Several new meet records set along with new Wabash pool and school records provided the Little Giants a 162-129 win over DePauw.

Wabash, ranked 17th in the initial CollegeSwimming.com rankings released earlier this week, picked up lifetime-best efforts in nearly every event Friday night in its win over seventh-ranked DePauw. The victory for the Little Giants was the first against their arch-rivals since 2006.

"We've been looking at DePauw as a bench mark for a year," Wabash head coach Brent Noble said. "They've done some great things. We've known that, but we also know that we're plenty capable ourselves. We've been viewing this meet as a chance to show that we've made good progress, and we're ready for big accomplishments of our own.
 
"The guys got fired up the way Wabash men can, were confident about what they could do, and everyone stepped up. There's no way I could single out individuals, because there were just so many incredible performances. This was a very big night for us."
 
Jack Belford set new Wabash and Class of 1950 Natatorium records with his victory in the 1000-yard freestyle. He finished in 9:43.34 to break the old school mark of 9:51.07 set by Elijah Sanders in 2008. Baris Ilhan from the University of Indianapolis held the old pool record with a time of 9:43.91. Joel Paquin added a fourth-place finish for Wabash with a time of 10:00.27. Arturo Granados finished fifth at 10:09.72.

Wabash opened the meet with a victory in the 400-yard medley relay. Jake Childress, Zechariah Banks, Carter Adams, and Elliot Johns combined for a new pool record time of 3:27.63. The old mark stood at 3:29.99 set by the University of Indianapolis last year. Aaron Troyer, Steve Batchelder, Clayton Highum, and Chris McGue added a third-place finish in the opening relay by finishing in 3:34.05.

Johns won the 200-yard freestyle, finishing 1/100th off the dual meet record by touching the wall in 1:43.66. Dakota Rhodes finished fourth with a time of 1:46.89, while Wyatt Tarter took fifth place at 1:47.52. Childress, Josh McCabe, and Troyer posted top-four finishes in the 100-yard backstroke. Childress won the event with a meet-record time of 52.64. McCabe took third place (53.69), while Troyer finished fourth (54.14). Childress scored another win in the 200 backstroke, touching the wall in 1:57.45. Troyer captured second place (1:59.52), while McCabe grabbed third place (2:03.37) for a 1-2-3 sweep for Wabash.

Banks, Josh Bleisch, and Batchelder controlled the 100-yard breaststroke. Banks won the event with a meet-record effort of 57.89. Bleisch took second place (58.55), with Batchelder close behind in fourth place (1:00.95). Banks picked up another victory in the 200 breaststroke with a winning time of 2:06.93 to set a new meet record. Bleisch finished second (2:09.46) with Batchelder snaring third place (2:14.61). Adams scored a victory in the 200-yard butterfly, touching the wall in 1:54.47. Belford finished second in the event (1:58.56), while Clayton Highum took fourth place (2:02.16). McGue was the top finisher for Wabash in the 50 free with a fourth-place finish (21.91). Matt Schramm took sixth place (23.09).

Adams snared the final individual victory for the Little Giants, winning the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:58.07. Banks finished second posting a time of 1:59.44.

Belford added a second-place finish in the 500 free (4:43.14) with Granados picking up fourth place (4:55.00). Johns took second place in the 100-yard freestyle (47.02). Tarter captured fifth place (49.21).Adams took second in the 100-yard butterfly (51.65) with Highum adding a fifth-place finish (54.76).

John Lang and Anthony Repay scored key diving points for the Little Giants. Lang finished second on the one-meter board with a total of 149.70 points, with Repay taking third place (64.25). Lang added another second-place effort on the three-meter board with a score of 127.05 points.

Wabash closed out the meet with a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The quartet of Johns, Belford, Troyer, and McGue finished in 1:26.72.

The Little Giants return to action Saturday, November 8 at Rose-Hulman in a double-dual meet versus the Fighting Engineers and Manchester University. Competition begins at 1 p.m.