West Lowers Personal 100 Backstroke Report At Last Chance Meet

Wabash College sophomore Ryan West continued his assault on the Little Giants’ swimming and diving file guide Sunday, breaking his personal 10-day-old college file within the 100-yard backstroke on the Wabash Last Chance Meet on the Crawfordsville High School Aquatics Center.

West touched the wall in 49.27 seconds to eclipse the 49.51 mark he produced on the 2026 North Coast Athletic Conference Championships two weeks earlier. The swim additionally met the NCAA Division III “B” lower qualifying commonplace.

Wabash recorded 14 personal-best performances and 6 season-best instances at its closing regular-season competitors. Aidan Mason posted a personal-best time of 1:01.37 within the 100-yard backstroke.

Owen Thomas positioned second within the preliminaries of the 50-yard freestyle with a season-best time of twenty-two.35. Michael Cruzado added a season-best effort of twenty-two.72 to complete fourth. Mark Berger recorded a personal-best swim of twenty-two.99, whereas Andres Tejada (23.68), MJ Burley (24.04), Sidney Thomas (24.08) and Aidan Gubbins (24.15) additionally turned in personal-best instances.

Gubbins gained the 100-yard breaststroke with a personal-best time of 1:02.47, and Burley completed second with a personal-best mark of 1:04.07.

Nicholas Plumb delivered a personal-best swim of 4:41.93 to win the 500-yard freestyle. Quinn Sweeney produced a personal-best time of 46.13 to seize the 100-yard freestyle title. Carter Ramsey completed third with a personal-best mark of 49.38, whereas Burley added a season-best time of 51.09.

Ramsey positioned second within the 200-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 1:48.48. Tejada added a season-best swim of 1:53.15 to complete third. Berger recorded a personal-best time of 1:00.13 within the 100-yard particular person medley.

The 2025-26 season concludes with the NCAA Division III National Championships scheduled for March 18-21 in Indianapolis.