DECORAH, Iowa – The Luther men's swimming and diving opened the 2026-27 season hosting Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday (Oct. 3). The Gusties won the dual meet 129-98.

Samuel Schleicher picked up a pair of wins. He won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:38.68 and the 500 freestyle clocking a time of 5:07.49. Amir Womack won the 1-meter (266.99) and 3-meter diving (264.45) titles.

Landen Chen competed strong in his first meet of his collegiate career helping the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay to second place finishes. He also won the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.88.

Kaden Sanger took to the boards for the first time with a score of 147.15 on the 1-meter board.

Top-3 Finishes
200 Medley Relay – 2^nd - 1:41.39 – Landen Chen, Owen McCredie, Noah Cochran, Simon Argue
1000 Freestyle - Samuel Schleicher – 1^st - 10:38.68, Nicholas Grotbo – 3^rd – 11:05.31
200 IM – Owen McCredie – 2^nd – 2:01.86
3-meter diving – Amir Womack – 1^st – 264.45
100 butterfly – Noah Cochran – 1^st – 54.24, Remy Barton – 3^rd – 57.87
100 freestyle – Landen Chen – 1^st – 48.88
500 freestyle – Schleicher – 1^st – 5:07.49
100 breaststroke – McCredie – 2^nd – 1:02.45
200 freestyle relay – 2^nd – 1:31.39 – Chen, Argue, Josiah Wickum, Cochran

Notes from Coach
At the three-week mark in the Luther Swim and Dive season, the Norse competed exceptionally well across all events. Coach Aaron Zander shared that we don't usually see some of these times at this point in the year and is very pleased with the results. There were five different races decided by a tenth of a second. The next few weeks of training will see us building our training base and giving us more time to work on the smaller details.

The next event will be at Carleton College on Saturday, Oct. 31. The meet will begin at 12 p.m. in Northfield, Minn. at Thorpe Pool.