VALPARAISO, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology combined for nine first-place and 12 runner-up performances in a strong overall swimming team effort at NCAA Division I Valparaiso University on Friday night.
The men's squad picked up a 159-102 dual meet victory over Valparaiso, while the women's team fell by a 125-62 margin.
The team's nine first-place performances included seven individual event winners. Jared Brown paced the Fightin' Engineers with two wins, capturing first-place honors in the 50-freestyle (21.95) and 100-freestyle (48.34).
Other men's individual winners included Dutch Kipp in the 200-backstroke (2:04.29); Ethan Park in the 200-breaststroke (2:11.58); Michael Rosier in the 100-butterfly; and Bryce Snaguski in the 200-butterfly (1:59.96). On the women's side, Elisa Weber picked up a victory in the 200-individual medley with a time of 2:22.59.
Both the men's and women's 400-freestyle relay teams captured first place honors. The men's squad included Kipp, Brown, Brendan King and Sean Gish in 3:13.10, while the women's team included Lauren Blake, Maria Kline, Tana Hendrickson and Parker Brady in 3:54.28.
The performance also included a total of 12 runner-up placements. Snaguski had two second-place finishes, in both the 100-butterfly (53.83) and the 200-individual medley (2:04.46). Other men's second-place finishers included William Jordan in the 100-backstroke (56.39); King in the 500-freestyle (4:58.42); Kipp in the 50-freestyle (21.99); Park in the 100-breaststroke (1:00.73); Rosier in the 200-butterfly (2:03.61); Nick Samra in the 200-breaststroke (2:17.61); and Shamus Sparling in the 1,000-freestyle (10:19.74). The men's 200-medley relay team also came home second in 1:38.42.
On the women's side, second-place finishers were earned by Blake in the 100-freestyle (57.56) and Weber in the 200-breaststoroke (2:41.46).
Rose-Hulman returns to action at nationally ranked Calvin College on Saturday afternoon.
