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Swimming And Diving Sweep Past BC
January 23, 2010 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Jan. 23, 2010
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The UMass men's and women's swimming and diving teams put together two dominant performances Friday evening, as they swept past the Eagles of Boston College in a non-conference dual meet. Both teams improved their records to 4-2 in dual-meets on the season, as the Minutewomen knocked-off the Eagles 174.5-125.5, while the men grabbed a 212-86 victory.
The Minutewomen finished first in 12 of the 16 total events on the day on their way to the win. The 200 medley relay team of Elizabeth Walsh, Jessica Starosielec, Sarah Kanellas and Amina Meho started off the meet with a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay, registering a time of 1:51.28. But these four were not done yet, as they each notched individual victories as well.
Kanellas led the charge, taking first in both the 100 and 200 butterfly events, including a personal best time of 2:11.91 in the 200 butterfly. Kanellas was one of three Minutewomen to have three individual wins on the day, as Julie Magyar and Hannah Swift also accomplished this feat. Magyar took a wins in the 1000 free (10:40.06) and 500 free (5:10.84), while Swift dominated the diving events with victories in the one-meter (250.87) and three-meter (228.87) competitions.
The Minutewomen swept both of the breaststroke events, with Starosielec taking first in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.15) and Rachel Borden grabbing first in the 200 breaststroke (2:26.57). Meho continued her success in the 50 free, notching another victory with a time of 25.13, while later finishing second in the 100 free (54.69). Walsh and Tavis Potter rounded out the individual winners for UMass, with victories in the 200 backstroke and 200 IM respectively.
Swift was not alone on the diving board, as the Minutewomen swept both diving events. Michaela Butler finished second in the one-meter, recording a personal best score of 210.67 with Megan Whiteford right behind her in third-place. The two traded spots in the three-meter, with Whiteford grabbing second (204.52) and Butler third (200.92.).
The Minutemen, who are now 18-1 all-time versus the Eagles, won each of the first 14 events of the meet, sweeping three of those events to take an impressive win on the road. The squad started off with a one-two finish in the 200 medley relay, as Max Butler, Pete Sacco, Chris Howard and Juan Moliere took first with a time of 1:36.17 to finish just ahead of teammates Andrew Willbrant, Brian Schmidt, Mike Berthaume and Trevor Ziegler (1:36.96).
Sophomore Joey Sbordon was once again dominant in the pool, leading the Minutemen with three individual wins. Sbordon won the 1000 free (9:48.31), 200 free (1:45.44) and 500 free (4:43.24) events to give him 13 individual victories on the season.
Four Minutemen were able to notch two individual wins each. Moliere had first-place finishes in the 50 free (21.77), an event the team would go on the sweep with Howard and Ziegler finishing second and third respectively, and 100 free (48.59) events. Brian Schmidt led a sweep in the 100 breaststroke, taking first with a time of 1:01.44, with Dan Backler and Beau Garufi coming in second and third respectively. Schmidt then went on to another win in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.96) with Garufi on his heels in second (2:17.99). Berthaume won both butterfly events, notching a time of 1:59.28 in the 200, while leading a sweep of the 100 with a time of 52.78. Howard and Sasan Tehrani took second and third respectively in that event.
Jason Cook once again took victories in both diving events, as the men swept the one and three-meter diving competitions. Cook registered scores of 270.90 in the one-meter and 300.15 in the three-meter. Teammate Adam Duffield finished second in the one-meter with a season-best score of 269.55 with John Clark taking third (266.17). Duffield once again grabbed second in the three-meter, while Conner Dunn notched third (262.20).
Both the men and women will be back in the pool when they travel to take on the Red Raiders of Colgate Sunday morning (11 a.m.).
