A final all-conference performance helped Wabash finish third out of nine teams at the 2024 North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. The four-day meet held at the Trumbull Aquatics Center on the Denison University campus concluded Saturday evening.
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Wabash finished with a total of 1,218.5 points, edging out the College of Wooster in fourth place with 1,1,65.5 points. Kenyon won the men's team title with 1,889 points. Denison finished in second place with 1,845 points.
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Nicholas Plumb picked up All-NCAC honors with a third-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke. The first-year posted a career-best time of 1:50.65 to touch the wall in third place. Nick Sommers also competed with Plumb in the "A" final of the 200 backstroke, finishing in seventh place with a time of 1:55.71. He earned a spot in the finals with a career-best prelim lime of 1:53.66.
Morgan Govekar scored a 13th-place finish in the "B" final with a time of 2:04.70.
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Connor Craig competed in the "A" final of the 100-yard individual medley, placing sixth overall with a career-best effort of 53.35.
Eddie DaMata swam in the "B" final of the 100 IM, finishing 13
th in 56.07 after setting a personal-best time of 55.89 in the prelims.
Brock Schall placed 18
th in the "B" final with a career-best time of 57.57.
Ethan Comeyne tied for 24
th place in the "C" final by finishing in 1:00.45. Comeyne set a personal best time of 59.54 in the morning session to earn a place in Saturday evening's finals.
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Ethan Johns added a ninth-place finish in the "A" final of the 100-yard freestyle by touching the wall in 46.29.
John Allen tied for 17
th place in the "B" final by posting a time of 47.96.
Daniel Streeter scored a 20
th-place finish in the "C" final of the 100 free after turning in a career-best time of 47.57.
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Xander Straw placed 10
th in the 1650 freestyle by finishing in 16:29.76. Will Renie added a 13
th-place finish with a career-best time of 17:00.97.
Dane Market placed 15
th by posting a time of 17:04.13. Govekar added team points for the Little Giants with a 21
st-place finish with a personal-best time of 18:22.65.
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Quinn Sweeney placed 10
th in the "B" final of the 200-yard butterfly by posting a career-best time of 1:53.99. Comeyne finished in 22nd place in the "C" final with a time of 2:05.64. Renie finished in 23
rd place in the "C" final with a time of 2:06.18. He qualified for the finals with a career-best time of 2:03.92 in the morning prelims.
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Justice Wenz placed 11
th in the "B" final of the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing at 2:06.76. Market finished in 15
th place in the "B" final with a time of 2:09.90. DaMata scored a 17
th-place finish with a time of 2:12.80 after qualifying with a career-best time of 2:11.72.
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The Little Giants finished the meet with a sixth-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Johns, Allen, Sweeney, and Craig combined for a season-best time of 3:09.54.
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