The UW-Oshkosh women’s swim and dive team placed third with a score of 467 and the men’s team placed fifth with a score of 288 at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships this past weekend. 

For the women’s team, Sienna Della-Peruta broke a nearly 30-year old UWO record in the 200-yard backstroke, taking second place with a time of 2:05.6. 

Bella Cichon and Mckenna Keepers finished in the top eight in the 200-yard breaststroke. Cichon took third with a time of 2:26.68 and Keepers took eighth with a time of 2:32.23. 

Rowan Sinclair placed third for the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:10.4.

Callee Debruin and Brianna Wesenberg had top eight finishes in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Debruin placed fourth and Wesenberg placed eighth. 

Kori Burnett took eighth in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing with a time of 55.1.

Maya Indiraraj took fourth place in the women’s 3-meter dive with a score of 382.35 points. 

For the men’s team, CJ Willert broke the 200-yard backstroke school record with a time of 1:58.16. Willert placed 15th overall in the event.

Charlie Mason placed eighth in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing with a time of 2:00.7.

At the conclusion of the event, head coach Christopher Culp was named WIAC Coach of the Year, the fourth time in his career.