Viking men finish 3-1 in dual meets and fourth at CCIW Championships; Ekberg and Disteldorf each break two individual school records; four relay marks fall as well
 
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Junior Ian Disteldorf (Brother Rice HS, Oak Forest, Ill.) and freshman Jared Ekberg (Rockford Christian HS, Rockford, Ill.) each took down a pair of individual school records this year and four relay marks fell as well during Augustana's 2015-16 men's swimming season. Coach Dan Lloyd's Vikings won three of four dual meets and finished fourth at the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Championships. Ekberg also brought home a conference title in the 200 individual medley.
 
Augustana opened the season at home on Halloween, dominating Knox (158-38) and Loras (153-60) by winning 10 of 12 events. Ekberg, senior Adam Bernardi (Boylan HS, Belvidere, Ill.) and freshman Bryan Haage (Huntley HS, Huntley, Ill.) each won two individual events.
 
The Vikings continued their dominance with a 144.5-39.5 victory at Monmouth on November 20. Ekberg won the 200 IM and 500 freestyle and led off the winning 200 freestyle relay.
 
Competing at its first invitational event on November 21, Augustana finished third of seven teams at Illinois Wesleyan. Ekberg was a winner in the 100 backstroke.
 
The Vikings' lone dual meet loss came on January 9 at Carthage by a score of 139-122. Sommers won the 100 and 200 butterflies and Disteldorf won the 100 and 200 breaststrokes to earn CCIW Swimmer of the Week honors.
 
Augustana took fourth place among eight teams at the Grinnell Invitational on January 22-23. Ekberg won the 100 backstroke and 100 IM and Jacob Speechley (Lockport HS, Lockport, Ill.) claimed the 100 freestyle on Friday. On Saturday, Ekberg and Disteldorf, along with sophomores Chris Wilson (Bradford-on-Tone, United Kingdom) and Speechley comprised the winning 200 medley relay. Ekberg's effort garnered CCIW Swimmer of the Week recognition.
 
The Vikings warmed up for the conference meet by winning the Wheaton Quad on January 30. Augustana edged out the hosts for the title by a single point (152-151). Illinois Tech and North Central also competed. Ekberg (100 backstroke), Disteldorf (100 breaststroke) and senior Felipe Hernandez (United Township HS, East Moline, Ill.) (200 backstroke) were individual winners and the 200 freestyle relay of Disteldorf, Ekberg, Haage and Speechley was also victorious.
 
All eight of this year's school records were set at the CCIW Championships in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin on February 11-13.
 
Ekberg started off with a bang on Thursday, shattering Aaron Holt's school record by nearly four seconds (1:51.67) in winning the 200 IM. He also swam a :49.99 100 backstroke split in the 4x100 medley relay,  besting Holt's previous mark of :50.96. He, Disteldorf, senior David Sommers (Westlake HS, Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Speechley broke the 400 medley relay record with a third-place 3:24.87. In addition, Disteldorf, Ekberg, Haage and Speechley swam a school-record 1:24.39 in the 200 freestyle relay, finishing fourth.
 
On Friday, Disteldorf broke Matt Roche's school record in the 100 breaststroke, swimming a third-place :57.57. He, along with Ekberg, Wilson and Speechley also set a new Augustana standard in the 200 medley relay with a fourth-place 1:33.59.
 
On Saturday, the oldest school record on the books fell. Tom Hancock's 1986 200 breaststroke mark (2:08.21) was bettered by Distledorf's preliminary time of 2:08.14. The Viking 400 freestyle relay also set a school record. Speechley, sophomore Miguel Rodgriguez (Boylan HS, Rockford, Ill.), Haage and Ekberg finished fourth in a time 3:06.27.
 
Augustana finished fourth in the team standings with 399 points. Associate member Rose-Hulman won its second straight CCIW title with 883 points, followed by Carthage (866), Wheaton (740), Augustana, Illinois Wesleyan (324), North Central (100) and Millikin (93).
 

2016 CCIW Swimming & Diving Championships
February 5-13, 2016—Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
 
Men's Team Results: 1. Rose-Hulman 883; 2. Carthage 866; 3. Wheaton 740; 4. AUGUSTANA 399; 5. Illinois Wesleyan 324; 6North Central 100; 7. North Central 93.
 
