The Wabash 200 medley relay with Brad Williams (Columbus, IN/Columbus North), Colin Fahey (Indianapolis, IN/Bishop Chatard), Brandon Peacock (Crawfordsville, IN/Crawfordsville), and Bernie Manker (Grand Rapids, MI/Northview) won the opening event in 1:41.49. Junior tri-captain Nick Collins (Michigantown, IN/Clinton Central) was a triple individual victor winning the 200 free (1:49.69), 100 free (51.04), and 200 individual medley ( 2:03.74). Williams won both 100 backstroke (55.68) and 200 backstroke (2:03.21) events.
Fahey swam an excellent 200 breaststroke (2:16.76), and Peacock looked strong touching first in the 50 freestyle (22.30). Dennis Bowers (Seymour, IN/Seymour), who studied in Costa Rica during the fall semester, won the challenging 1000 freestyle (10:50.55).
Ben Hewitt (Greenwood, IN/Center Grove) came from behind to win the 100 breaststroke, just nipping Jon-Myckle Price (Logansport, IN/Logansport). The pair finished with times of 1:03.69 and 1:03.72. Price came back to win the 100 butterfly in 55.67. Brett Findley (Bargersville, IN/Franklin Community) continued his 200 butterfly domination winning in 2:02.10.
Steve Birrer (Indianapolis, IN/Brownsburg) swam a lifetime best 500 freestyle, winning in 5:09.47.
Williams, Bowers, Hewitt, and Findley captured the final 200 freestyle relay (1:32.11) in a close contest with the team of Price, Birrer, Ben Vidic and Manker, with Manker swimming a 21.90 anchor to close the gap to .3 second.
Freshman diver Aaron Stump (Valparaiso, IN/Valparaiso) produced his career best one-meter diving performance with 225.60 and scored 213.50 on the three-meter board.
Wabash will travel to Kalamazoo College next Saturday to take on the nationally-ranked Hornets in a dual meet.