Granville, Ohio- In its first official home meet of the 2025-26 season, the men's swimming team beat Division I Xavier University by a score of 168-94. The Big Red are now 2-0 against Xavier and finished the day with 27 top-three finishes, including a sweep in the 100-yd breaststroke and 200-yd freestyle.

Top performers:
Four Big Red swimmers finished with two first-place finishes. The first of the four was George Goins, who finished first in the 1000 free with a time of 9:35.11. Goins would later go on to swim the 500 free in 4:42.58 for his second, first-place finish of the day. Jack Hill joined Goins as a two-time first-place finisher, after finishing in the top spot in the 200 free with a time of 1:40.07, and then again in the 100 free (47.70). Liam Nelson tacked on another pair of first-place finishes after winning the 100 breast in 56.79 seconds, followed by a 2:05.10 in the 200 breast. Rounding out the four top swimmers of the weekend is Luke Swiggett, who took first in the 200 back(1:53.86) and swam a 1:54.60 in the 200 IM.

Denison would also finish first in the 200 medley relay as well as the 400 free relay. In the 200 medley relay Hill, Jimmy Rogers, Sam Hibbert, and Nick Hensel finished with a time of 1:31.65. And in the 400 free relay, Hill, Hensel, Goins, Harry Parsons took first after swimming it in 3:04.18
 

Other notable times:

2nd- 200 Medley Relay: Ben Bevill, Liam Nelson, Asher Cole, Harry Parsons (1:32.03 | 4pts)

2nd- 1000 Free: Malcolm Hutson-Comeaux (9:52.42 | 4pts)

2nd- 200 Free: Nick Hensel (1:42.08 | 4pts)

3rd- 200 Free: Joseph Keroack (1:46.69 | 3pts)

2nd- 100 Back: Ben Bevill (51.70 | 4pts)

3rd- 100 Back: Luke Swiggett (51.87 | 3pts)

2nd- 100 Breast: Teak Bunditkitsada (58.54 | 4pts)

3rd- 100 Breast: Josh Thomas (58.57 | 3pts)

2nd- 200 Fly: Asher Cole (1:52.90 | 4pts)

3rd- 200 Fly: Max Lough (1:54.82 | 3pts)

2nd- 50 Free: Benjamin Coverdale (21.39 | 4pts)

3rd- 50 Free: Harry Parsons (21.53 | 3pts)

2nd- 100 Free: Nick Hensel (45.92 | 3 pts)

3rd- 200 Back: Devin Testin (1:56.90 | 3pts)

2nd- 200 Breast: Teak Bunditkitsada (2:08.22 | 4pts)

2nd- 100 Fly: Asher Cole (50.88 | 4pts)

3rd- 400 Free Relay: Cam Blevins-Mohr, Asher Cole, Teak Bunditkitsada, George Wang (3:10.14 | 3pts)

Up next for the Big Red

Denison is off for a week and then returns to Granville, Ohio, to host conference rival Kenyon College on Saturday, November 8, at 10 a.m. inside Trumbull Aquatics Center.