KENOSHA, Wis. – The Carthage College men's swimming and diving team beat Illinois Wesleyan (192-63) and Illinois Tech (143.50-118.50) in the season's home swim meet Saturday at the Koenitzer Aquatic Center.

The Red Men had eight first-place finishes on the day as Mitchell Mages collected first in the 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM. Mages was also a swimmer of the 200-yard medley relay team who recorded first with Jake Darlinger, Nick Seroni and Nick Nevins with a clocked time of 1:36.17. 

Cooper Hawkins placed first in the 1000-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke while Darlinger took second in the 200-yard freestyle. 

Nick Nevins took first in the 100-yard free while the relay team of Ross Wilson, Wilson Burton, Darlinger and Seroni finished first with a time of 1:27.45 in the 200-yard freestyle. 

Carthage stays at home facing North Central and Carroll (Wis.) on Saturday, November 23 starting at 12 p.m. 

Head Coach Seth Weidmann

"It felt good to host our first home meet of the year. Both IIT and Illinois Wesleyan gave us some great and exciting races. Our guys stepped up big time to come out on top."

Team Scores 

Illinois Institute of Tech-203.00 Illinois Wesleyan-52.00 
Carthage 192.00 Illinois Wesleyan-63.00
Carthage 143.50 Illinois Institute of Tech-118.50


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