WILMINGTON, Ohio - The Wilmington College men's swimming team won its second consecutive dual meet on Saturday, taking care of Manchester University 126-42 at the WC Natatorium on Saturday afternoon.
The Fightin' Quakers won a dozen events on the day, which started and began with relay victories. The 200-meter medley relay squad of Jacob Worley, Cameron Bolen, Michael Phillippe and Dane Klosterman touched the wall in 1:56.33, beating Manchester's top relay squad by over 10 seconds. The first three won multiple individual events as well. Worley won the 100-meter (56.80 seconds) and 200-meter (2:09.33) freestyle events while Bolen took home the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:12.57. Phillippe claimed victories in the 200-meter backstroke (2:27.17) and 200-meter IM (2:25.51).
Austin Reed and Aaron Polk also won multiple events for Wilmington. Reed won the 50-meter freestyle (26.32 seconds), the 100-meter backstroke (1:05.57) and the 400-meter freestyle (4:40.19) while Polk swum times of 1:07.41 in the 100-meter butterfly and 2:39.90 in the 200-meter butterfly.
In the meet's final event, the 200-meter freestyle relay, Bolen, Klosterman, Reed and Worley swum a winning mark of 1:45.25.
"We were grateful for another opportunity to race today," Head Coach Trip Breen said. "The team keeps taking steps in the right direction. While we have a long way to go, I am happy with the progress we are making."
Wilmington heads to the Corbiere-Merion Invitational hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University on Nov. 20-21.
