The Wabash swimming and diving team traveled to Charleston, Illinois on Saturday to face the NCAA Division I program from Eastern Illinois University. The Little Giants scored 11 top-three finishes in the 187-78 loss to the host Panthers.
 
Wesley Slaughter captured one of two individual victories for Wabash by winning the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.94. He placed second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.17. Jan Dziedek added a first-place finish in the 100 butterfly with a winning time of 52.85. The senior scored a second-place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:02.37 as well as a third-place effort in the 100 individual medley (56.69).
 
Justin Dusza scored a pair of second-place finishes in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events. He completed the 100 in 54.09 before taking second in the 200 with a time of 2:00.55. Freshman Connor Baker picked up second place in the 200 freestyle by finishing in 1:48.72. Jacob Penrose finished the 500 freestyle in 5:19.10 to place third overall.
 
The Wabash quartet of Chaz Rhodes, Slaughter, Dziadek, and Brandon Edwards combined to finish second in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:36.82. The Little Giants finished the meet with a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay. Slaugher, Gavin Hill, Edwards, and Caleb McCarty completed the race in 1:29.08.
 
"Today was a great day for us to get on the road and see how our team reacted," Wabash head coach Will Bernhardt said. "After not having an away meet for a year, it challenged us to be at our best.
 
"I'm happy with how we swam today. Most of our guys had faster times this week on the road than we had last week at home. That's really hard to do and I'm proud of our men for battling a tough NCAA DI opponent at their place. We got better today and this will see each us well in the coming weeks as we prepare to compete against Rose-Hulman and DePauw."
 
The Little Giants are scheduled to compete on Saturday, February 20 at Rose-Hulman beginning at 4:30 p.m.