Men’s swimming tops Wabash; women second at WU Invitational After their yearly winter-break trip to Florida, the Bears took part in a pair of meets over break. On Wednesday, Jan. 11, the men’s team headed to Crawfordsville, Ill., and handled Wabash College by a score of 182-94. The Bears were victorious in 12 of the meet’s 14 swimming events.

The Washington University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both finished second out of six teams at the Wheaton Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The No. 13 men scored 688 points, 202 behind first-place finisher University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The No. 15 women scored 791, 25 behind Stevens Point. “The meet…

The Washington University swimming and diving teams opened their 2011-12 seasons on Friday night with losses to cross-town rival Saint Louis University at Millstone Pool in the Athletic Complex. The men’s team was outscored 143-96, while the women’s team lost 152-87. The Bears chose to look at the positives that came out of the team’s first meet.

The Washington University swimming teams came home from the University Athletic Association Championships in Rochester, N.Y., with four wins and some potential NCAA-qualifying times.

The Washington University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are both in contention for conference titles through two days of competition at the 2011 University Athletic Association Championships in Rochester, N.Y. The women sit in third out of seven teams while the men are in fourth place. Both teams have already contributed some strong performances.

Washington University’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both defeated Principia College on Friday in a dual meet in Elsah, Ill. The men won 106-86, and the women triumphed 119-56 to complete the sweep. The two teams combined to win 14 of 25 races held at the meet.

In the final home meet of the season, three freshmen swimmers sparked the No. 11 Washington University women’s swimming and diving team to a first place finish, while the No. 13 men’s team finished third out of six teams at the WUSTL Invitational this past weekend.

The Washington University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams ended the fall semester on a high note. Travelling to Illinois for the Wheaton Invitational, the tenth-ranked women’s team finished first of five teams, topping the second place and ninth-ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point by 14 points. The sixth-ranked men’s team finished second of five teams, falling short of seventeenth-ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point by 197.5 points.

The Washington University swimming and diving team continued its season at the Washington University Thanksgiving Invite on Nov. 20-21. The women’s team took second in three-team field, finishing behind Division I St. Louis University and ahead of NAIA member Lindenwood University.

In its only dual meet of the season against a University Athletic Association (UAA) opponent, the Washington University swimming and diving teams split their meets this weekend, with the men’s team cruising to a 147-89 win while the women’s team falling 108-131.