Coast Guard 133, WPI 88 

New London, CT ---The WPI Men's swimming and diving team saw many strong performances, but came away with a 133-88 loss to Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon. 

Junior distance swimmer Dan White (Sidney, ME) was victorious in the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.11) while teammate Robert Medaglio (Andover, MA) finished second with his time of 5:48.45.  WPI swept the 100-yard breaststroke, with Chase Johnson (Eastham, MA) taking first (1:08.92), Lee Chiang (Lexington, MA) in second (1:10.56) and Patrick Napier (Malden, MA) placing third (1:28.56). 

Second place finishes included White in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:35.02), Chiang in the 50-yard freestyle (23.10) and Steve Rose (Worcester, MA) in the 100-yard freestyle (51.45).  Freshman Mason Ruffing (Stone Mountain, CA) took home third in the 200-yard freestyle while Rose and Chiang earned third in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:58.94) and 100-yard backstroke (1:01.35), respectively.  Diver Paul Heslinga (Barnstable, MA) dove to first place in the three meter event (112.86) while Ruffing, Johnson and Chiang combined with David Keck (Orwigsburg, PA) to finish second in the 400-yard medley relay (3:53.84). 

Capping off the day for the Engineers was a first (3:39.48) and second place (4:15.78) finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay with the first place team consisting of Rose, White, Tito Cruz (Hartford, CT) and Minh Truong (West Roxbury, MA) while the second squad included Heslinga, Napier, Jeff Meyer (Denver, CO) and Bryan Bergeron (Poland, ME). 

Men's swimming diving is now 3-2 and will return to action on December 1st when they compete at the two-day Wesleyan Invitational beginning at 11am.

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