Without taking risks you can never be amazing. And you just can't have a breakthrough performance playing it safe. Those were my words after our initial DQ in the 200 Free Relay tonight... Man did our 500 freestylers take that to heart.

Paul Wilson went from 5:06 to 4:57... and won the bonus heat in convincing fashion. The entire team went crazy when he touched first - and the fun began. In the next heat Craig Vetor matched his lifetime best from the morning (4:52) and Brent Graham also moved up from 16th to 10th! In the final heat, Elijah Sanders dropped 3.5 seconds and moved up from 8th to 7th. By the way, Elijah broke the school record going 4:43.8 - but wait!... remember Brent Graham? The guy that came in 10th overall? Well, his time was 4:42.15! So yes, two guys broke our oldest record! (Thank you Dr. John Murphy '80) - and Brent Graham gets to walk away with his name on the board!

Rob Dent continued the night along with a 3 tenth drop in his IM going 1:58.7 and then the SEVEN returning scorers in the 50 freestyle scored the team 78 points and brought them from 5th to 3rd overall!

The final highlight of the night came with our All Conference and NCAA B-Cut 400 Medley Relay!

Tony Caldwell - 52.5 / Robert Dent - 58.7 / Adam Petro - 51.1 / Jordon Blackwell 46.6

For a time of 3:29.1

What a turn around!

DQ'ing your first relay of the meet can unravel some teams, but not these guys. It was a day full of ups and downs. Two sessions with a disaster, and a few too many mistakes waiting at each turn. But now that the team has their feet settled... now that they've broken a school record... now that they are All-Conference... and now that they are one of this nation's best - well, now I guess we are ready for tomorrow!

Wabash Always Fights was much more than a motto tonight