Results
Wabash captured a 159-120 win over Franklin College in its final home swim meet of the season Friday night. Little Giant fans honored senior swimmer
Adam Barnes and student manager
Bradley Wise as part of the event.
The Little Giants won eight individual events along with both relays.
Joel Paquin got Wabash off to a fast start by winning the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:09.11.
Arturo Granados took second place, finishing in 10:19.52. Granados came back to win the 500 free with a time of 4:56.13.
Jack Belford touched the wall first in the 200 freestyle at 1:45.62.
Chris McGue grabbed third place (1:49.62).
Josh Bleisch won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:01.20, just ahead of teammate
Steve Batchelder in second place (1:01.90). Batchelder scored his own victory in the 200-yard breaststroke, winning with a time of 2:15.13.
Carter Adams finished second (2:17.99), with
Ben Briggs scoring a third-place finish (2:22.84). Belford added a second-place effort int he 200 individual medley (2:03.57).
Adams took the top spot in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing in 1:59.53.
Clayton Highum's time of 2:02.18 was good for second place.
Elliot Johns won the 100-yard freestyle (47.85), with
Dylan Miller finishing third (50.51). Johns added a second-place finish in the 100 backstroke (54.37, with
Josh McCabe grabbing third place (56.91).
Aaron Troyer won the 200 backstroke (2:00.26) with
Jake Childress taking second place (2:01.74).
Zechariah Banks finished second in the 50-yard freestyle (22.71) while Troyer captured third place (23.02).
Clayton Highum finshed second in the 100 butterfly (53.61), just ahead of Banks in third place (54.91).
Wabash scored its first team points with a win in the 400-yard medley relay. Troyer, Bleisch, Highum, and Miller turned in a time of 3:41.11. Johns, Banks, Troyer, and McGue combined to win the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:27.44).
The Little Giants close out the dual meet portion of their season next Friday night at Illinois Wesleyan University.
