SPOKANE, Wash. – Whitworth's  men used a pair of 1-2-3 finishes to rally for a win over visiting Puget Sound in a Northwest Conference swimming dual meet on Saturday afternoon.  The visiting Loggers defeated the Pirates in the women's dual meet.  The final men's score was 108-82, while the women's final was 127-66.

After UPS won the opening 400 medley relay and Brett Kolb won the 1,000 freestyle for the Loggers, Whitworth's men trailed 22-11.  But Connor Florey answered with a come-from-behind win in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:49.32. 

The Pirates then took the top three places in the 50 freestyle to take a lead they would never lose.  Mason Self went 22.58, Haden Keener finished in 22.99 and Noah Clark touched in 23.18.

Lance Mielke won the 400 I.M. for the Loggers, but Isaiah Ross answered with a victory for Whitworth in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:02.39.  The Pirates were unopposed in the 100 freestyle and then Whitworth swept the top three spots in the 500 freestyle to build an insurmountable lead.  Florey won his second event of the day with his time of 4:59.94 in the 500.  Jett Joncich (5:08.48) and Trenten Schmidt (5:16.81) followed. 

Mielke won again for UPS in the 200 breaststroke.  The Loggers held off the Pirates in the closing 400 free relay.

Carly Hoff won two events for the second straight meet for the Whitworth women.  She was first in the 50 freestyle (25.63) and first in the 100 free (55.40).  Chamelle Abringe won the 200 I.M. for the Pirates with a time of 2:21.26.

Puget Sound won the eight other women's events, including both relays.  Sara Guillen led the way for the Loggers with wins in the 200 and 500 freestyles, and she anchored the winning 400 free relay.

Whitworth will have a weekend off before traveling to Willamette on Nov. 19.