Results
GRINNELL, Iowa – Grinnell College's men's swimming and diving team kept the long streak going Sunday, winning its 10
th consecutive Midwest Conference title at Russell K. Osgood Pool.
Â
The Pioneers, who have won 22 of the last 24 MWC crowns and 46 overall, piled up 1,037.5 points to handily beat runner-up Milwaukee School of Engineering's total of 852. Grinnell's winning total is its highest since the 2009 meet.
Â
Grinnell won five of the six events contested Sunday, with MWC, meet, school and pool records tumbling in two of those –
Evan Ingraham '29 in the 200-yard butterfly and the 400 freestyle relay team.
Â
Ingraham, named MWC Newcomer of the Year, claimed the butterfly in 1 minute, 47.69 to beat the school, pool and conference records of 1:48.62 and meet mark of 1:49.28. He also eclipsed the NCAA "B" cut by nearly 2 seconds.
Â
The 400 freestyle team of
Rommin Adl '26,
Spencer Pfaff '29, MWC Swimmer of the Year
Evan Feilmeyer '28 and
Aidan Donovan '28 won in 2:58.99 to shatter the MWC, meet, school and pool marks of 2:59.18. They also beat the NCAA "B" cut by nearly 2 seconds. Adl finished his career with 21 MWC titles, second all-time at GC, while Feilmeyer boosted his career total to 12 and Donovan to nine.
Â
Donovan won the 100 freestyle in 44.97 to match an NCAA "B" cut. Grinnell's other victories came from
Cadel Saszik '28 in the 200 backstroke (1:50.64) and
Keely Yeager '27 in the 200 breaststroke (2:05.74).
Â
In the 1650 freestyle,
Noah Tsukuda '27 was third in 16:32.32 and
John Kafumbe '28 placed seventh in 16:58.42.
Gavin Stiglitz '28 was second in the 200 backstroke in 1:54.79, which ranks 10
th in GC history.
Â
Adl, Pfaff and
Ryan Lim '29 were second, third and seventh in the 100 freestyle in 45.35, 45.71 and 47.43, respectively. Pfaff's time ranks sixth in GC history.
Â
Feilmeyer was second in the 200 butterfly in 1:49.67 and
Antoni Staszkiewicz '27 placed fifth in 1:56.59. In the 200 breaststroke,
Jack Cerone '28 was sixth in 2:10.25,
Jafar Jarrar '27 placed seventh in 2:11.10 and
Chris Zhou '27 took ninth in 2:14.57. Jarrar's time of 2:10.56 in the prelims ranks 16
th in GC history.
Â