Balance paves the way to victory for Grinnell men's swimming and diving team

Results

MONMOUTH, Ill. - Nine different swimmers collected wins as the Grinnell College men's swimming and diving team raced by the field at the Monmouth Invite Saturday.

Ethan Yuen '24 won three events to help the Pioneers to 149 points, beating runner-up Lake Forest College by 21 in the four-team field.

Yuen was first in the 100-yard butterfly and 100 freestyle in 51.84 seconds and 49.09, respectively. He also swam on the winning 400 freestyle relay team with Josh Sutton '24, Jacob Lester '25 and Chris Zhang '22. Their time was 3:17.91.

Sam Larsen '25 won the 100 backstroke in 55.52, the 17th-best time in program history, and joined Harvey Wilhelm '24, Sutton and Connor Smith '25 to win the 200 medley relay in 1:40.31.

Enrique Valero Ying '23 was first in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke in 2:00.16 and 1:00.58. Also winning was Luke Klein-Collins '23 in the 50 freestyle (22.98).

Runners-up were Sutton in the 50 freestyle (23.01) and Dante Smith '22 in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.65).

Grinnell competes at Loras College next Saturday.

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Players Mentioned

Luke Klein-Collins: Junior

Sam Larsen: First-Year

Dante Smith: Senior

Josh Sutton: Sophomore

Enrique Valero Ying: Junior

Harvey Wilhelm: Sophomore

Ethan Yuen: Sophomore

Chris Zhang: Senior

Jacob Lester: First-Year

Connor Smith: First-Year

Players Mentioned

Luke Klein-Collins
: Junior

Sam Larsen
: First-Year

Dante Smith
: Senior

Josh Sutton
: Sophomore

Enrique Valero Ying
: Junior

Harvey Wilhelm
: Sophomore

Ethan Yuen
: Sophomore

Chris Zhang
: Senior

Jacob Lester
: First-Year

Connor Smith
: First-Year