BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's swim and dive team found many first place titles during its clash with the Fightin' Engineers of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Jan. 13. The women took home a win against RHIT boasting a score of 183-77. The men swam a close race but were bested by the Fighin' Engineers 156-124. 

On the women's side, junior Hadley Fudge (Stanford, Ill.-University) placed first in three individual events. Fudge competed in the 50-yard, 100-yard, and 200-yard freestyle placing first in all three individual events she competed in. Sophomore Kayleigh Kuschewski (Batavia, Ill.-Batavia) competed in the 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard backstroke, and the 200-yard individual medley, placing first in each event. 5th year Lauren Feddersen (Champaign, Ill.-Centennial) had an impressive day as well, placing first in the 1000-yard freestyle and the 200-yard breaststroke. Freshman Sam Boore (Hoffman Estates, Ill.-Conant), senior Bella Calcagno (Lemont, Ill.-Lemont Township), and junior Emily Marks (Cary, Ill.-Cary Grove) also put in the work to win first place in their events, pushing the women's team for their first official win of the season. 

For the men, senior Lane Wagner (Danville, Ill.-Danville) helped the men score with his two wins in the 1000-yard freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly. Wagner shaved off a second in the 200-yard butterfly since his last appearance in this event. Sophomore Sam Fogarty (Pontiac, Ill.-Pontiac Township) swam in the 50-yard, and the 100-yard freestyle placing first in both. Freshman Jack Hansen (Naperville, Ill.-Benet) also kept the Titans locked in with his two individual wins in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard butterfly. 

The Titans also placed first in each of the relays, racking in the points to help their teams out. Kuschewski and Calcagno were met with freshman Abi Zelikman (Oakwood Hills, Ill.-Prairie Ridge) and Olivia Kula (Pekin, Ill.-Pekin Community) to take first place in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:58.24. Along with that, an impressive race from Marks, Fudge, Feddersen, and Calcagno taking the crown in the 200-yard freestyle relay, clocking in at 1:46.33

Hansen and Fogarty swam with junior Carter Dilger (Sellersburg, Ind.-Jeffersonville) and sophomore Jay Jenkins (Aurora, Ill.-West Aurora) in the 200-yard medley relay to finish with a time of 1:39.47, placing first. To end the night the Titans left on a high note with Jenkins, Fogarty, junior Alex Kula (Pekin, Ill.-Pekin Community), and freshman Rylan Nelson (Normal, Ill.-University) taking first in the 200-yard freestyle relay, clocking in at 1:31.06. 

The Titans will stay home, as they host Illinois College and College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin foe Millikin University Friday, Jan. 19, for the IWU Tri Meet. The competition will begin at 6 p.m. inside Fort Natatorium. 


IWU Individual Events 


Women 1000-yard Free
1. Lauren Feddersen 11:22.60
2. Julianna Boyle 11:40.51

Men 1000-yard Free
1. Lane Wagner 10:11.98

Women 200-yard Free
1. Hadley Fudge 2:03.89
3. Abi Zelikman 2:05.82
4. Natalie Porter 2:06.41
5. Emily Marks 2:06.63

Men 200-yard Free
2. Carter Dilger 1:50.50
4. Rylan Nelson 2:00.36

Women 100-yard Back
1. Samantha Boore 1:03.63
2. Claire Paule 1:07.43

Men 100-yard Back 
2. Jay Jenkins 56.58
3. Colin McKibben 1:00.35

Women 100-yard Breaststroke
1. Kayleigh Kuschewski 1:14.35
3. Alexa Starkey 1:17.61

Men 100-yard Breaststroke
1. Jack Hansen 1:03.44
4. Donald Tichy 1:06.20 

Women 200-yard Fly
1. Bella Calcagno 2:25.37

Men 200-yard Fly
1. Lane Wagner 2:01.11
4. Luke Smith 2:28.30

Women 50-yard Free
1. Hadley Fudge 26.17
2. Alexa Starkey 27.47
3. Olivia Kula 27.85

Men 50-yard Free
1. Sam Fogarty 22.40
2. Rylan Nelson 23.76
4. Alex Kula 24.33

Women 100-yard Free
1. Hadley Fudge 57.16
2. Olivia Kula 58.50
3. Alexa Starkey 59.38
4. Julianna Boyle 1:01.92

Men 100-yard Free
1. Sam Fogarty 50.02
4. Alex Kula 50.80
5. Rylan Nelson 51.76
9. Luke Smith 56.64

Women 200-yard Back 
1. Kayleigh Kuschewski 2:17.71
2. Natalie Porter 2:22.15 

Men 200-yard Back 
2. Jay Jenkins 2:06.43
3. Lane Wagner 2:07.15
4. Colin McKibben 2:09.90

Women 200-yard Breaststroke
1. Lauren Feddersen 2:37.20
2. Bella Calcagno 2:41.24

Women 500-yard Free
2. Samantha Boore 5:32.35
3. Abi Zelikman 5:37.39
4. Claire Paule 5:42.90

Men 500-yard Free
2. Carter Dilger 5:03.06
4. Donald Tichy 5:47.29

Women 100-yard Fly
1. Emily Marks 1:06.04
3. Olivia Kula 1:09.44
6. Julianna Boyle 1:14.90

Men 100-yard Fly
1. Jack Hansen 55.09
3. Alex Kula 1:09.44
7. Colin McKibben 59.20
8. Luke Smith 1:00.68

Women 200-yard IM
1. Kayliegh Kuschewski 2:22.03
2. Lauren Feddersen 2:24.23
4. Abi Zelikman 2:28.90

Men 200-yard IM
3. Carter Dilger 2:06.13
6. Jack Hansen 2:13.32