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Four members of the CWRU men's swimming and diving team

Men's Swimming and Diving

CWRU Men’s Swimming and Diving 2023-24 Season Recap

The Case Western Reserve University men's swimming and diving team scored at the national championship for the first time in seven years and recorded its best national finish in eight years during the 2023-24 season.

The Spartans placed 33rd out of 40 scoring teams at the 2024 NCAA Division III Championships with 17.0 points. Junior Peter Meng earned a pair of All-America honors at the championships, the first Spartan to be a multiple All-American since Drew Hamilton in 2017. Meng earned All-America First Team honors in the 400 IM, placing seventh in the championship final with a time of 3:55.25 after setting the school record in the prelims. He recorded the best finish in an individual event and first podium finish for a CWRU male swimmer since 2006. Later in the championship, Meng finished 14th in the timed final of the 1650 Free to receive All-America honorable mention.

Sophomore John Drumm also scored for the Spartans at the meet. He placed 15th in the 200 Fly in 1:49.11 to receive the first All-America honorable mention of his career. Drumm added a 30th-place finish in the 500 Free and 26th-place finish in the 200 Fly. The two scoring swimmers marked the first time Case Western Reserve had multiple All-Americans at the same championship in eight years.

Earlier in the season, at the 2024 University Athletic Association Championships, the Spartans placed sixth in the conference with 812.5 points. Meng earned a pair of All-UAA honors, finishing as the runner-up in the 400 IM and placing third in the 1650 Free, and placed seventh in the 200 IM. Drumm reached the podium with a fourth-place finish in the 200 Fly. Sophomores Mason Bencurik (100 Free) and Emil LaSida (50 Free) each added an eighth-place finish, and junior diver Alex Waltman placed seventh in the 1-meter dive and eighth in the 3-meter dive.

The Spartans set 13 school records during the 2023-24 campaign, including new program best times in every single relay. Nine of the records fell at the conference championships. Individually, LaSida swam program-best times in the 50 and 100 Free and 100 Back, and Meng set school records in the 1000 Free and 200 IM. In addition, records fell in the 200 Free Relay (LaSida, juniors Ben Zuo and Jackson Pollard, and sophomore Ben Borvendeg), 400 Free Relay (LaSida, Meng, Drumm, Bencurik), 800 Free Relay (Drumm, Meng, Bencurik, and junior Stephen Hogeman), and 400 Medley Relay (LaSida, Drumm, Bencurik, and senior Ethan Chuang). Meng (200 Free) and Drumm (200 Fly) broke program records in the fall at the Total Performance Invite, hosted by Kenyon. Finally, the 200 Medley Relay of LaSida, Chuang, Bencurik, and sophomore William Froass recorded a school record at the Midwest Invitational in the spring.

In dual meets, Case Western Reserve posted a 5-1 record, recording victories over Carnegie Mellon and SUNY Geneseo, who both finished the season in the CSCAA Top 25. The team's lone loss was to national runner-up Kenyon.

In the classroom, Bencurik, Chuang, Drumm, and LaSida all earned Academic All-District honors from College Sports Communicators. In addition, 32 members of the team received UAA All-Academic recognition.

The Spartans earned the following honors during the 2023-24 swimming and diving season:

All-America

Peter Meng

400 IM (7th)

First Team

1650 Free (14th)

Honorable Mention

John Drumm

200 Fly (15th)

Honorable Mention

NCAA Championship Participants

John Drumm

200 Fly (15th), 100 Fly (26th), 500 Free (30th)

Peter Meng

400 IM (7th), 1650 Free (14th), 200 IM (25th)

All-UAA

Peter Meng

400 IM (2nd)

1650 Free (3rd)

CSC Academic All-District

Mason Bencurik

First Team

Ethan Chuang

First Team

John Drumm

First Team

Emil LaSida

First Team

UAA Athlete of the Week

Emil LaSida

Oct. 30 (Swimmer)

UAA All-Academic

Milo Balzer

Jiro Batt

Mason Bencurik

Ben Borvendeg

Andrew Cedar

Ethan Chuang

Anthony Colangelo

Caeden Couch

Jace Creech

John Drumm

William Froass

Griffin Gushman

Zach Halsey

Joshua Hernandez

Stephen Hogeman

Kevin Hu

Neeraj Javadekar

Adam Khatib

Adam Knorz

Emil LaSida

Sam Lathrop

Paul Racanelli

Ian Ridlehoover

Alex Sorensen

Alex Spies

Austin Sung

Zach Toothman

Alex Waltman

Erik Watka

Enzo Wood

Jadon Wyant

Sean Yetter


The following were the top times/marks for the Spartans during the 2023-24 season:

