A trio of men swam personal-bests while winning their events. Chad Rowland took first in the 1000-yard freestyle ( 11:01.22), Kevin Raske touched first in the 100- freestyle (50.63) and Kurt Niemeier won the 500- freestyle (5:07.82). Other firsts included Niemeier, Kevin Satler, Jon Peterson and Tom Pederson in the 200-yard medley relay (1:47.69); Raske, Peterson, Steven Whittle and Joe Moran in the 400- freestyle relay (3:37.05); Raske also picked up firsts in the 100- backstroke (57.27) and the 100- butterfly (56.53); Jon Peterson in the 100- breaststroke (1:06.35); Ryan Bouwman in the 200- butterfly (2:33.38); Josh Van Swol in the 200- backstroke (2:13.16); Brant Furr in the 200- breaststroke (2:37.56); Harrison Heilman in the 200- individual medley (2:16.01). John Kaiser was a double winner, taking first in the 200- freestyle (1:57.09) and the 50- freestyle (24.09).

Seconds on the men’s side came from Jack Clifford in 1 meter diving with a personal-best score of 153.00 points; Van Swol, Heilman, Moran and Whittle in the 200- medley relay (1:50.91); Moran in the 100- freestyle (55.94); Ed Novak in the 1000- freestyle (11:34.15) and the 500- freestyle (5:29.88); Niemeier in the 100- backstroke (1:00.72); Heilman in the 100- breaststroke (1:10.83); Rowland in the 200- backstroke (2:20.52); Kaiser in the 100- butterfly (58.95) and Bouwman in the 200- individual medley (2:30.15).

Heather Plum led the women, accounting for three firsts. The senior won the 1000-yard freestyle (11:50.69) and the 500- freestyle (5:46.94). She also teamed with Anne Lane, Jessica DeMink and Megan Wentzlaff to capture the 200- medley relay (2:08.85). DeMink also touched first in the 100- breaststroke (1:22.74). Wentzlaff took first in the 200- breaststroke (2:54.63). Lane was the winner in the 100- butterfly (1:06.23). Meaghan Gritzenbach rounded out the firsts for the Monmouth women with a win in the 200- butterfly (2:49.43).

The Scots women were buoyed to the dual meet win with strong second place finishes in eight events. Lane finished second in the 200- freestyle (2:09.39) and the 100- freestyle (1:00.27). Jessica Houser had a personal-best while finishing second in the 200- backstroke (3:05.22) and was second in the 100- backstroke (1:14.19). Other seconds came from Wentzlaff in the 100- breaststroke (1:23.67) and the 200- individual medley (2:36.67); DeMink in the 200- breaststroke (2:56.50) and Gritzenbach in the 100- butterfly (1:17.06).

The Scots travel to Augustana College for a dual meet Friday night.

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