Photo Courtesy of Senior Director of Public Relations Randy Sarvis
(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College men's swimming team picked up their second win in a row on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Manchester University Spartans, 151-98.
Cameron Bolen, Sondre Haugen, and Joakim Pedersen all picked up multiple individual victories for the Quakers in the meet, while Logan Lippert, Austin Reed, and John Good picked up one event win for Wilmington.
The afternoon started off with a 200 SC Meter Medley Relay win for the men as Pedersen, Bolen, Lippert, and Good swam to a time of 1:53.82, which was over two seconds better than Manchester's squad.
Lippert than won his race in the 800 SC Meter Freestyle with a time of 10:03.23, which was over 33 seconds better than his lone competitor from Manchester. Reed picked up his victory next, in the 200 SC Meter Freestyle, posting a time of 2:09.96, a little under three seconds better than Logan Davis of Manchester.
Bolen picked up one of his two victories in the 50 SC Meter Breaststroke, bringing home the win in 30.95 seconds, before his second win was in the 100 SC Meter Breaststroke. He won that event in 1:09.37, over four seconds better than his competitors.
Haugen started his three-win day with a 1:01.07 in the 100 SC Meter Butterfly, before following it up with a 27.29 in the 50 SC Meter Butterfly. His final event was the 200 SC Meter IM, where he swam a 2:19.87 to win by nearly 11 seconds.
Pedersen won the 50 SC Meter Freestyle at 24.76 before his next win came in the 100 SC Meter Backstroke, swimming to a time of 1:02.81 and defeating Colten Schulte, who won the 50 SC Meter Backstroke, narrowly edging John Good. Good won his event in the 100 SC Meter Freestyle with a mark of 58.45 seconds.
The Quakers finished their day with a win in the 200 SC Meter Freestyle at 1:42.07, with the relay members being Bolen, Pedersen, Dane Klosterman, and Haugen.
Head coach Trip Breen continues to be happy with his team's progress this season, "The team is starting to make some real progress. We had a good week at practice, with some fast-training swims midweek, I feel like that gave us some confidence going into today's meet. We had quite a few in-season best swims and a couple of lifetime best performances. The team has a lot to look forward to next week at our mid-season invitational."
What's Up Next
The Quakers head to Delaware, Ohio to swim in the Corbiere-Merion Invitational next Saturday and Sunday, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University. The action on both days begins at 10:00 A.M.
