KENOSHA, Wis. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's swimming and diving teams completed day one of the Carthage Classic Friday night, Dec. 2. The Titans concluded day one of the invite after competing in the 200 yard freestyle relay, the 500 yard freestyle, 200 yard individual medley, 50 yard freestyle, and the 400 yard medley relay. 

To open the meet, the Titans raced in the 200 yard freestyle relay. The men's quad of sophomore Alex Kula (Pekin, Ill.-Pekin Community), junior Ethan Lowder (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community), freshman Sam Fogarty (Pontiac, Ill.-Pontiac Township), and junior Jake Kalenowski (St. Charles, Ill.-St. Charles North) placed third overall with a time of 1:28.35. The women placed sixth in the event as sophomore Emily Marks (Cary, Ill.-Cary Grove Community), junior Natalie Wajda (Park Ridge, Ill.-Maine South), sophomore Hadley Fudge (Stanford, Ill.-University), and junior Bella Calcagno (Lemont, Ill.-Lemont Township) recorded a season-best time of 1:42.94.  

Later in the competition, Lowder earned his second third-place finish of the day, this time in the 50 yard freestyle. Lowder touched in with a season-best time of 21.58 to place within the top three. On the women's side, Calcagno represented IWU with a season-best time of 25.92, good for a 10th-place finish.  

In the 200 yard individual medley two other Titans notched season-best times. For the women, Fudge earned sixth with a time of 2:14.93, while junior Lane Wagner (Danville, Ill.-Danville) earned seventh recording a time of 2:02.63.

The Titans return to action tomorrow for day two of the classic. Session one is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. followed by session two at 5:10 p.m.

IWU Individual Results
Women's 500 Yard Freestyle
9. Natalie Wajda, 5:27.08
10. Lauren Feddersen, 5:27.41
16. Alexa Starkey, 5:33.26
23. Julianna Boyle, 5:37.62
24. Shannon Murphy, 5:38.32
27. Anna Keebler, 5:51.01
28. Emma Stroh, 5:59.69

Men's 500 Yard Freestyle
13. Alex Kula, 5:01.43
15. Jake Kalenowski, 5:03.94
16.Henry Moore, 5:03.95
27. Colin McKibben, 5:23.44

Women's 200 Yard Individual Medley
6. Hadley Fudge, 2:14.93
18. Kayleigh Kuschewski, 2:22.19
22. Natalie Porter, 2:26.12
24. Jade Kaminska, 2:27.83
30. Cally Tate, 2:34.54
38. Sydney Dunlap, 2:45.05

Men's 200 Yard Individual Medley
7. Lane Wagner, 2:02.63

Women's 50 Yard Freestyle
10. Bella Calcagno, 25.92
21. Emily Marks, 26.35
35. Sami Curtis, 28.05

Men's 50 Yard Freestyle
3. Ethan Lowder, 21.58
9. Sam Fogarty, 22.27
28. Shannon Pinto, 23.57
37. Donald Tichy, 24.41