TERRE HAUTE — Wabash College opened its 2026-27 swimming and diving season Saturday with six event victories and a second-place team finish at the Indiana D3 Invitational hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
The Little Giants scored 715 points to finish second in the five-team men’s competition. DePauw University won the meet with 969 points, followed by Wabash, Rose-Hulman (677.5), Franklin College (412), and Manchester University (115.5).
Ozzy Jankowski led Wabash with two individual victories and a first-place relay performance. Jankowski captured the 100-yard backstroke in 51.02 seconds and added a victory in the 100-yard individual medley with a time of 52.77. He also joined Ryan West, Lew Sams, and Quinn Sweeney to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1:35.19.
West added an individual victory in the 200-yard individual medley, touching the wall in 1:59.64 to edge Franklin’s Will Chambley, who finished second in 1:59.86. West also placed second behind Jankowski in the 100-yard individual medley with a time of 55.75. He added a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:48.62.
Sams claimed the top spot in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:00.39, finishing just ahead of Chambley, who placed second in 1:00.68. Sams added a runner-up finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:13.37.
Nick Plumb recorded Wabash’s fifth individual victory by winning the 200-yard backstroke in 1:58.72. Plumb also placed fourth in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:27.17. Teammate Mason Gilliam finished one position ahead of Plumb in the distance event, taking third place in 10:25.21.
Sweeney contributed a pair of top-four individual finishes. He tied for third place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.25 seconds and placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle in 48.28.
The Little Giants closed the meet with a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Jankowski, Will Renie, Charlie Renie, and Sweeney combined for a time of 3:11.76, finishing behind DePauw’s winning time of 3:09.97.
Wabash also received contributions from its diving squad. Michael Cruzado placed fourth in the three-meter competition with 157.15 points and seventh on the one-meter board with 162.95 points. Fox Seebach finished sixth in the three-meter event with 125.50 points and ninth in the one-meter competition with 133.45 points. Liam Fuller added an eighth-place finish in one-meter diving with 143.85 points.
“It was a great first meet for our guys,” Wabash head coach Will Bernhardt said. “In the pool and on the boards we had a lot of outstanding performances. We now know a few things that we need to focus on in practice as we head into two tough meets next weekend.”
The Little Giants return to Terre Haute on Friday for a 7 p.m. dual meet against Rose-Hulman before hosting Davenport University and Lewis University on at 1 p.m. Saturday.
