Tigers Roar to Victory, Dominating First Place at the CC Classic!

The men’s swimming and diving squad at Colorado College honored its six seniors while securing six first-place finishes on the second day of the Colorado College Classic held at Schlessman Natatorium, entering the final day in the top position.
 
On the 1-meter diving board, Wyatt Wellehan achieved a clean sweep for the weekend, scoring 497.55 points for the victory, with Aidan Richter coming in second at 471.30 points and Nico Rimer finishing third with 382.85 points.
 
Both relay teams for the Tigers dominated the 400 medley relay. The “A” relay team consisting of Sam Allen, Andrew Colgan, Tomas Gonzalez, and Jack Hussin secured first place with a time of 3:31.74. The “B” relay of Nathan McCraken, Collin Ralston, Dax Sherwood, and Step Flanagan finished second with a time of 3:40.66.
 
Later, in the 200 freestyle relay, the Tiger “B” relay team comprising Sherwood, Flanagan, Allen, and Gonzalez edged out the University of Colorado’s “A” team by just 0.03 seconds, finishing with a time of 1:27.00.
 
The Tigers also secured the top three spots in the 200 individual medley with Ralston clinching first place in a time of 2:00.41. Stephen Kim finished second in 2:04.56, and Allen came in third with a time of 2:04.64.
 
CC maintained its dominance with a 1-2-3 finish in the 500 freestyle, where Hussin emerged victorious with a time of 4:55.59. McCracken secured second place with a time of 5:03.86, while Lucio Bollettieri took third after finishing in 5:07.32.
 
Allen achieved first place in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:01.76, narrowly surpassing Tomas Gonzalez, who finished second with a time of 2:04.59.
 
Sherwood took second place in the 100 freestyle, clocking in at 53.11, followed by Colgan in fourth place, finishing with a time of 54.89.
 
Edmund Davis finished fifth in the 100 freestyle with a time of 49.96. Zach Harris came in fifth in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:26.80.
 
The concluding day of the CC Classic, scheduled for Sunday, January 19, will commence with preliminaries at 9 a.m.