MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Competing against some of the toughest competition in the country, the Wesleyan men's swimming & diving team had some quality performances turned in on Saturday as the Cardinals welcomed No. 11 ranked Williams, No. 15 Tufts and WPI for a quad meet.
The Cardinals claimed their first victory of the season, defeating WPI 207-102 in team scoring, but fell to the Ephs (256-59) and Jumbos (262-54) on the day.
Eric Tran '23 had the best individual performance of the day as the senior posted a runner-up finish in the 200 fly, claiming second-place with a time of 1:52.53.
Harrison Hong '25 continues his stellar start to the season, picking up three Top 10 finishes in individual events while also helping lead the Cardinals' 200 free relay team to a fifth-place finish. Hong placed fifth in the 50 fly with a time of 22.83 seconds before taking ninth in the 200 free (1:45.06) and eighth in the 100 free (47.83).
Wesleyan's 4x200 free relay team of Hong,
Mason Polaner '24,
Hartmut Doerwaldt '25 and
David Kantar '25 competed well in the stacked field, taking fifth-place out of 22 relay teams a time of 1:26.20.
Other Cardinals who finished in the Top 10 of their respective event included
Richard Ettinger '23 in both the 50 breast (27.24 seconds; 10
th) and 200 free (1:45.65; 10
th), Polaner in the 50 free (21.58 seconds; 6
th) and 400 IM (4:10.75; 9
th),
Daniel Isman '26 in the 200 breast (2:10.87) and
Devayan Roychoudhury '26 in the 100 breast (59.90; 8
th).
Jake Rybczyk '24 added a fourth place finish in the 3-meter dive with a score of 223.30.
Wesleyan heads into winter break with their next competition slated for Wednesday, January 4 as the Cardinals welcome Hamilton in for a 4:00 PM start from the Webster Family Natatorium.
