School record helps propel GC men to 10th Grinnell Invite title in a row

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GRINNELL, Iowa - With the help of a school-record performance, the host men's team stretched its Grinnell Invitational swimming and diving title streak to 10 Saturday at Russell K. Osgood Pool.

Ethan Yuen '24 highlighted the day with a school record in the 100-yard butterfly with a clocking of 50.93 seconds. That beats the previous mark of 51.14 set by Mitch Sevier in 2020.

Yuen was a triple winner on the day, also swimming legs on the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams as Grinnell rolled up 1,785.5 points. That beat runner-up Nebraska Wesleyan University's total by more than 1,000 points.

The 200 medley team, which also included Sam Larsen '25, Kevin Fitzgerald '25 and Luke Klein-Collins '23, finished in 1:36.34 to just miss the meet record. Yuen was joined by Klein-Collins, Josh Sutton '24 and Chris Zhang in the 400 freestyle relay that had a time of 3:12.89.

Bert Wang '23 won the 1650 freestyle in 17:16.03 and 400 individual medley in 4:10.93. The latter time was just shy of the meet record and ranks sixth in Grinnell history.

Other titles came from Fitzgerald in the 200 backstroke (1:54.37) and Adam Feilmeyer '25 in the 50 freestyle (22.14).

Runners-up for Grinnell were Ben Johnson '23 in the 1650 freestyle (17:41.25), Enrique Valero Ying '23 in the 400 individual medley (4:18.82), Diego Coelho Rodrigues '25 in the 200 freestyle (1:47.92) and Sam Heller '23 in 3-meter diving (337.75).

Jacob Lester '25, Cooper Malone '25 and Zhang were third in the 1650 freestyle, 400 individual medley and 200 freestyle in 17:47.35, 4:18.91 and 1:49.09, respectively. Malone's time ranks 14th in program history.

Placing fourth were Rodrigues in the 1650 freestyle (18:22.17), Johnson in the 400 individual medley (4:19.47), Theo Mott '24 in the 100 butterfly (53.47), Dante Smith '22 in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.00), Sam Larsen '25 in the 200 backstroke (1:59.66) and Klein-Collins in the 50 freestyle (22.39). Larsen's time is 17th in program history and Mott's is 19th.

Fifth place went to Fitzgerald in the 200 freestyle (1:49.86), Mott in the 200 backstroke (2:02.70) and Sutton in the 50 freestyle (22.51), while those placing sixth were Sutton in the 200 freestyle (1:52.17), Valero Ying in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.46), Lester in the 100 butterfly (54.68) and Smith in the 50 freestyle (22.73).

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Players Mentioned

Mitch Sevier: Senior

Sam Heller: Junior

Ben Johnson: Junior

Luke Klein-Collins: Junior

Sam Larsen: First-Year

Theo Mott: Sophomore

Dante Smith: Senior

Josh Sutton: Sophomore

Enrique Valero Ying: Junior

Bert Wang: Junior

Players Mentioned

Mitch Sevier
: Senior

Sam Heller
: Junior

Ben Johnson
: Junior

Luke Klein-Collins
: Junior

Sam Larsen
: First-Year

Theo Mott
: Sophomore

Dante Smith
: Senior

Josh Sutton
: Sophomore

Enrique Valero Ying
: Junior

Bert Wang
: Junior