A record-setting performance by the Wabash 200-yard medley relay team and an All-Conference swim by Adam Current lifted the Little Giants two places in the team scoring after the second day of the 2010 North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships.
Eric Vaughn, Evan Rhinesmith, Current, and Robert Fozkos posted a Wabash record time of 1:33.63 in the finals of the 200 medley relay to take third place, earning the quartet All-NCAC honors. Their swim broke the old Little Giant record of 1:33.79 set at the 2005 NCAC championship meet by Tony Caldwell, Kyle Weaver, Colin Fahey, and Chad Damitz.
Current (left) took third place in the 100 butterfly, finishing with a time of 50.58 to also hit the NCAA "B" cut provisional qualifying time. Vaughn also topped the provisional time, finishing sixth overall with a time of 50.80. David Birrer was 13th in the 100 fly (51.89), while Matt Routh took 20th place (54.08).
Rhinesmith also put together a provision qualifying time in the 100 breaststroke with a fourth-place finishing time of 57.45. Teammate Paul Buescher took 12th place (59.14).
The foursome of Logan Rice, Chris Kermin, Craig Vetor, and Fozkos grabbed seventh place in the 800 free relay, finishing in 7:10.92. Jake Schild took eighth place on the three-meter diving board with a total score of 254.35 points.
Vetor added a 10th place finish in the 200 freestyle (1:45.78). Kermin (1:46.19) was 11th, with Alex Beck (1:47.74) and Fozkos (1:47.88) finishing 14th and 17th, respectively. Rice was 12th in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:18.27. Elijah Sanders finished 17th (4:20.38).
Vaughn (right) added more points to the team total with a 13th-place finish in the 100 backstroke (53.39). Routh also scored for the Little Giants by finishing 24th in the race (57.30).
Wabash moved from sixth to fourth in the team scoring at the end of the second evening. Denison leads the race to the league title with 1,223 points. Kenyon will begin Saturday's final competition day in second with 1,017 points. Wittenberg has 566, narrowly ahead of the Little Giants with 547 points. Wooster (544), Allegheny (534), Oberlin (307), Ohio Wesleyan (249), and Hiram (220) round out the team scoring.
The 2010 championship meet ends Saturday. The preliminaries will take place at 10 a.m. with the finals slated to start at 6:30 p.m. after the annual parade and recognition of the seniors from all nine NCAC teams competing at the meet.