BOURBONNAIS, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's swimming and diving teams notched two individual victories in a triangular meet against North Central College and Olivet Nazarene University Saturday, Nov. 8 inside Perry Center. Thirteen Titans notched career-bests as the Titans split duals on the day. The women defeated NCC, 131-53, while the men took down its conference foe, 77-22..

"I am extremely proud of the way we competed today, especially since we were swimming off events," Director of Swimming & Diving, Dan Lloyd said. "This was also a great opportunity to race on our conference time schedule with the early morning start. We did a great job of adapting to that in preparing for our races which will be extremely beneficial at the end of the year which is our main focus."

In the men's 200-yard medley relay, the team of Jay Jenkins (Aurora, Ill.-West Aurora), Ben Huk (Des Plaines, Ill.-Maine West), Jacob Nacional (Bolingbrook, Ill.-Bolingbrook), and Tate Thomas (Joliet, Ill.-Joliet West) earned a third place finish, touching with a time of 1:41.50. 

Thomas notched an individual top-three finish as well, claiming second in the 1000-yard free with a time of 10:30.27. In mid-distance, Nacional claimed a third-place finish in the 500-yard free, touching in 5:10.13. Additionally, Jenkins earned a third-place finish in career-best fashion in the 50 yard free, finishing in 22.41.

Senior Natalie Porter (Danville, Ill.-Danville) got the Titans started with a runner-up finish in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking a 1:06.60 in the event. 

Freshman Abby Schnittker (Lombard, Ill.-Willowbrook) picked up the second consecutive 100-yard free victory of her freshman season, matching her career-best time at 55.09.

Junior Claire Paule (Godfrey, Ill.-Alton) claimed a victory in the 1000-yard free, touching in a career-best time of 11:34.79 and earning her first win of the season. Paule bested teammate junior Julianna Boyle (Carol Stream, Ill.-Glenbard North), who claimed second-place in the event with a time of 12:09.93. 

Illinois Wesleyan returns to action Friday-Saturday Nov. 21-22 at the Beloit Invite. The meet is set to begin at 10 a.m. inside Robert G. Nicholls Natatorium.

IWU Individual Results
*indicates a personal best time

Women's 1000 free
1. Claire Paule 11:34.79*
2. Julianna Boyle 12:09.93

Men's 1000 free
2. Tate Thomas 10:30.27*

Women's 200 free
4. Ellen Hoover 2:10.08*
7. Caroline Stenger 2:14.22*

Men's 200 free
5. Ben Huk, 1:52.86*

Women's 100 back
2. Natalie Porter 1:06.60*
6. Emilee Spicer 1:21.99*

Women's 100 breast
5. Caroline Stenger 1:17.61

Women's 50 free
5. Kayleigh Kuschewski 27.21
11. Libby Hamer 28.76
12. Julianna Boyle 29.27

Men's 50 free
3. Jay Jenkins 22.41*
7. Jacob Nacional 23.42

Women's 100 free
1. Abby Schnittker 55.09*
5. Julia Jozwiak 59.35
9. Isabella Cano 1:01.55
13. Libby Hamer 1:04.94

Men's 100 free
5. Jay Jenkins 50.37*

Women's 500 free
4. Claire Paule 5:40.28
5. Emilee Spicer 6:09.46

Men's 500 free
3. Jacob Nacional 5:10.13

Women's 100 fly
5. Kayleigh Kuschewski 1:05.77*
6. Sam Borre 1:06.99 

Men's 100 fly
5. Tate Thomas 58.65

Women's 200 IM
4. Isabella Cano 2:41.08*

Men's 200 IM
5. Ben Huk 2:11.02*