CHICAGO—The Illinois Institute of Technology men's swimming & diving squad welcomed Carroll University (Wis.) to the Ekco Pool for a Saturday-afternoon dual. The Scarlet Hawks came away victorious in all 11 events en route to a 169-20 victory over the Pioneers.
IIT improves to 7-2 in dual meets this season, while the Pioneers fall to 0-7.
"We saw some great swimming this weekend from a tired group of student-athletes," said IIT head men's and women's swimming & diving coach Andy Parro. "Their performance is promising as we look ahead to the Liberal Arts Championship in three weeks. I'm looking forward to honoring our seniors next week in our final regular season meet."
Seth Wissenbach (2:04.19) and Samuel Kalenowski (2:05.48) led the pack in the 200 yard individual medley with season-best times, followed by Matthew Randle's third-place time of 2:07.95. The 200 yard medley relay squad of Kanoa Sawai, Samuel Kastan, Guanghao Ou and Arturo Villegas claimed first place with a time of 1:38.95. RJ Schroeders, Ryan Escasa, Matthew Randle and Tyler Van Wagener took things to the next level with a first-place time of 3:24.65 in the 400 yard freestyle relay.
The Scarlet Hawks swept the 200 yard breaststroke courtesy of Sawai (2:15.08), Kalenowski (2:16.11) and Wissenbach (2:26.07). Sweeps continued for the IIT lineup as Ou (49.43), Van Wagener (50.50) and Kastan (51.30) did the honors in the 100 yard freestyle. Miles Thompson paced the field in the 500 yard freestyle with a 5:10.28, followed by Mark Klinchin's 5:14.39 (second place) and Franklin Zheng's 5:20.98 (third place). Klinchin (10:35.48) and Schroeders (10:52.47) were the lone two entrants in the 1000 yard freestyle.
The sweeps weren't done as Sawai (1:59.71), Escasa (2:00.34) and Mitchell Lucky (2:16.19) occupied all spots on the 200 yard butterfly podium. Things kept rolling in the Scarlet Hawks' favor after an impressive 200 yard freestyle thanks to Van Wagener (1:50.72), Thompson (1:55.61) and Zheng (1:58.27). The top four spots in the 50 yard freestyle belonged to IIT, led by Ou's first-place time of 22.84. Escasa claimed second in the 50 yard freestyle with a 23.90, followed by Villegas's third-place time of 24.56.
The 200 yard backstroke saw Matthew Randle claim first with a 2:09.73, followed by John Wolniak's third-place time of 2:16.55.
The Scarlet Hawks will return to the Ekco Poll one more time in 2019-20 on Saturday, January 25 when they host Lake Forest College at 1:00 p.m.