After a dominating performance at the Grinnell Invitational over the weekend, Grinnell College’s Chris Zhang ’22 has been named the Midwest Conference Men’s Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week.
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Zhang, from Darien, Conn. (Darien), claimed victory in four events as the Pioneers won their eighth Grinnell Invitational title in a row. He was first in the 100-yard freestyle, 200 individual medley and 400 individual medley with MWC-leading times of 48.07, 1:59.17 and 4:16.50, respectively. The 400 IM performance ranks among the top 10 fastest ever at Grinnell.
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Additionally, he helped the 800 freestyle relay team to victory in 7:20.41, tops in the MWC this season. Zhang was also on the runner-up 400 freestyle team that had a MWC-leading time of 3:15.50 and was a member of the second-place 200 freestyle relay squad.
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