Grinnell men continue league dominance with 6th Midwest Conference title in a row

Results

GRINNELL, Iowa - Grinnell College's men's swimming and diving team came in favored to win another Midwest Conference title, and the Pioneers delivered.

Grinnell racked up 944 points to easily win its sixth league title in a row, beating runner-up Lake Forest College by more than 300 points at Russell K. Osgood Pool Sunday.

The Pioneers, who have won 18 of the last 20 titles and 43 overall, were sparked by three event wins Sunday. Those came from Kevin Fitzgerald '25 in the 200-yard backstroke (1 minute, 48.09 seconds), Bert Wang '23 in the 200 breaststroke (2:04.83) and Ethan Yuen '24 in the 200 butterfly (1:53.69). The time by Fitzgerald was an NCAA "B" cut and better than the 2019 NCAA Championships selected time. It also ranks second in program history. Wang's time is also second and Yuen's third.

Adam Feilmeyer '25 was a two-time runner-up, doing so in the 100 freestyle and as part of the 400 freestyle relay. His time in the 100 freestyle was 46.98, the sixth-best in GC history. He was joined by Josh Sutton '24, Luke Klein-Collins '23 and Fitzgerald in the relay that had a time of 3:07.50, sixth-best at Grinnell.

Other runners-up were Enrique Valero Ying '23 in the 200 breaststroke in 2:06.10 and Theo Mott '25 in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:57.05. Valero Ying's time is fourth in program history and Mott's ranks eighth.

Grinnell got third-place finishes from Harry Nelson '25 in the 1650 freestyle (16:27.61, fourth-best at GC), Sam Larsen '25 in the 200 backstroke (1:55.98, eighth-best), Dante Smith '22 in the 200 breaststroke (2:07.73, sixth-best) and Diego Coelho Rodrigues '25 in the 200 butterfly (1:58.17, 11th-best).

Ben Johnson '23 earned a pair of fourth-place finishes, in the 1650 freestyle (16:38.03) and 200 breaststroke (2:07.84). Both times rank seventh at Grinnell.

Jacob Lester '25 and Klein-Collins were fifth in the 1650 freestyle and 100 freestyle, respectively. Lester's time was 16:52.78 and Klein-Collins' was 47.45. Both rank 11th at Grinnell.

Taking sixth were Wang in the 1650 freestyle (16:59.16, 12th-best), Mott in the 200 backstroke (2:00.52, ranks 18th) and Brim in the 200 breaststroke (2:08.22, ninth-best).

Josh Sutton '24 was seventh in the 100 freestyle in 47.77 and Cooper Malone '25 took seventh in the 200 breaststroke in 2:09.83. Their times rank 19th and 12th at Grinnell.

Also, Wilhelm swam 2:13.37 in the 200 breaststroke, which ranks 17th.

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Players Mentioned

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

Ethan Yuen: Sophomore

Diego Rodrigues: First-Year

Players Mentioned

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

Ethan Yuen
: Sophomore

Diego Rodrigues
: First-Year