Tess Boyer earned victories in the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard IM.
KENOSHA, Wis. – The Wheaton College swimming & diving teams took on conference foe Carthage College in a road dual meet on Saturday. Carthage prevailed by team scores of 168 to 132 (men) and 175 to 125 (women).
On the women's side, Wheaton freshman Lara Stamp was dominant in her pair of diving victories. She won the one-meter board (208.65 points) by nearly 38 points and the three-meter dive (197.45) by 25 points.
Senior Katie Yonan claimed the freestyles, posting a time of 1:54.76 in the 200-yard and 53.42 in the 100-yard. Sophomore Tess Boyer submitted winning times of 2:07.07 in the 200-yard backstroke and 2:10.17 in the 200-yard IM. Freshman Erin Davis garnered a victory in the 200-yard breaststroke as well (2:34.86).
The Thunder men had a trio of multi-winners on the day. Sophomore Isaac Eilmes swept through the distance races, capturing the 500-yard freestyle in 4:50.59 and triumphing in the 1,000-year freestyle (10:09.30) by nearly 12 seconds. Junior Josh Elsen grabbed first place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.09) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:12.28). Freshman Jac Cummings topped the field in the 100-yard backstroke at 53.28 and later won the 200-yard backstroke in 1:59.67. Sophomore Ben Coley rounded out the Wheaton victories in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing in 48.42.
Wheaton returns to the pool in two weeks to host the three-day Wheaton Invite on December 5-7.