ELSAH, ILL.—The Illinois Institute of Technology men's swimming & diving squad embarked on day two of the Liberal Arts Championship, hosted by Principia College in Elsah, Illinois on Thursday. The 400 yard medley relay team highlighted the Scarlet Hawks on day two as Samuel Kastan, Guanghao Ou, Matthew Randle, and Kanoa Sawai registered a school-record time of 3:24.53, good enough for first place. Sawai also set a school record time of 1:52.82 in the 200 yard individual medley preliminaries.
The Scarlet Hawks sit in first place out of eight teams with 292 points.
The first-place finishes continued to role for IIT as Ou, Kastan, Sawai and Van Wagener registered a 1:25.27 in the 200 yard freestyle relay.
Mark Klinchin (4:36.58) and Seth Wissenbach (4:43.12) captured the top two spots on the 500 yard freestyle podium, while Sawai (1:52.57) and Randle (1:56.36) accomplished that same feat in the 200 yard individual medley. The 50 yard freestyle resulted in a first-place time of 21.07 for Samuel Kastan.
IIT will embark on day three of the Liberal Arts Championship tomorrow, Friday, February 14 at 10:00 a.m. / 5:30 p.m.
MSWIM | Kanoa Sawai breaks the 200 individual medley school record with a first-place time of 1:51.82 in prelims!!!! Finals will commence tonight at 5:30 p.m. pic.twitter.com/yrm5of7FVh
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