NCAA Div. III's preeminent conference meet – the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships – is underway, and The College of Wooster swimming and diving team was led by its men's 200 medley relay on Wednesday at Denison University's Trumbull Aquatics Center.

First-year Hayden Price and seniors Boston Sullivan, Will Laymon, and Callum Glover lowered their school record in the 200 medley relay for the second time this season. They posted a 1:31.55 for fourth in the event. The quartet previously went 1:32.66 at the midseason Wooster Invitational.

On the women's side, Wooster had two fifth-place relays on opening night. First-year Leah Dean, sophomore Maggie Layne, sophomore Elizabeth Theobald, and senior Keara Wiley opened this year's conference meet with the fifth-place time of 1:50.98 in the 200 medley relay. First-year Elena Sandifer, junior Rachel Frank, first-year Reese Lucas, and senior Emma Humbert capped Wednesday's session with a fifth-place time of 7:56.71 in the 800 freestyle relay.

Senior Will Laubacher, Price, junior Philipp Drappatz, and Sullivan rounded out the men's scoring with a sixth-place time of 6:57.15 in the 800 freestyle relay.             

Wooster's women are in fourth with 112 points. The Fighting Scots' men also have 112 points, which ranks seventh in the standings, as the men also had the three-meter diving contested on Wednesday.

Kenyon College and Denison lead the eight-team women's standings with 132 points each. Denison has 234 points on the men's side to lead the way.

Thursday's action starts with prelims at 9:30 a.m. and finals are at 6 p.m.