WHEATON, Ill. -- The Augustana Vikings men's and women's swimming & diving teams competed in their final meet of the regular season on Saturday. The men fell to Wheaton by a score of 162-119, while the women were defeated 152.5-120.5.

"This was a great meet today in preparing the body to race in less than a 24 hour turnaround," said head coach Dan Lloyd. "Again, without our full team and swimming several off events we did extremely well and put up some extremely fast swims, which based on how tired we are from our J-Term break double workouts bodes well for us once we taper for conference championships."

In the men's 200 freestyle relay, the team of Tommy Anderson, Oskar Bannister, Bjorn Sievert, and Lucas Rettig claimed first with a time of 1:26.19.

In individual events, Mark Addison and Michael Garland went No. 1 and 2 in the 200 IM, with Addison posting a time of 1:55.48 to finish first and rank No. 4 in the CCIW to date. Garland earned a a first-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, the only swimmer to end with a sub one-minute time. Ian Palmroos and Alex Xayachanla finished second and third in the 100-yard fly, while Sam Kulisek placed second in the 500 freestyle. In the 200 breaststroke, Tyler Leslie won the event with a time of 2:08.58 to place him with the fifth-fastest time in the CCIW currently. Garland also placed second in the race as well. Four of the top five finishers in the 50 free belonged to the Vikings, with Rettig leading the way with a time of 21.90 in first. Sievert came in second, followed by Anderson in fourth and Cesar Castillo in fifth. Addison, Rettig, and Castillo all finished in the top five of the 100-yard freestyle as well. Dante Rinaldi snagged second place in the 100 back for the Vikings and Kulisek and Matthew Meyer secured top-five swims in the 200 freestyle. 

Annabella Valenti won the 200 IM after clocking a time of 2:20.03, while Mara Walker and Giselle Koonce placed second and third in the 100-yard fly. Bella Casanovas and Ava Kauffeld were the first two to finish in the 500 freestyle, with Casanovas winning the race by over 17 seconds with a time of 5:32.24. Casanovas was also the winner of the 200 fly with a time of 2:19.49 and Kauffeld took the 100 breaststroke in 1:12.48. Brooke Walker was the champion of the 200-yard breaststroke with a mark of 2:34.66, followed by three others in the top five in Livy Sholl, Caitlin Stoddard, and Emma McVicker. B. Walker also swam a second-place time in the 200-yard freestyle to lead a group of four Vikings in the top five. Hailey Glasnovich won the 200 backstroke in 2:13.33, while Kendle Mihm, Koonce, and Kylee Blaha all secured top-five swims in the 100-yard freestyle. Glasnovich also placed second in the 100 back and Mihm placed second in the 50 freestyle.

Augustana falls to 7-2 on the women's side and 6-3 on the men's.

The team will have divers compete this upcoming Friday at the St. Ambrose Diving Invitational before taking on the conference championships beginning February 19.