Elsah, ILL.-- Friday night, our men's team competed against Hendrix College, who traveled all the way from Arkansas for a weekend of swimming and diving.  It was a close swim to the finish, our men lost 78-88. Despite the results, it was evident our swimmers demonstrated the skills we had been working on throughout the week leading to Friday's meet. We had sharp turns and strong kicks off the walls. It was a fun night, full of fast races and swimmers trying new events.Â
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The men started the meet uncontested in the 200 yard medley relay for a first place finish with a time of 1:50.07.Â
Zacher Lewis finished second in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.67 and
Nick Boyd swam a 25.71 for the third place finish.Â
Hunter Mehring placed first place in the 100 yard IM with a time of 53.81 and
Josh Harmon finished second with a time of 58.54. The men continued their success with Mehring finishing first in the 50 backstroke with a time of 24.64 and Lewis finishing third with a time of 30.08. Harmon finished second in the 50 yard breaststroke with a time of 31.31.Â
Brett Huntley took second place in the 50 yard butterfly with a time of 26.77. Our men took the first and second place positions in the diving events.Â
Jesse Dehnert placed first in both the one-meter and three-meter boards and
Connor Walton placed second. The men concluded the meet winning the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:31.24.      Â
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The men ended the night with a Jimmy John's sandwich before going to bed and waking up to return back to the pool tomorrow for the Panther Invitational.           Â
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