WHEATON, Ill. – The Milwaukee men's swimming team featured eight different event winners and also took one of the two relays to claim a 142.5-61.5 victory over Wheaton (Ill.) Friday evening at Jonathan Lederhouse Natatorium.
 
The Panthers lineup spread the wealth up and down the lineup to top the Thunder for the 20^th straight time in the all-time series.
 
Following a close defeat in the 200 medley relay to open the night, Milwaukee then put it in high gear and started picking up victories.
 
The next three events featured 1-2 finishes for the team, starting with Jack Garcia in the 1000 freestyle. Garcia claimed the event in a time of 9:53.25, with Mason Schoof second in 10:20.69.
 
Next was the 200 freestyle, seeing Jacob Weber get the win in 1:45.95 to top Zach McClellan by just under a second (1:46.89).
 
The 50 freestyle was also razor-thin, with Jackson Ahrens grabbing the top spot in 21.47 and Jared Bruce runner-up in 22.15.
 
Jay Jensen paced a 1-2-3 finish in the 400 IM for Milwaukee, touching the wall in 4:08.74. Vince Chiappetta was second in 4:19.94 but picked up win of his own in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:50.34. That was a 1-2-3 finish for the MKE men, joined by Jackson Hodek in second (4:58.33) and Andrew Innerebner in third (5:06.31).
 
Schoof paced a 1-2 showing for the Panthers in the 100 freestyle in 48.38 to top teammate Nathan Rozeboom, who was just behind in 49.58.
 
Nik Wheeler won the 100 backstroke (53.81) and Hayden Christiansen the 100 butterfly (52.14 to Hunter Johnson's 52.65) to round out the list of individual winners.
 
Jensen, Johnson, Garcia, and Ahrens then closed out the meet with a victory in the 200 free relay in 1:25.09.
 
Up next, the season rolls on with a trip to the three-day House of Champions Invitational, hosted by IUPUI in Indianapolis. Day one of the event is set for Thursday, November 17.