Wabash traveled to the fourth-ranked Washington University-St. Louis swimming and diving team’s home pool Wednesday night, but came out on the short end of 122-82 score in dual meet action.
The Little Giants fell behind early when the Battling Bears took first and second place in the first three events. Elijah Sanders scored the first victory for Wabash with a win in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:21.49. Evan Rhinesmith added a third-place finish in the 400 IM, touching the wall in 4:29.50.
Craig Vetor took second in the 100 freestyle (49.01), with Jordan Blackwell finishing fourth (50.11). Eric Vaughn was second in the 200 backstroke (2:00.59) while teammate Nick Rockefeller finished in fourth place (2:05.64). Chad Woods added a third-place finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:59.71. Robert Fozkos grabbed fourth place, touching in 5:03.25.
Rhinesmith led a Wabash sweep in the 200 breaststroke, winning in 2:17.25. Paul Beuscher took second place (2:19.25), while Jordan Extine was third (2:28.97) and Jim Leuck was fourth (2:31.63). The Little Giants closed the meet by taking the top-three spots in the 400 free relay. Vaughn, Vetor, Fozkos, and Chris Kermin won with a time of 3:19.98. Steve Zajac and Adam Current joined Rockefeller and Extine to take second place (3:40.64). Brent Graham, William Cheng, Brian Graham, and Woods combined for a third-place finish (3:50.76).
Wabash returns to action Friday evening with a road meet at the University of Indianapolis.