Grinnell men's swimming and diving team gets 2021-22 season off to strong start

Results

GRINNELL, Iowa - After a year-and-a-half layoff, the Grinnell College men's swimming and diving team jumped back into action in a big way Saturday afternoon.

Ethan Yuen '24 came close to a school record and won three events, and Enrique Valero Ying '23 was also a triple winner as the Pioneers rolled past Coe College 173-91 at Russell K. Osgood Pool.

Yuen won the 100-yard butterfly in 51.23 seconds, the third-fastest time in program history and less than a tenth of a second off the school record. He also won the 50 freestyle in 22.19 and was part of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team with Theo Mott '24, Luke Klein-Collins '23 and Adam Feilmeyer '25. Their time was 1:29.25.

Valero Ying was first in the 100 breaststroke and 400 individual medley in times of 59.76 and 4:17.53, respectively. He also joined Kevin Fitzgerald '25, Josh Sutton '24 and Connor Smith '25 to win the 200 medley relay in 1:38.91.

Fitzgerald won the 500 freestyle in 4:58.40, while Chris Zhang '22 was first in the 100 and 200 freestyles in 49.23 and 1:50.74. Other winners were Ben Johnson '23 in the 1000 freestyle (10:27.04), Harry Nelson in the 100 backstroke (56.77) and Mott in the 200 backstroke (2:03.19).

Grinnell hosts Luther College next Saturday.

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Players Mentioned

Ben Johnson: Junior

Luke Klein-Collins: Junior

Theo Mott: Sophomore

Josh Sutton: Sophomore

Enrique Valero Ying: Junior

Ethan Yuen: Sophomore

Chris Zhang: Senior

Adam Feilmeyer: First-Year

Kevin Fitzgerald: First-Year

Harry Nelson: First-Year

Players Mentioned

Ben Johnson
: Junior

Luke Klein-Collins
: Junior

Theo Mott
: Sophomore

Josh Sutton
: Sophomore

Enrique Valero Ying
: Junior

Ethan Yuen
: Sophomore

Chris Zhang
: Senior

Adam Feilmeyer
: First-Year

Kevin Fitzgerald
: First-Year

Harry Nelson
: First-Year