overall in 2:01.50
  • First-year Kevin Raghunathan took 12^th with a time of 2:02.16
  • Sophomore Gabriel Herzlinger finished 14^th in 2:02.84
     
• 100 Freestyle
  • First-year Jackson Heether finished 12^th with a time of 45.29
  • Senior Ethan Feng took 16^th in 45.43
     
• 200 Butterfly
  • Junior Marco Minai claimed third with a time of 1:46.97, hitting an NCAA B cut
  • Chan also reached the podium with an eighth-place finish in 1:52.94
  • First-year Gavin Coggan finished third in the B final and 11^th overall in 1:50.25
  • Senior Matthew Walker took 14^th in 1:51.58
     
• 400 Freestyle Relay
  • Heether, Feng, Minai and senior Kai Taft took fifth in 2:59.61, hitting an NCAA B cut
  • Grad student Mikey Thurk, senior Henry Tavens, first-year Robin Koehler and Walker claimed 12^th in 3:00.89

 
WashU has one final tune-up and chance to qualify for the NCAA Championships next Saturday, February 21 at McKendree's Bearcat Last Chance at 1:30 p.m.
 
Standings

1.	Emory	1,753.5
2.	NYU	1,626
3.	Chicago	1,399
4.	WashU	1,067
5.	Carnegie Mellon	1,048.5
6.	CWRU	784
7.	Rochester	520
8.	Brandeis	345

 
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