RESULTS

WOOSTER, Ohio -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's swimming and diving team earned a dominant first-place finish in the Wooster Invitational this week with a team score of 1852.5.

Vineet Ranade led the Fightin' Engineers in the morning session of day one of the meet as he broke his own school record in the 200 IM with a time of 1:48.69. He continued that success in the finals as he brought home 1st place with a time of 1:50.02. 

Ranade also added a 1st-place finish in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:39.15. He earned another event win in the 200 Breast on the final day of the meet with a time of 2:01.89.

Trevor Wiley also found his way into the record book with the school and HCAC record in the 400 IM with a time of 4:02.74 in the prelims before winning the event with a time of 4:03.09 in the finals. He also finished with the second-fastest 200 IM time in school history at 1:53.54 before bringing home a second-place finish in the event with a time of 1:54.10.

Wiley added another second-place finish on the final day of competition with the fifth-fastest time in Rose-Hulman history in the 200 Butterfly with a time of 1:52.23.

Blaise Swartwood got in on the action claiming an event win on the last day of competition in the 100 IM with a time of 52.73.

Ranade added another top finish in the 400 Medley Relay with Carter Kirtz, Caleb Munger, and Swartwood with a time of 3:25.15. This time was good enough for the 3rd-best time in school history.

Munger, Ranade, and Wiley earned another first-place finish as they teamed up with Tommaso Calviello in the 800 Freestyle Relay to win the event with a time of 6:53.38. 

The team of Ranade, Calviello, Munger, and Swartwood added one more first-place finish in the 400 Free Relay with a time of 3:06.32.

The Fightin' Engineers return to action on Friday, January 10th as they travel to compete against Valparaiso and Wabash in the Valparaiso Tri-Meet at 5 PM CT. 

TOP-5 FINISHES:

* 1st - Vineet Ranade - 200 IM - 1:50.02 (School Record, HCAC Record)
* 1st - Vineet Ranade - 200 Freestyle - 1:39.15
* 1st - Vineet Ranade - 200 Breast - 2:01.89
* 1st - Trevor Wiley - 400 IM - 4:03.09 (School Record, HCAC Record)
* 1st - Blaise Swartwood - 100 IM - 52.73
* 1st - Carter Kirtz, Caleb Munger, Vineet Ranade, Blaise Swartwood - 400 Medley Relay - 3:25.15 (3rd in RHIT History)
* 1st - Tommaso Calviello, Caleb Munger, Vineet Ranade, Trevor Wiley - 800 Freestyle Relay - 6:53.38
* 1st - Vineet Ranade, Tommaso Calviello, Caleb Munger, Blaise Swartwood - 400 Free Relay - 3:06.32
* 2nd - Carter Kirtz - 100 Breaststroke - 57.24 (5th in RHIT History)
* 2nd - Carter Kirtz - 200 Breast - 2:05.74
* 2nd - Caleb Munger - 500 Freestyle - 4:44.52
* 2nd - Caleb Munger - 200 Freestyle - 1:41.67
* 2nd - Caleb Munger - 200 Back - 1:55.37
* 2nd - Blaise Swartwood - 100 Butterfly - 50.91
* 2nd - Trevor Wiley - 200 IM - 1:54.10 (2nd in RHIT History)
* 2nd - Trevor Wiley - 200 Butterfly - 1:52.23 (5th in RHIT History)
* 3rd - Eric Sinclair - 100 Breaststroke - 57.44
* 3rd - Eric Sinclair - 100 IM - 54.01
* 3rd - Carter Kirtz, Caleb Munger, Vineet Ranade, Blaise Swartwood - 200 Medley Relay - 1:34.79
* 4th - Parker Siddons - 3m Diving - 319.80
* 4th - Travis Zinzer - 400 IM - 4:11.27
* 4th - Blaise Swartwood - 200 Butterfly - 1:54.17
* 4th - Tommaso Calviello, Nick Edwards, Eric Sinclair, Trevor Wiley - 400 Medley Relay - 3:29.68
* 5th - Carter Kirtz - 100 IM - 56.14
* 5th - Eric Sinclair - 200 Breast - 2:07.78
* 5th - Aidan Carter, Garrett Walls, Trevor Wiley, Sam West - 400 Free Relay - 3:12.40

TEAM STANDINGS:

1) Rose-Hulman - 1852.5
2) Ashland - 1617
3) Wooster - 1600.5
4) Mount Union - 1261
5) PennWest-Edinboro - 804
6) Kalamazoo - 620
7) Westminster - 557
8) Wittenberg - 240