WashU Males’s Swimming and Diving Beats SLU to Open Season

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Washington University in St. Louis males’s swimming and diving group opened the 2025-26 season with a win over Division 1 Saint Louis University, 172.00-103.00.
 
Top Finishers

• 1-Meter Diving
  • First-year Ian Corey completed second with a rating of 169.10
    
    

• 200 Medley Relay
  
• 1,000 Freestyle
  • Chan received his first collegiate particular person race with a time of 9:25.90
  • First-year Alex Nguyen took second in 9:49.63
    
    

• 200 Freestyle
  • Senior Ethan Feng received the sphere with a time of 1:43.17
  • First-year Gavin Coggin took third in 1:45.17
  • Senior Orluke Borjigin completed fourth in 1:45.32
  • Senior Matthew Giardinelli took fifth in 1:45.44
    
    

• 100 Backstroke
  • Zhu received with a time of 51.64
  • Sophomore Nicholas Frank took fourth in 53.36
    
    

• 100 Breaststroke
  • Scott completed second in 57.68
  • First-year Kevin Raghunathan took fourth with a time of 58.95
    
    

• 200 Butterfly
  • Walker received the race with a time of 1:56.22
  • Coggan took fourth in 1:59.39
  • Nus completed fifth in 1:59.40
    
    

• 50 Freestyle
  • Heether received with a time of 21.42
  • Graduate pupil Mikey Thurk completed third in 21.63
  • Koehler took fifth in 21.76
  • Sophomore Jacob Tulchinsky completed fifth in 21.78
    
    

• 100 Freestyle
  • Thurk and Feng tied for first with a time of 47.50
  • Koehler claimed third in 47.78
  • Heether took fourth in 47.87
    
    

• 200 Backstroke
  • Chan received the sphere in 1:52.04
  • First-year Hunter Hua took fourth in 1:55.12
    
    

• 200 Breaststroke
  • Scott completed second in 2:08.71
  • Raghunathan took third in 2:09.26
    
    

• 500 Freestyle
  • Chan received his third race of the day with a time of 4:39.19
  • Coggan completed second in 4:51.07
  • Borjigin took third in 4:52.89
    
    

• 100 Butterfly
  • Walker received the sphere in 51.12
  • Zhu took second with a time of 52.34
  • Nus completed third in 52.40
  • Junior Tommy Moul tied for fifth in 52.75
    
    

• 200 IM
  • Feng claimed the highest spot in 1:56.23
  • Hua completed third in 1:57.32
  • Raghunathan took fifth in 1:58.84
    
    

• 400 Freestyle Relay
  • Heether, Thurk, Tulchinsky and senior Kai Taft completed second with a time of three:09.90
  • Coggan, Walker, Koehler and Fend completed third in 3:10.59
  • Frank, Borjigin, Giardinelli and senior Henry Tavens took fourth in 3:14.11

 
The Bears return to motion on Saturday, November 1 in opposition to Chicago at 1 p.m. in Millstone Pool.

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