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Adam Effinger captured first place in the 100 yard
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TERRE HAUTE,
IND. -- The Rose-Hulman men's and women's swimming team
both had strong showings against Division I Evansville on
Wednesday night.
The men's squad
earned five first place finishes in their 149-94 loss and were led
by senior Jacob Sorensen (Enterprise, Ala./Daleville) who
took first place in both the 200-yard individual medley (2:06.21)
and 500-yard freestyle (4:59.16).
Sorensen also swam
a leg of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay that included senior
Adam Effinger (Plainfield), junior Nick Lee (Bryan, Texas),
and sophomore Brian Yount (Bloomington, Ill.).
Effinger and Lee
each captured individual event wins with Effinger taking the
100-yard butterfly in 53.71 and Lee winning the 50-yard freestyle in
23.09.
Junior Steven
Vande Lune (Kokomo) earned a pair of second place finishes in
the 200-yard freestyle in 1:53.09 and the 500-yard freestyle in
5:07.95.
On the women's
side, Evansville defeated the Engineers by a final tally of 187-52.
Senior Anita
Isch (Buffalo, Minn.) captured the women's lone first place
finish in the 100-yard freestyle in a winning time of 57.43.
Isch also took second place in the 50-yard freestyle in 26.67.
Freshman Katie
Trella (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine Township) swam the second
fastest time in Rose-Hulman women's swimming history in the
1000-yard freestyle, taking second place in a time of 11:23.67.
The Rose-Hulman
swimming teams will return to action on Saturday, January 12, when
they compete against Transylvania and Butler at the SRC Pool for
Senior Day.