50 Free

Emil LaSida

20.36 *SR

UAA Championships

100 Free

Emil LaSida

45.19 *SR

UAA Championships

200 Free

Peter Meng

1:39.62 *SR

Total Performance Invite

500 Free

John Drumm

4:33.19

UAA Championships

1000 Free

Peter Meng

9:27.83 *SR

UAA Championships

1650 Free

Peter Meng

15:39.10

UAA Championships

100 Back

Emil LaSida

48.99 *SR

UAA Championships

200 Back

William Froass

1:51.97

Total Performance Invite

100 Breast

Ethan Chuang

55.65

UAA Championships

200 Breast

Ethan Chuang

2:02.54

UAA Championships

100 Fly

John Drumm

49.06

NCAA Championships

200 Fly

John Drumm

1:47.11 *SR

Total Performance Invite

200 IM

Peter Meng

1:48.96 *SR

UAA Championships

400 IM

Peter Meng

3:53.35 *SR

NCAA Championships

1-Meter Dive (11 dives)

Alex Waltman

417.15

UAA Championships

3-Meter Dive (11 dives)

Alex Waltman

416.00

Carnegie Mellon Invite

200 Free Relay

Emil LaSida, Ben Zuo, Jackson Pollard, Ben Borvendeg

1:22.38 *SR


UAA Championships

400 Free Relay

Emil LaSida, Peter Meng, John Drumm, Mason Bencurik

3:01.39 *SR

UAA Championships

800 Free Relay

John Drumm, Peter Meng, Mason Bencurik, Stephen Hogeman

6:42.10 *SR

UAA Championships

200 Medley Relay

Emil LaSida, Ethan Chuang, William Froass, Mason Bencurik

1:29.29 *SR

Midwest Invite

400 Medley Relay

Emil LaSida, Ethan Chuang, John Drumm, Mason Bencurik

3:17.37 *SR

UAA Championships

*SR indicates school record

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Players Mentioned

Milo Balzer

Milo Balzer

Fl/Fr
5' 9"
Sophomore
Jiro Batt

Jiro Batt

Br
5' 10"
Junior
Mason Bencurik

Mason Bencurik

Fr
5' 11"
Sophomore
Ben Borvendeg

Ben Borvendeg

SFr
6' 0"
Sophomore
Andrew Cedar

Andrew Cedar

Fl/IM/Fr
5' 10"
Junior
Ethan Chuang

Ethan Chuang

Br/IM
5' 8"
Senior
Anthony Colangelo

Anthony Colangelo

Fl
6' 0"
Junior
Caeden Couch

Caeden Couch

Fr
6' 1"
Sophomore
Jace Creech

Jace Creech

Bk/IM
6' 1"
Junior
John Drumm

John Drumm

Fr/Fl
6' 2"
Sophomore
William Froass

William Froass

Bk/IM
5' 10"
Sophomore
Griffin Gushman

Griffin Gushman

DFr/IM
5' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Milo Balzer

Milo Balzer

5' 9"
Sophomore
Fl/Fr
Jiro Batt

Jiro Batt

5' 10"
Junior
Br
Mason Bencurik

Mason Bencurik

5' 11"
Sophomore
Fr
Ben Borvendeg

Ben Borvendeg

6' 0"
Sophomore
SFr
Andrew Cedar

Andrew Cedar

5' 10"
Junior
Fl/IM/Fr
Ethan Chuang

Ethan Chuang

5' 8"
Senior
Br/IM
Anthony Colangelo

Anthony Colangelo

6' 0"
Junior
Fl
Caeden Couch

Caeden Couch

6' 1"
Sophomore
Fr
Jace Creech

Jace Creech

6' 1"
Junior
Bk/IM
John Drumm

John Drumm

6' 2"
Sophomore
Fr/Fl
William Froass

William Froass

5' 10"
Sophomore
Bk/IM
Griffin Gushman

Griffin Gushman

5' 10"
Junior
DFr/IM