Wabash finished the first day's events with 345 points, trailing Washington University (St. Louis) by 66 points. The Little Giants were 51 points of ahead of third-place DePauw.
Sophomore Brett Findley (Bargersville, IN/Franklin Community) helped Wabash with a first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly. Findley trimmed .72 seconds off his morning time in the preliminary race to touch in first place in 1:58.07.
Brandon Peacock (Crawfordsville, IN/Crawfordsville) took second place in the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.04. Second place finishes also went to freshman Colin Fahey (Indianapolis, IN/Bishop Chatard) in the 100 breaststroke (59.58), Brad Williams (Columbus, IN/Columbus North) in the 500 freestyle (4:48.93), and the 200 freestyle relay (1:28.70), 800 freestyle relay (7:20.24), and 400 medley relay teams (3:38.36).
The meet continues on Saturday with the prelims set for 9:30 a.m. and the finals scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.