Wabash swept the top-three places in seven individual events at Saturday's double-dual swimming and diving meet at the Class of 1950 Natatorium to claim wins over Anderson University and Bethel University of Indiana. The Little Giants defeated Anderson 153-94 and scored a 154-95 victory over Bethel.
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Wabash opened the meet with a victory in the 400-yard medley relay.
Justin Dusza,
Daren Glore,
Anthony Mendez, and
Justin Wallar raced to the top spot with a combined time of 3:45.20. The quartet of
Ben Klimczak,
Justin To,
Tyler Richmond, and
Lucas Daniken place third overall by finishing in 3:49.74.
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The Little Giants started their streak of top-three placers in individual events with the 1,000-yard freestyle.
Caleb McCarty won the event by finishing in 10:46.78.
Nick Young placed second overall with a time of 10:53.35.
Adam El-Khalili touched the wall in 11:16.68 to place third. Mendez won the next event, the 200 freestyle, by finishing in 1:51.26.
Ryan Sacco took second place in 1:54.37 with
Jacob Penrose placing third with a time of 1:54.88.
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Dusza, Klimczak, and
Marc Nicholson placed first, second, and third in the 100-yard backstroke. Dusza won the race by finishing in 56.89. Klimczak touched the wall in 57.43 to place second. Nicholson scored a third-place finish with a time of 58.19.
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Ricky Damron won the 200-yard butterfly by finishing the race in 2:08.96. Richmond finished just behind in 2:09.07 to earn second place.
Kevin Sheridan finished the race in 2:12.73 to place third overall.
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Wesley Slaughter picked up a pair of wins in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle races. He won the 50 with a time of 20.92 before finishing the 100-yard race in 47.14. Klimczak finished the 50 freestyle in 23.64 to finish second overall. Daniken placed third in the 50 free with a time of 23.70. Wallar placed second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 49.51. Young added a third-place finish in the 100 free by touching the wall in 50.45.
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To raced to a win in the 100-yard breaststroke by touching in 1:03.21. Glore finished the race in 1:03.65 to earn a third-place finish.
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Wabash scored top-three finishes on the one-meter diving board, as well.
Tanner Carver won the event by scoring a total of 243.90 points.
Max Johnson finished second with a score of 133.45.
Merritt Lamm placed third with a total of 127.73 points.
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The Little Giants closed out the meet with a 1-2 finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Slaughter, Damron, Dusza, and Sheridan won the event with a combined time of 3:17.59. The foursome of Wallar, McCarty, Young, and Nicholson scored a second-place finish with a time of 3:18.52.
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Wabash will compete at DePauw University on Friday, November 1 at 7 p.m.
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