Adam Effinger earned four first place finishes on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon

TERRE HAUTE, IND. --  The Rose-Hulman men's and women's swimming squads racked up 14 first place finishes in a tri-meet with HCAC opponent Transylvania University and Butler University on Saturday afternoon.

The men's squad defeated Transylvania 191-108 in the HCAC duel meet while the women fell 154-120 to the Pioneers and 144-129 to Butler.

For the men, seniors Adam Effinger (Plainfield) and Nick Lee (Bryan, Texas) each earned four first place finishes on Senior Day for the Engineer swimming squads.

Lee was a member of the winning 400-yard medley relay (3:46.11), and captured top honors in the 100-yard backstroke (55.88), 50-yard freestyle (22.86), and 100-yard freestyle (49.77) to round out the afternoon.

Effinger earned two individual first place finishes in the 100-yard butterfly in 53.01 and 200-yard butterfly with a winning mark of 1:59.10.  Effinger was also a member of the winning 400-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay (7:20.94).

Junior Steven Vande Lune (Kokomo) collected three first place finishes on the afternoon by winning the 1650-yard freestyle in 17:25.42, capturing the 500-yard freestyle in 5:07.68, and being a member of the first place 800-yard freestyle relay.

Other winners for the Engineer men included senior Jacob Sorensen (Enterprise, Ala./Daleville) and sophomore Brian Yount (Bloomington, Ill.). 

Sorensen earned a pair of first place finishes in the 400-yard individual medley (4:28.79) and 800-meter freestyle relay and took second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.42) and 200-yard butterfly.

Yount collected an individual win in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:50.36 and was a member of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay.

On the women's side, freshman Katie Trella (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine Township) finished the afternoon with a win in the 1650-yard freestyle in 19:18.16 and took second place in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:33.26.

Sophomore Stephanie Hance (Noblesville) finished with the afternoon with a trio of strong individual performances, earning a pair of second place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke (1:06.49) and 200-yard backstroke (2:23.02), as well as earning a third place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (2:42.05).

In the diving events, sophomore Sam Danesis (Akron, Ohio/Revere) swept both the 1 meter and 3 meter events, posting winning scores of 163.10 and 146.90.

The Engineer swim squads will return to action on Saturday, January 26, when they travel to the University of Evansville for a tri-meet with the host Purple Aces and Vincennes University.  The meet is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.