Fourteen top-five performances guided the Wabash swimming and diving team to a fourth-place finish at the annual Patrick Woehnker Memorial Invitational held Friday and Saturday at the Class of 1950 Natatorium.
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Freshman David Phillips paced Wabash with second place finishes in the 1650 free, the 400-yard individual medley, and the 500-yard freestyle. He was also part of the Little Giants' fourth-place 800-yard freestyle relay team of Phillips, Chad Woods, Logan Rice, and Charles Williams that finished with a time of 7:24.61. Phillips touched out in 16:51.83 in the 1650 free on Friday night, then followed with a time of 4:19.29 for his second place finish in the 400 IM. His time of 4:51.10 was good for second place in the 500 free.
Adam Current (left) finished second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 51.90. Teammate David Birrer was fifth, finishing in 53.46. Jake Schild took second on the three-meter diving board, scoring a total of 154.55 points. Jacob Anderson took fourth place with a score of 120.20. Schild was also third in the one-meter diving competition with a score of 209.35.
Evan Rhinesmith added two third-place finishes. His first came in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing in 1:00.19. He added another in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.36).
Williams touched in fifth place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.19.
Eric Vaughn, Rhinesmith, Current, and Williams combined to finish third in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:38.93. Alex Beck, Vaughn, Williams, and Rhinesmith took fifth place in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
The University of Indianapolis won the men's competition with a total of 661 points. DePauw was second (594 points), followed by Carthage (501) and Wabash (430.5). Wheaton (296.5) and Rose-Hulman (276) completed the team scoring.
The Little Giants return to action at the Calvin Invitational to be held December 2-4.
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