(AKRON, Ohio) - The Wilmington college men's swimmers took to the pool on Wednesday evening for the 800 yard freestyle relay at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships (OAC) in Akron.

The Quakers team of Sondre Haugen, Austin Reed, John Good and Jo Pedersen finished in second with a time of 6:47.66, 1.05 seconds behind the winning team from John Carroll University.

Haugen opened up a big lead on his opening leg, with a 1.5 second lead over the University of Mount Union, who was second going into the second swimmer. Haugen's 200 Freestyle time of 1:39.51 broke his own program record in the event. Reed held onto the lead, even as second place changed hands from Mount Union to John Carroll.

Haugen had the fastest leg between the top two teams, but JCU had the next four of the five next fastest legs. Haugen also swam in a time trial in the 100 Yard Butterfly and broke his own program record with a time of 50.63 seconds. 

What's Up Next
The swimmers will take to the pool tomorrow at 10:00 A.M. for prelims of the 200 Yard Freestyle, 500 Yard Freestyle, 200 Yard Individual Medley, 50 Yard Freestyle, and the 400 Yard Medley Relay, before taking a break for the finals of those events starting at 6:30 P.M.