COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. –
Josh Wu (So./Germantown, Wis./Germantown) won three individual events while
Teagan Johnson (Jr./Byron Center, Mich./Byron Center) and
Sean Smith (Fy./Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee) both won a pair as the Carleton College men's swimming & diving team raced at Saint John's University. The Knights dropped the dual meet—their second competition in less than 24 hours—by a 176-118 tally.
"Definitely a challenging
but good weekend
of competition for both teams, especially
when it was a
gainst two strong programs and back to back," said Carleton head coach
Andy Clark. "
Today, there was some significant fatigue
from Friday's meet, but despite it,
the teams brought strong energy and outstanding efforts and stuck with their race plans, putting down plenty of gritty performances and season be
sts."
Wu won the two shortest sprint events, besting the competition in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races with times of 21.81 and 47.77, respectively. He added a first-place result in the 100-yard butterfly with his season-best time of 53.90.
Johnson touched the wall first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.61. He later added a win in the 200-yard breaststroke by finishing at 2:17.19, which was good for a 3.1-second margin of victory.
Smith prevailed in both the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley. He recorded times of 2:03.36 in the former, and 4:32.84 in the latter.
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton's final dual meet of the season will come at St. Olaf College on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 11:00 a.m.