Wabash scored its second dual-meet victory of the weekend Saturday with a 124-106 win at Albion College Saturday afternoon.
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The Little Giants captured seven victories in the win, led by a pair of wins by
Jack Belford.
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Belford took the top spot in the 400-yard individual medley, touching first in 4:21.55.
Steve Batchelder added a second-place finish (4:26.08) in the event, as well. Belford's second victory came in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing in 2:00.63.
Clayton Highum finished second in that event with a time of 2:212.60, while
Scottie Ogle took third (2:16.97).
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Wabash opened the meet with a victory in the 400 medley relay.
Jake Childress,
Josh Bleisch,
Carter Adams, and
Joel Paquin combined to finish in 3:38.92.
Dakota Rhodes, Batchelder, Highum, and
Leo Abdalla finished third in the relay with a time of 3:47.99.
Arturo Granados scored the first individual win for the Little Giants in the 1000 freestyle with his top time of 10:22.58.
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After Belford picked up his two wins,
Elliot Johns scored a victory in the 100 free with a time of 48.14.
Chris McGue took fourth place, finishing in 50.71, followed by
Wyatt Tarter in fifth (50.89). Paquin scored a win in the 500 free (4:53.75). Adams touched second in the distance event (5:07.41).
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Zechariah Banks won the 200 breaststoke with a time of 2:11.48. Bleisch finished second (2:15.69), with Batchelder finishing in fourth place (2:16.96).
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Johns grabbed second place in the 50 free (22.26), followed by Banks in third (22.97) and Bleisch in fifth (23.63). Childress was second in the 200 backstroke (2:01.18) along with
David Johnson in fifth (2:14.20).
John Lang finished second in both diving events, scoring 143.60 points on the three-meter board after tallying 147.95 points in one-meter competition.
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Adams took third place in the 200 freestyle (1:49.94) with Tarter adding a fourth-place finish (1:52.57) while McGue finished fifth (1:55.85).
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Wabash finished the meet with a second-place finish by Johns, Banks, Belford, and McGue in the 400 free relay (3:16.46). Childress, Tarter, Paquin, and Rhodes combined for a third-place finish (3:24.03).
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The Little Giants will turn their attention to the 2015 North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships to be held February 11-14 at Denison University. All-session tickets can be purchased online prior to the start of the event.
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