DECATUR, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's swimming and diving team swept Millikin University on the road Friday night, Jan. 21. The women's team outscored the Big Blue 114-91, while the men topped MU by a final score of 119-69. Together the Titans won 17 out of 22 events with 13 different Titans placing first in an individual event. 

Sophomore Ethan Lowder (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community) led the Green and White with two individual wins. Lowder placed first in the 200 yard individual medley with a career-best time of 2:06.83, just over two seconds faster than his previous best of 2:08.30. The sophomore also touched in a season-best first place finish in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 56.32. 

For the men, freshmen Colin McKibben (Green Oaks, Ill.-Libertyville) and Alex Kula (Pekin, Ill.-Pekin Community) picked up wins in the 1000 yard freestyle (11:18.55) and in the 50 yard freestyle (23.05), respectively. Sophomore Lane Wagner (Danville, Ill.-Danville) swam a season-best in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:49.56 to earn him a first place finish. 

Fellow sophomores Henry Moore (Champaign, Ill.-Centennial) and Jake Kalenowski (St. Charles, Ill.-St. Charles North) also represented the Green and White with first place rankings. Moore swam a time of 1:00.34 in the 100 yard butterfly, as Kalenwoski earned his first place finish in the 500 yard freestyle touching in at 5:09.14. 

Rounding out the men's top-place finishes was senior Mason McCauley (Deerfield, Ill.-Deerfield), with a career-best time of 1:03.74 in the 100 yard breaststroke. 

On the women's side senior Megan Wong (Gurnee, Ill.-Warren Township) set the pace for the Titans in the 1000 yard freestyle to claim the first individual win of the meet. Wong touched in at 11:08.55, a career-best, alongside Lauren Feddersen (Champaign, Ill.-Centennial) (11:14.19) and Jade Kaminska (Jablonna, Mazovia, Poland-Maria Knopnicka) (11:18.48) to round out the top three places, respectively. 

Joining Wong, Feddersen was one out of six Titans on the women's side who claimed a first-place finish. The Champaign, Ill. native earned the Green and White a win in the 100 yard breaststroke with a season-best time of 1:09.95. 

Junior Shannon Murphy (Medinah, Ill.-Lake Park) swam a career-best time in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:06.80 to beat out her previous best of 2:07.03.

Freshman Hadley Fudge (Stanford, Ill.-University), sophomore Natalie Wajda (Park Ridge, Ill.-Maine South), and senior Ellen Gilbert (Northbrook, Ill.-Glenbrook North) each picked up one win apiece for the Green and White as the Titans boosted their win streak against the Big Blue to 12.

IWU has a short layover, as the Titans return to action at Carthage College tomorrow, Jan. 22. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

Individual Results
Women's 1000 Yard Freestyle
1. Megan Wong 11:08.55
2. Lauren Feddersen 11:14.19
3. Jade Kaminska 11:18.48

Men's 1000 Yard Freestyle
1. Colin McKibben 11:18.55

Women's 200 Yard Freestyle
1. Shannon Murphy 2:06.80
4. Donna Kurek 2:12.32
5. Emma Stroh 2:16.31
- Natalie Wajda 2:02.31

Men's 200 Yard Freestyle
1. Lane Wagner 1:49.56
3. Jackson Rapala 2:00.03
- Donald Tichy 2:02.71

Women's 50 Yard Freestyle
4. Alexa Starkey 27.30
5. Jackie Rae Kelch 27.80
6. Anna Keebler 28.15
7. Amanda Smith 28.20

Men's 50 Yard Freestyle
1. Alex Kula 23.05
3. Jake Kalenowski 23.26
5. Shannon Pinto 23.72
6. Henry Moore 23.97

Women's 200 Yard Individual Medley 
1. Hadley Fudge 2:13.36
3. Ellen Gilbert 2:17.09
5. Bella Calcagno 2:25.74
7. Sydney Dunlap 2:35.41

Men's 200 Yard Individual Medley 
1. Ethan Lowder 2:06.83

Women's 100 Yard Butterfly 
1. Ellen Gilbert 59.16
3. Emily Marks 1:02.73
4. Jade Kaminska 1:03.10
6. Lauren Feddersen 1:06.07

Men's 100 Yard Butterfly 
1. Henry Moore 1:00.34
2. Colin McKibben 1:00.77

Women's 100 Yard Freestyle
2. Hadley Fudge 55.47
3. Jackie Rae Kelch 59.62
- Alexa Starkey 58.83

Men's 100 Yard Freestyle
3. Shannon Pinto 52.21
4. Donald Tichy 54.75
5. Jackson Rapala 55.08

Women's 100 Yard Backstroke
1. Natalie Wajda 1:01.89
2. Megan Wong 1:02.81
5. Shannon Murphy 1:08.49
7. Emma Stroh 1:20.12

Men's 100 Yard Backstroke
1. Ethan Lowder 56.32
2. Mason McCauley 59.91
- Alex Kula 58.21

Women's 500 Yard Freestyle 
3. Donna Kurek 5:42.27
4. Amanda Smith 5:43.97
5. Anna Keebler 5:45.62
7. Sydney Dunlap 6:22.94

Men's 500 Yard Freestyle 
1. Jake Kalenowski 5:09.14

Women's 100 Yard Breaststroke
1. Lauren Feddersen 1:09.95
5. Anna Keebler 1:18.03
6. Emma Stroh 1:23.22

Men's 100 Yard Breaststroke
1. Mason McCauley 1:03.74
2. Donald Tichy 1:05.66