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Gluck Ties School Record in Opening Night of Wooster Invitational

Nell Kacmarek swims in the 500 freestyle, where she finished fourth.

The College of Wooster swimming and diving teams began the annual Wooster Invitational on Thursday.

The women ended the night third of seven teams with 381.5 points, while the men sit sixth with 228 points.

Case Western Reserve University has the early lead with 589 points for the women and 690 for the men.

Junior Josh Gluck made headlines, capturing the 200 IM win with a time of 1:53.87 to tie him for the school record in the event (Alex LaJoie, 2013).

Gluck later teamed with Craig Klumpp, Trey Schopen and Wyatt Foss for a second place finish in the 400 medley relay (3:27.24). His 51.28 time to kick off the race was the fourth-fastest 100 backstroke time in program history.

For the women, the 200 freestyle relay team of Molly Likins, Lexi Riley-DiPaolo, Brooke Brown and Anne Bowers placed third (1:38.85). Likins also had a third place finish in the 50 free in 24.38.

Nell Kacmarek (5:19.35) and Madison Whitman (5:21.98) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 500 free.

Finally, the 400 medley relay team of Hannah Langer, Likins, Bowers and Riley-DiPaolo had a third place finish (3:57.40).

Action continues tomorrow at Wooster High School with preliminaries at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m. Diving will be held at The College in Timken Natatorium.