McMINNVILLE, Ore. - The Whitman College swimming teams split their Northwest Conference dual at Linfield on Saturday morning, as the men edged the Wildcats 107-98 while the women fell 108-94.​ The men's team used strong depth in the middle and late events to secure a 107-98 victory, capped by a win in the 400 freestyle relay.​ The women's team grabbed several individual and relay wins but ultimately came up short, 108-94, as Linfield's depth in freestyle and breaststroke events proved decisive.​

"We have been on the road for the last ten days, spending about a week training hard in Coronado and finishing up with these two dual meets against Willamette and Linfield," said head coach Jenn Blomme. "We arrived to these meets super fatigued and I could not have been more impressed with how the team showed up: Driven, positive, confident. They fought hard for every point."

Whitman's men clinched the meet with a first-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay, as the quartet of Brodie Salzbrener, Adrian Dulong, Ian McClelland and Elliot Yung touched in 3:15.48, just ahead of Linfield's A squad.​

Salzbrener also won the 100-yard freestyle in 48.76, with Yung taking third, giving Whitman crucial late-meet points.​

Calvin Tappert led a strong distance showing by winning the 500 free in 5:06.60, with teammates Flynn Davis-Lawrence and Jay Boivin finishing third and fourth to widen the margin.​

Finn Stukerjurgen added a key win in the 200 IM (2:03.48) and also took second in the 200 back, helping Whitman stay in front despite several Linfield victories in the sprints.​

The women's squad opened with a statement win in the 400-yard medley relay, as Avery Riley, Elly Rectenwald, Teague Monahan and Anneliese Hanson combined for a 4:19.13 time to top Linfield by more than 28 seconds.​

Riley later took second in both the 200 free (2:00.57) and 500 free (5:30.55), accounting for a large share of Whitman's distance points.​

Monahan delivered one of Whitman's biggest individual swims with a win in the 200 butterfly (2:24.02), while Siena Hayes followed in second to complete a 1–2 sweep in the event.​

Rectenwald picked up a runner-up finish in the 200 breast (2:41.94) and shared a win in the 200 back, tying teammate Ella Tyroler for first in 2:29.41 as Whitman swept the top spot in that race.​

The Blues will host their final home meets next weekend when they host Puget Sound on Friday and Pacific Lutheran on Saturday for the Senior Day.