AKRON, Ohio - Two program records fell for the Wilmington College men's swimming team on the first full day of the 2023 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Swimming & Diving Championships hosted at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium on Thurdsay.
The Quakers' 200-yard freestyle relay squad of Sondre Haugen, John Good, Austin Reed and Cameron Bolen placed fourth with a program-best time of 1:25.66, breaking the old record of 1:25.86 set by David Hawk, Carter Semenchuk, Jason Prible and Andrew Stewart during the 2015-16 campaign. Caden Traggiai placed sixth in the championship final of the 500-meter freestyle by touching a wall in 4:43.17. This mark was less than a second faster than Mark Harris's program record of 4:43.91 set during the 2014-15 season.
Wilmington had another individual make a championship final as Cameron Bolen finished seventh with a time of 21.35 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle. Haugen also competed in the event, placing seventh in the consolation final by touching the wall in 22.01 seconds. WC also had two Quakers - John Good and Michael Phillippe - make the consolation final of the 200-yard IM. Good placed fifth with a mark of 2:01.25 while Phillippe took seventh by swimming a time of 2:04.34.
In the final event of the event, Good, Bolen, Haugen and Reed swum the 400-yard medley relay in 3:33.40 to place fifth. After two days of competition, Wilmington is fifth with 124 points, but right on the heels of Baldwin Wallace University, which stands at 131 points. Defending champions John Carroll University sit in first with 315 points.
Day three of competition begins with morning preliminaries at 10 a.m.
