ADA, Ohio - The Wilmington College men's swimming team won two events, but Ohio Northern University (ONU) came out on top of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) dual meet 218-65 on Friday evening.
Cameron Bolen was one Fightin' Quaker to win an event, taking the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.19. He also earned a runner-up placement in the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 27.92 seconds. The 500-yard freestyle proved positive for WC as well as Austin Reed won the event (5:22.22) and Austin Faries placed third (5:26.55). Freshman Sondre Haugen turned in two top-three finishes, taking second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.02) and third in the 100-yard freestyle (49.35 seconds).
Other top-three finishes for WC included Caden Traggiai's time of 10:33.87 to finish runner-up, a 23.00 third-place time from John Good in the 50-yard freestyle and Michael Phillippe's third-place mark of 27.63 seconds in the 50-yard backstroke.
Wilmington took third in both relay events on the evening. Phillippe, Bolen, Haugen and Good touched the wall in 1:42.00 in the 200-yard medley relay while Haugen, Reed, Traggiai and Bolen finished the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:31.69.
"While the team improved over last week, we fell short on some close races," Head Coach Trip Breen said. "Despite that, we had some people step up today with some nice swims. It is always great to watch people's confidence grow."
Wilmington returns to the pool on Saturday, Oct. 29, for a double-dual with Transylvania University and Wittenberg University at home.