Friday night's dual swimming and diving meet between Wabash and DePauw came down to the final relay of the night. The Little Giants won the final event but could not come up with enough points to overtake the visiting Tigers, losing the meet 147.5 points to 143.5 points.
 
Wabash raced to first place in the final race of the evening, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Jan Dziadek, Kyle Louks, Zachary Colpaert, and Justin Wallar combined to win the event with a time of 3:11.96. The Little Giants scored 11 points with the victory, but DePauw added six points with a second- and third-place finish to hold on for the four-point victory.
 
Wabash won the opening event of the meet when the foursome of Ben Klimczak, Hunter Jones, Dziadek, and Wallar completed the 200 medley relay in 1:36.06. Justin Dusza, Daren Glore, Anthony Mendez, and Colpaert captured third place with a time of 1:39.73.
 
Wallar scored an individual victory in the 200 freestyle, winning with a time of 1:45.80. Kyle Louks scored second-place points by finishing in 1:46.16. Jones picked up a win in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 58.76 while Glore finished third in 1:01.83.
 
Wabash finished 1-2 in the 200-yard breaststroke with Jones winning the event with a time of 2:09.42. Glore placed second by finishing in 2:15.08. Jones also won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:00.52. Dziadek scored a victory in the 100 butterfly with a time of 52.02.
 
Aaron Embree scored two first-place finishes in the diving events. He won the three-meter competition with a total of 287.90 points. He scored a total of 293.15 point on the one-meter board to win that event, as well. Joshua Arambula picked up second place in the three-meter event with 116 points. He finished third in one-meter competition with 119 points.
 
Colpaert added a second-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 22.64. Louks completed the 100 freestyle in 48.95 to place third overall. Dziadek placed third in the 100 backstroke, completing the race in 53.62.

"Tonight was a hard-fought meet where we just fell short," Wabash head coach Will Bernhardt said. "I am proud of how they fought until the end of the meet and gave 100 percent all the way until the finish. We had some terrific swims for this point in this point of the season and being unrested. A few of our guys had lifetime best times and most had season best times. We are performing great every day in practice and our times showed that today. The men are laser focused on the process and this outcome will help us prepare for the conference championship in February.

"Meets like that are certainly nerve wrecking but at the same time they are fun to be a part of. With so many lead changes and momentum swings it really shows how well our men were prepared to take this meet to the end. They constantly searched within themselves and supported each other to take the meet to the last relay. We will learn from this meet and be better from it when it comes conference time."

Wabash returns to the pool Saturday afternoon, competing against Rose-Hulman in a dual meet in Terre Haute, Indiana.