The Case Western Reserve University swimming and diving teams improved their overall record to 3-0 for the season after their victory against the University of Rochester this past Saturday, Nov. 4. The men’s team defeated the Yellowjackets 227-60 and the women bested them 220-80, another dual win for this team. The men’s team won 15 out of the 16 events, and the women’s team won 13 out of 16. With this victory, the swimming and diving head coach Doug Milliken earned his 100th win.

Second-year Peter Meng set a school record in the 200-yard individual medley with a timestamp of 1:50.56, beating the previous record set by CWRU alumnus Andrew Smith in 2021. He also set a pool record in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:29.61, beating the last record set in 2007 and following second to his own school record from last fall.

Second-year Emil LaSida, fourth-year Ethan Chuang, third-year Ben Zuo and second-year Mason Bencurik secured the 200-yard medley relay win. Second-year John Drumm won the 200-yard freestyle and second-year William Froass won the 100-yard backstroke. Chuang added another win for the weekend, coming first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.37 seconds. Second-year Joshua Hernandez secured the 200-yard butterfly in 1:57.60. Third-year Griffin Gushman won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:50.21.

For the women’s team, third-year Selah Dean placed first in the 200-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle with times of 2:14.12 and 5:23.38, respectively. Third-year Gabriella Chambers, third-year Kate Menzer, second-year Claire Kozma and second-year Julia Cho won the 200-yard medley relay. Chambers, Kozma, second-year Eliza Dixon and third-year Kelly Vann also won the 200-yard freestyle relay. Menzer also won the 200-yard individual medley (2:13.23) while Chambers touched the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle in 24.08 seconds. Third-year Angeli Paull won the 100-yard freestyle, first-year Maggie Rose Rook took the 200-yard freestyle and first-year Ava Ellis placed at the top in the 1000-yard freestyle.

Third-year Abigail Wilkov once again swept the boards, winning both the 1-meter dive with 276.75 points and the 3-meter dive with 278.03 points. Third-year Alex Waltman also won both diving events, taking the 1-meter with a score of 257.05 and the 3-meter dive with a score of 244.20.

The team will take a week off before competing again at the Total Performance Invite in Gambier, Ohio from Nov. 16-18 and at the Carnegie Mellon University Diving Invitational in Pittsburgh from Nov. 17-18. Their next match at CWRU will not be until next semester where they will be facing Oberlin College at the Veale Natatorium on Jan. 27.