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Tanker 2-0 with Win at Transylvania

The Wabash College swimming and diving team won its second straight dual meet of the season with a 170-64 victory over Transylvania University on Friday evening.

The Little Giants took first place in ten of the 13 events.

Zach Sundstrom (Indianapolis, IN/North Central), Colin Fahey (Indianapolis, IN/Bishop Chatard), Brandon Peacock (Crawfordsville, IN/Crawfordsville), and Bernie Manker (Grand Rapids, MI/Northview) combined to win the first event of the meet, the 400-yard medley relay, with a time of 3:45.70.

Freshman Brad Williams (Columbus, IN/Columbus North) was one of two double winners for the Little Giants. He took first place in the 200 freestyle (1:50.59) and the 500 freestyle (5:08.72). Junior diver Nick Roersma (Grand Rapids, MI/Northview) won both of his events, scoring 239.02 points on the one-meter board and 240.15 points on the three-meter board.

Four other Little Giants won individual events. Brett Findley (Bargersville, IN/Franklin Community) won the 200 butterfly (2:04.20), Sundstrom was first in the 200 backstroke (2:02.42, Manker won the 100 freestyle (51.40), and Peacock took first place in the 50 freestyle (22.82).

Dean Fox (Aurora, IN/South Dearborn) joined Williams, Findley, and Peacock to finish first in the 400 freestyle relay with a winning time of 3:26.39.

Wabash will compete against ten other teams from four states in the 2001 Wabash Invitational Swimming and Diving Meet on Saturday, November 17 at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.