Anderson Picks Up Win against Bethel

The Anderson University men's swimming and diving team closed out with a split during Saturday's Wabash triangular in Crawfordsville.
 
Wabash College (2-0) earned a 153-94 victory against the Ravens (1-1). Anderson fought past Bethel University (Ind.) (0-2) with a 130-120 victory. The Ravens captured their second win in program's four-year history with the win. It also marks the first victory under head coach Tanner Barton.
 
"I'm thrilled that the men are coming back to Anderson with a victory," Barton said. "Even though we had the smallest roster size at [Saturday's] meet, this victory over Bethel University is a testament to their perseverance and unwavering desire to race."
 
The triangular marks the only time Anderson will compete in a single-gender meet. With no women's races in between each event, stamina played a bigger role in the meet.
 
"When only one gender is racing, the pace of the meet is much quicker.  Today proved to be a great learning experience for our men as they were learning how to transition from one event to the next event without ample time to warm down or rest.  These meets truly test your stamina and ability to hold race speeds."
 
Bryce Holt (Osceola, Ind./Penn High School) claimed first place in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2 minutes, 16.33 seconds. The junior from Osceola charged to a time of 1:00.41 in the 100 backstroke. Holt recorded the top finish against Bethel in both backstroke events.
 
Noah Scheffer (Lambertville, Mich./Bedford) secured second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 55.09 seconds. The freshman from Lambertville, Mich. raced to a time of 2:13.91 in the 200 butterfly. Scheffer earned the top finish in the 100 butterfly against Wabash.
 
Anderson fielded a 400-medley relay of Holt, Josh Eckberg, Scheffer and Evan Kropf (Fort Wayne, Ind./Fort Wayne Concordia), which finished second (3:49.73). Kropf, Scheffer, Andrew Taflinger (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute North) and Holt represented Anderson in the 400-freestyle relay and posted a time of 3:26.19. Both relays came out ahead against Bethel. Anderson's 400-medley relay edged Wabash's B relay by 0.01 seconds.
 
Austin Orr (Thorntown, Ind./Lebanon) earned second (5:41.49) in the 500 freestyle.
 
Will Lashbrook contributed a 500-freestyle time of 5:49.72 and a 200-freestyle time of 2:07.44.
 
Kris Keller (Fishers, Ind./Northridge) provided times of 2:01.88 in the 200 freestyle and 53.12 seconds in the 100 freestyle.
 
Alex Cubellis (Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider) produced times of 2:22.29 in the 200 backstroke and 1:01.68 in the 100 backstroke.
 
Davd Lange put together times of 5:17.51 in the 400 individual medley and 2:42.61 in the 200 breaststroke.
 
Taflinger raced to a time of 1:01.41 in the 100 backstroke. Eckberg recorded a time of 1:04.91 in the 100 breaststroke. Anthony Stultz (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) closed out the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:39.64. Kropf posted a 100-butterfly time of 59.71 seconds.
 
The Ravens return to action in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) opener against Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (0-1, 0-0) on Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. in Bennett Natatorium.