NEWBERG, Ore. – Linfield's Daisuke Fitial won two individual events and swam on the winning 200-yard medley relay to lead the Wildcats at the Bruin Invitational, which wrapped up a two-day run Sunday at the Chehalem Aquatic Center. 
 
MEN
Fitial prevailed in the 100 backstroke in 50.64 seconds, narrowly missing the school record of 49.74. Gavin Smith was sixth in the same event (59.20) and Casey Wong was seventh (59.37).
 
Fitial and Smith went 1-2 in the 200 backstroke. Fitial won the race in 1:51.43, just .22 seconds shy of the school record of 1.51.25. Smith took second (1:59.16), Colby Evenson was fourth (2:02.21) and Wong locked up fifth place (2:11.04).
 
Alex Landry took top honors in the 200-yard backstroke. His time of 2:12.26 was a full three seconds faster than runner-up Ben Nickell of Willamette, who clocked 2:15.41. Landry was also fifth in the 200 individual medley (2:08.90).
 
Newcomer Jake Maher blazed to a 59.91 clocking in the 100 breaststroke, more than a full second faster than second-place Hunter Bartoo of George Fox, who finished in 1:01.61. Buker turned in the fastest time in the 200 butterfly (1:57.13).  
 
In the 200 freestyle, Cameron Wheeler was the winner, holding off Willamette's Julius Wilhelmi, 1:46.53 to 1:47.05.
 
Wheeler also earned second place in the 500 freestyle (4:52.42) while Levi Buker was fourth (5:00.20).
 
Daniel Olson swam to a fourth-place result in the 100 freestyle (49.72).
 
Fitial, Olson, Jake Maher and Garrett Sutton combined for a winning result in the 200 medley relay. The Wildcats' time of 1:35.44 easily bested runner-up George Fox, which finished in 1:39.23.
 
WOMEN
Molly Shields was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly, reaching the wall in 1:00.23. Kelea Mullins was sixth in the same event (1:03.83). Shields also placed second in the 200 IM (2:18.82).
 
Kalea Mullins was fourth in the 100 backstroke (1:05.35) and Kayle Elsom was fourth in the 500 freestyle (5:31.22).
 
AHEAD
Linfield will send a select list of swimmers to compete in the Cal Baptist Invitational in Riverside, Calif., on Dec. 17-18.