Wabash opened the new year with a dominant road victory over Illinois Wesleyan University. The Little Giants scored seven first-place finishes on the way to a 142-78 win over the host Titans.
 
Wabash opened the evening with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley. Marc Nicholson, Eddie DaMata, Nicolas Hakimian, and John Allen combined to post a top time of 1:41.57. The Wabash quartet of Keane Albright, Dane Market, Xander Straw, and Jack Pendleton took third place in the relay with a time of 1:46.10.
 
Caleb McCarty won the 200-yard freestyle, completing the race in 1:52.79. Straw finished in second place with a time of 1;52.79. Ethan Johns won the 100-yard freestyle by finishing in 49.57. Connor Craig placed third with a time of 50.32.
 
Eli Arnold captured second place for Wabash in the 1,000-yard freestyle by finishing in 10:43.00. Adam El-Khalili swam to third place with a time of 11:06.99.
 
McCarty, Allen, Craig, and Johns turned in a winning time of 1:29.93 in the 200-yard freestyle relay to close the meet. Pendleton, Penrose, El-Khalili, and Albright combined for third place by finishing in 1:38.44.
 
William Morris scored a pair of wins in the diving events. He won the one-meter competition with 211.30 points. Justin To placed second on the one-meter board with 159.45 points. Morris finished with 205.50 points on the three-meter board for his second individual victory in the dual meet.
 
Johns placed second in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 22.49. Nicholson completed the race in 23.22 to place third overall. Craig added a second-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:12.66. DaMata placed third overall with a time of 2:13.73. Nicholson also scored a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke by finishing in 56.66. Ethan Comeyne finished in 102.35 to place third in the 100 back.
 
Hakimian earned a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly by completing the race in 59.52. Jacob Penrose placed third with a time of 1:00.50. Justice Wenz added a second-place finish in the 500-freestyle with a time of 5:17.06. Arnold completed the 500 free in 5:18.02 to finish in second place.
 
Wabash returns to action Saturday afternoon with its home finale against Bethel University at 1 p.m.