Wabash scored 20 top-three finishes at Friday night's swimming and diving dual meet at DePauw. The host Tigers defeated the Little Giants by a score of 169-128.
 
Wesley Slaughter earned two individual first-place finishes in addition to swimming on a pair of winning relays. He recorded the fastest time in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing the race in 58.63. He won the 100 freestyle with a time of 46.92. He joined Justin Dusza, Jan Dziadek, and Isaac Temores to win the 200-yard medley in 1:36.79. Slaughter, Ricky Damron, Nick Young, and Caleb McCarty combined for a time of 3:12.30 in the 400-yard freestyle relay to win the final event of the evening. Dziadek, Ben Klimczak, Marc Nicholson, and Kevin Sheridan finished third in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:21.38.
 
Tanner Carver scored a pair of victories in the diving events. He won the one-meter competition with a score of 215.25. His score of 186.40 on the three-meter board was also enough to win that event. Max Johnson placed second on the one-meter board with a total of 130.05 points. Nick Goode earned a second-place finish in the one-meter competition with a score of 120.90. Johnson scored 120.05 points in the three-meter competition to place third overall.
 
Dusza and Klimczak captured second- and third-place, respectively, in the 100-yard backstroke. Dusza finished the race in 54.39 with Klimcak right behind in 55.56. Dusza also placed second in the 200 backstroke by finishing in 1:58.88. Klimcak place in third in that race as well with a time of 2:00.15.
 
Justin To and Daren Glore finished second and third in the 200-yard breaststroke. To touched the wall in 2:19.47. Glore turned in a time of 2:19.83. Dziadek finished the 100 butterfly in 53.21 to place second overall. He also scored a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.56.
 
Justin Wallar raced to third place in the 200-yard individual medley by finishing in 2:05.57. Anthony Mendez added a third-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly by finishing in 2:05.50.  
 
"Although the score doesn't reflect it, we performed great tonight," Wabash head coach Will Bernhardt said. "We had 62-percent of our swims register as season best or personal best. For a dual meet on the 1st of Nov., I will take that percentage any day. DePauw was just able to get their hand on the wall a few more times than us in the close races. That is the advantage of being the home team. We raced well and fought hard until the end. We will continue to improve and use this as a learning experience. We have a tough NCAA Division I opponent tomorrow in Ball State. These types of weekends are what prepares us for the conference championship in February.
 
"I was very pleased with our diving squad tonight. They earned some valuable team points and are developing nicely. I am so proud of them and what they have accomplished so far. I am eager to watch them grow and get better as our season progresses."
 
The Little Giants return to action Saturday afternoon when they travel to Muncie, Indiana, to compete against Ball State University at 2 p.m.