Franklin, Ind.- The DePauw men's swimming team fell to Franklin College 165-129 in its dual against the Grizzlies. The Tigers finished with three individual first-place finishes and tallied two first-place relay finishes to bookend the meet.
Tigers jumped to an early lead after
Nathan Turner,
Patrick Unterreiner,
Ben Hilfinger, and
James Shorney finished first with a time of 1:38.07 in the 200 medley relay. Hilfinger would go on to pace DePauw with two individual first-place finishes. He swam 21.17 in the 50 free and earned first in the 100 butterfly after swimming it in 50.37. Unterreiner earned a first-place finish in the 200breast with a time of 2:18.38.
DePauw completed the afternoon by winning the 400 free relay with
Michael Ray,
Ethan Williams Fonner,
Braden Mallery, and Hilfinger, finishing in 3:13.23 for first. The Tigers tallied 18 top-three finishes, including a sweep in the 50 free, with Shorney and Ray coming in second (22.00) and third (22.12), respectively.
DePauw travels to St. Louis, Missouri to face the WashU Bears on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 12 p.m. CST.