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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's and women's swimming and diving teams started competition Thursday at the three-day Carthage Classic in Kenosha.
 
The Warhawks claimed three of Thursday's four events, including the 800-yard freestyle men's and women's relays.
 
Junior Shayna Putney (New Berlin, Wis./Eisenhower), sophomore Olivia Theobald (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap), senior Erin Hawker (Chanhassen, Minn./Hutchinson) and junior Bailey Weston (Fort Atkinson, Wis./Fort Atkinson) teamed up to win the relay race in 7:54.45, out-touching Carthage's group by 1.5 seconds.
 
The men claimed top honors in the same race as sophomores Jake Herlache (West Bend, Wis./Grafton), Jordan Kreitzman (Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King), freshman Tristan Whiting (Hayden, Idaho/Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy) and senior Chandler Lewis (Cedarburg, Wis./Cedarburg) posted a time of 7:02.29, nearly three seconds faster than Carthage's top foursome.
 
Theobald topped a field of 31 swimmers in the 1,650-yard freestyle in 18:01.70, more than 27 seconds faster than the runner-up. Junior Meredith Gustafson (Brookfield, Wis./East) and sophomore Skyler Budny (Wheaton, Ill./Glenbard South) also finished among the top five with times of 18:38.36 and 18:44.55, respectively.
 
Sophomore Zach Noll (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) placed third in the 1,650 free in 16:38.54. Whiting placed eighth in 16:53.58.
 
Competition resumes Friday with preliminaries at 9 a.m.