The Seattle University men’s swim team lost to the U.S. Air Force Academy, 113-76, Saturday in a collegiate dual meet held at the Cadet Natatorium.
Bart Wanot (Federal Way, Wash.) picked up the team’s only event victory of the meet, finishing first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 52.12 seconds. He also posted the fourth-fastest time in the 50 freestyle at 21.82 seconds and led off the 200 medley relay, joining with Tanner Schelling (Boise, Idaho), Jack Baldoni (Applegate, Calif.), and Kyle Moline (Mercer Island, Wash.) for a third place finish with a time of 1:34.95.
Baldoni finished in second place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 51.38 seconds, while Gabe Wheeler (Round Rock, Texas) posted the third-fastest time in the 100 breaststroke with a mark of 59.56 seconds. Nick Connors (Richland, Wash.) finished fourth in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:18.59 before posting the fourth-fastest mark in the 500 freestyle at 5:03.62.
The meet concluded with Moline, Connors, Alec Barnard (Everett, Wash.), and John Fulmer (Kent, Wash.) posting a time of 3:18.61 in the 400 freestyle relay.
Seattle University (2-7) concludes the dual meet season by traveling north to Burnaby, B.C., to face long-time rival Simon Fraser University Saturday, Jan. 31, starting at 1 p.m. The Redhawks will then prepare for the Western Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, to take place in San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 25-28.