Posted: Oct 22, 2021
WILMINGTON, Ohio - Freshman Jacob Worley won his first collegiate swim, the 50-meter freestyle, in the Wilmington College men's swimming team's Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) dual meet with Ohio Northern University on Friday evening.
Worley swum a time of 26.36 seconds in the event, edging ONU's Brandon Parkins by two hundredths of a second. The Polar Bears won the meet by a score of 186-70.
Though he didn't quite win an event, Michael Phillippe had a standout evening for the Fightin' Quakers, placing second in both the 50-meter backstroke (30.70 seconds) and the 100-meter backstroke (1:06.74) while taking third place in the 100-meter IM (1:05.20). Teammate Dane Klosterman finished just behind Phillippe in the 50-meter backstroke (31.20 seconds). Cameron Bolen was the other Quaker to tally two runner-up swims, tapping the wall in 31.87 seconds in the 50-meter breaststroke and in 1:11.75 in the 100-meter breaststroke. Austin Reed turned in two top-three finishes in sprint freestyle events with swims of 58.18 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle and 2:07.99 in the 200-meter freestyle.
Other Wilmington individuals to earn top-three individual finished included Logan Lippert's runner-up swim in the 50-meter butterfly (26.48 seconds) and Aaron's Polk's time of 1:06.26 in the 100-meter butterfly.
In relay events, Phillippe, Bolen, Worley and Polk took second in the 200-meter medley relay with a time of 1:54.52.
"Both teams made progress this week, and it showed along with the great atmosphere this evening," Head Men's Swimming Coach Trip Breen said. "We have a lot of underclassmen that are starting to swim with more confidence. The team in general, but specifically some of our new swimmers, made some great corrections this week. We have a lot to do moving forward, but this evening was a step in the right direction."
Wilmington heads to Lexington, Kentucky, for a double dual meet with Wittenberg University and host Transylvania University next Saturday.
