Langlois Repeats as MPSF Open Water Champ for 2025

LONG BEACH, Calif. (Oct. 18, 2025) – For a second yr in a row, junior Thomas Langlois (Haut-Richelieu, QC, Canada / St. John’s)  of the Whittier College males’s swimming & diving staff proved himself as one of many prime open water swimmers within the nation by profitable the MPSF Open Water Invitational on Saturday morning.

Langlois’ win would serve to be just the start of an thrilling day for Whittier College Aquatics, as this system would host its first-ever Aquatics Bi-Yearly Gala later that night. First, the proficient French-Canadian needed to escape of a prime group of three swimmers from California Baptist University and Grand Canyon University.Little greater than a full second separated the three swimmers, however however, Langlois can be the primary of the three to emerge from the water.

However, upon rising from the water, rivals nonetheless had one other 15 toes or so on land to traverse with a purpose to make it to the end line. While Langlois stumbled upon reaching the sand initially, the rival swimmer from Cal Baptist would endure a higher stumble, paving the best way for the junior to make a clean restoration and full the race a two-time champion in 59:06.41.

The win ensures Langlois a spot within the CSCAA Open Water National Championships in Miami, Fla. this December. Langlois competed within the nationwide race final yr and took house a sixth-place end. This yr, he was certainly one of 5 Whittier males to compete in Long Beach, and certainly one of three to complete among the many top-20 swimmers. Joining him have been switch Bo Zheng and freshman Zeke Garzon, who completed 18th and nineteenth respectively. Junior AJ Ceja and freshman Alex Song additionally competed for the Purple & Gold.

Head Coach Michael Jafari and the Poets will subsequent head to Chapman University for the primary double-dual of the season with the Panthers in addition to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges on Nov. 8.

 

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