INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Wabash College swimming and diving team wrapped up its dual-meet schedule for the 2025–26 season with a 232–128 loss to IU Indianapolis on Saturday at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.
The Little Giants produced several top scoring performances against the Division I Jaguars, highlighted by strong breaststroke swims and multiple first-place scoring efforts in exhibition events.
Freshman Lew Sams delivered one of Wabash's top swims of the meet in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing third overall and scoring first-place points with a time of 2:06.84. Senior Morgan Govekar followed in the same event, placing fourth overall and earning second-place points after touching the wall in 2:23.74.
Junior Nicholas Plumb led a sweep of scoring positions in the 50-yard backstroke. Plumb finished third overall to score first-place points with a time of 24.92. Freshman Owen Thomas placed fourth to collect second-place points in 26.67, while junior Nicholas Sommers rounded out the scoring with a fifth-place finish in 28.78 to earn third-place points.
Sophomore Ryan West added another first-place scoring effort for Wabash in the 100-yard individual medley. West finished fourth overall but scored first-place points with a time of 53.06. Freshman Abbas Hakim followed in fifth place, earning second-place points in 58.59.
Wabash also earned first-place points in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The quartet of Hakim, Quinn Sweeney, West, and William Renie finished fifth overall with a time of 1:28.90 while topping the scoring among eligible competitors.
In individual races, sophomore Mason Gilliam turned in a third-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle, clocking 9:43.42. Senior Aidan Mason added a second-place showing in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 26.31.
Sweeney placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:43.90, followed by senior John Allen, who finished fifth in 1:49.91. West contributed another fourth-place effort in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 50.70.
The Little Giants placed two swimmers in the 100-yard breaststroke, led by Hakim's fourth-place finish in 1:02.07. Sophomore Cooper Kowalski followed closely with a fifth-place swim at 1:02.20.
Plumb added a fourth-place result in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:55.86, while freshman Andres Tejada placed fifth in 2:01.53. Renie finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle in 22.76, and Mason added a fifth-place effort in 24.94. Allen later collected a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 50.36.
Freshman Aidan Gubbins closed out the distance events for Wabash with a fifth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle at 5:01.55. Gilliam and freshman Carter Ramsey also added top-five finishes in the 100-yard butterfly, with Ramsey placing fourth in 55.82 and Gilliam finishing fifth in 56.48.
Wabash turns its attention to the annual North Coast Athletic Conference Championships, scheduled to take place February 11-4 at the Trumball Aquatics Center on the campus of Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