Individual Champions and Augustana finishers
 
50 freestyle: 1. Jack O'Connor, Wheaton :20.51; 11. Jake Speechley, Augustana: 21.77.
100 freestyle: 1. Jack O'Connor, Wheaton: 45.69; 10. Miguel Rodriguez, Augustana: 47.35; 14. Bryan Haage, Augustana: 47.87.
200 freestyle: 1. Chris Russo, Carthage: 1:40.58. 10. Bryan Haage, Augustana: 1:44.26; 13. Miguel Rodriguez, Augustana: 1:46.08; 16. Kyle Workman, Augustana: 1:51.38
500 freestyle: 1. Will McCauley, Wheaton 4:32.08.
1650 freestyle: 1. Will McCauley, Wheaton 15:52.59; 13. Kyle Workman, Augustana: 18:15.48; Tyler Andrews, Augustana: 19:23.09.
100 backstroke: 1. Chris Szymczak, Wheaton: 49.42; 2. Jared Ekberg, Augustana: 50.22; 9. Jake Speechley, Augustana: 53.59; 15. Felipe Hernandez, Augustana: 55.85; 16. Luke Herron, Augustana: 57.76
200 backstroke: 1. Chris Szymczak, Wheaton: 1:48.04; 6. Jake Speechley, Augustana: 1:55.97; 8. Felipe Hernandez, Augustana: 1:57.11
100 breaststroke: 1. Elliot Penson, Wheaton: 56.08; 3. Ian Disteldorf, Augustana: 57.57; 8. Victor Wagstrom, Augustana: 59.59; 9. Bryce Dibadki, Augustana: 59.80; 14. Robert Chaney, Augustana: 1:01.99
200 breaststroke: 1. Elliot Penson, Wheaton: 2:00.86; 4. Ian Disteldorf, Augustana: 2:08.43;8. Victor Wagstrom, Augustana: 2:18.30; 13. Bryce Dibadj, Augustana: 2:13:68; 14. Robert Chaney, Augustana: 2:14.65
100 butterfly: 1. Orion Martin, Rose-Hulman :48.36; 9. Jared Ekberg, Augustana: 51.32; 12. David Sommers, Augustana: 52.86; 15. Christopher Wilson, Augustana: 54.14
200 butterfly:  1. Patrick King, Rose-Hulman 1:50.99; 5. David Sommers, Augustana 1:56.63; 10. Adam Bernardi. Augustana: 1:58.78.
200 IM: 1. Jared Ekberg, Augustana: 1:51.67; 9. Bryan Haage, Augustana: 1:54.99; 14. Adam Bernardi, Augustana: 1:57.81.
400 IM: 1. Will McCauley, Wheaton: 4:01.22; 13. Adam Bernardi, Augustana: 4:15.03
200 freestyle relay: 1. Carthage 1:22.92; 4. Augustana (Ian Disteldorf, Jared Ekberg, Bryan Haage, Jake Speechley) 1:24.39.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Carthage 3:04.59; 4. (Jake Speechley, Miguel Rodriguez, Bryan Haage, Jared Ekberg) 3:06.27.
800 freestyle relay: 1. Wheaton 6:49.06; 4. (Bryan Haage, Miguel Rodriguez, Kyle Workman, Adam Bernardi) 7:07.68.
200 medley relay: 1. Wheaton 1:31.38; 4. Augustana (Jared Ekberg, Ian Disteldorf, Christopher Wilson, Jake Speechley) 1:33.59
400 medley relay: 1. Wheaton 3:19.80; 3. Augustana (Jared Ekberg, Ian Disteldorf, David Sommers, Jake Speechley) 3:24.87
One-meter diving: 1. Aaron San Juan, Carthage: 408.50.
Three-meter diving: 1. Samuel Gould, Rose-Hulman 420.45.
 
2015-16 AUGUSTANA SUPERLATIVES
DUAL MEET RECORD: 3-1
COLLEGE CONFERENCE OF ILLINOIS & WISCONSIN FINISH: 4th with 399 points
SCHOOL RECORDS: 100 backstroke (:49.99) Jared Ekberg... 100 breaststroke (:57.57) Ian Disteldorf... 200 breaststroke (2:08.14) Ian Disteldorf… 200 IM (1:51.67) Jared Ekberg… 200 medley relay (1:33.59) Jared Ekberg, Ian Disteldorf, Christopher Wilson, Jacob Speechley… 400 medley relay (3:24.87) Jared Ekberg, Ian Disteldorf, David Sommers, Jacob Speechley… 200 free relay (1:24.39) Ian Disteldorf, Jared Ekberg, Bryan Haage Jacob Speechley… 400 free relay (3:06.27) Jacob Speechley, Miguel Rodriguez, Bryan Haage, Jared Ekberg.
CCIW ALL-CONFERENCE: Ian Disteldorf, Jared Ekberg.
CCIW SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Ian Disteldorf, 1/12/16; Jared Ekberg, 1/26/16.
CCIW ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE: Adam Bernardi, Bryce Dibadj, Thao Pham, Miguel Rodriguez, Anthony Santangelo, Jacob Speechley, Victor Wagstrom, Kyle Workman.
TEAM FINISHES IN INVITATIONALS: Illinois Wesleyan Invitational on 11/21/15 – 3rd of 7... Grinnell Invitational on 1/22-23/16 – 4th of 8... Wheaton Quad Meet on 01/30/16 – 1st of 4.
INVITATIONAL INDIVIDUAL & RELAY CHAMPIONS
Illinois Wesleyan Invitational on 11/21/15 – 100 backstroke (:53.02) Jared Ekberg.   
Grinnell Invitational on 1/22-23/16 – 100 backstroke (52.23) Jared Ekberg; 100 IM (:54.21) Jared Ekberg; 100 freestyle (:48.47) Jacob Speechley.
Wheaton Quad Meet on 01/30/16 – 100 backstroke (:52.72) Jared Ekberg; 100 breaststroke (:59.51) Ian Disteldorf; 200 backstroke (2:01.08) Felipe Hernandez; 200 free relay (1:27.84) Ian Disteldorf, Jared Ekberg, Bryan Haage, Jacob Speechley.
 
ALL-TIME TOP 10 LISTS
Adam Bernardi... 200 butterfly (4th – 1:58.78); 200 IM (1:57.48)
Bryan Haage… 200 IM (2nd – 1:54.99); 200 freestyle (3rd – 1:44.26); 100 freestyle (5th - :47.64)
Bryce Dibadj... 100 breaststroke (5th - :59.80); 200 breaststroke (5th – 2:13.68)
Ian Disteldorf... 100 breaststroke (1st - :57.57); 200 breaststroke (1st – 2:08.14)
Jacob Speechley… 50 freestyle (3rd – :21.59)
Jared Ekberg… 100 backstroke (1st - :49.99); 200 IM (1st – 1:51.67); 100 butterfly (4th - :51.32)
Miguel Rodriguez… 100 freestyle (2nd – :47.19)
Robert Chaney… 100 breaststroke (10th – 1:01.68)
Victor Wagstrom… 100 breaststroke (3rd - :58.21); 200 breaststroke (3rd – 2:11.54)