Wabash opened the home portion of the 2005 swimming and diving season ranked seventh in the latest CollegeSwimming.com poll, facing the 10th-ranked Washington University of St. Louis Battling Bears at the Class of 1950 Natatorium. Saturday it was Washington University coming away with the 137-102 victory over the Little Giants.
The Hewitt brothers were the only two Wabash swimmers to touch first iin individual events n the dual meet. Sophomore Michael Hewitt (Greenwood, IN/Center Grove) took the top spot in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:03.71. Senior Ben Hewitt (Greenwood, IN/Center Grove) added a first place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing in 2:17.82.
The Little Giants took the top two spots in the final relay, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Michael Belanger (FR/Crawfordsville, IN/Crawfordsville), Chad Damitz (FR/Kokomo, IN/Kokomo), Kyle Weaver (SO/Portland, IN/Jay County), and Colin Fahey (SR/Indianapolis, IN/Bishop Chatard) won the event with a time of 3:18.24. The quartet of Zach Manker (JR/Grand Rapids, MI/Northview), Chris Bly (JR/Indianapolis, IN/Lawrence North), John Kasey (Evansville, IN/Reitz Memorial), and Barren Hewetson (FR/Beford, IN/Bedford-North Lawrence) took second with a time of 3:43.73.
Belanger added two second place finishes. He finished the 1650 free in 17:05.37, and touched second in the 500 free (4:59.38). Fahey was second in the 200 free (1:49.71) and the 100 free (49.14), as was Weaver in the 50 free with a time of 22.42.
Freshman Clayton Craig earned a second place finish on the one-meter board with a total score of 153.55, while teammate Howard Bailey (SR/Moss Point, MS/Moss Point) took second on the three-meter board (162.55).