Williamstown, MA - the Williams College men and women’s swimming and diving teams cruised past Connecticut College in their first home contest of the season. The team clinched first place victories in 26 out of 30 total events, winning 211-118 and 227-102 respectively against the Camels. Freshman standout Caroline Wilson broke a pool record and school record, posting an impressive 10:05.75 in the women’s 1000-yard freestyle race.That makes two school records in two weeks for Wilson who also set the Eph standard in the 500 freestyle vs. Fordham and Boston College.
Wilson also added a pool record in the
400IM (4:28.36) to her day's accomplishments and Logan
Todhunter notched a pool record in the 50 butterfly (25.57).
Williams started off the meet with sophomore Abbie Deal taking the
50-yard backstroke (29.11). After losing a bit of momentum in
events two and three, freshman Chris Corbett and sophomore Logan
Todhunter helped redeem the Ephs, earning top spots in the 50-yard
breaststroke (27.79) and butterfly (25.57). Corbett also picked up
wins in the 100 and 200 breaststroke (1:00.62, 2:10.07) and 400 IM
(4:15.03), while Todhunter also won the 50-yard freestyle (24.40).
In addition to Wilson’s record-breaking performance in event seven, senior Christina Metcalf and sophomore Lauren Goldstein-Kral placed second and third with times of 10:48.25 and 10:59.12. In the men’s 1000 free, freshman Paul Dyrkacz came in at 9:50.97 closely followed by teammates John Armstrong (9:58.52) and DJ Taylor (9:58.82). Junior Gary Roberson also picked up a pair of wins for the Ephs, posting 1:43.95 in the 200 and 4:48.66 in the 500-yard freestyle. Ben Wampler won both the 50 free (20.87) and the 100 free (47.43).
In an overall great day of competition for
Williams, the diving team took victories in all four diving bouts.
Senior Kera McClelland earned a score of 252.60 in the 1-meter dive
and sophomore Alex Long earned 262.35. Both then dominated in the
3-meter dive, posting scores of 235.65 and 259.50.
"On the women's side in addition to Wilson and Todhunter, Ellen
Ramsey along with Bonnie Patchen and KC Ha also had some very good
swims," said Eph head coach Steve Kuster. "The women had another
solid meet today and I really look forward to seeing them continue
to improve."
The Eph men's team rebounded with a strong overall effort in collecting their first win of the season. "For the second weekend in a row Chris Corbett and Paul Dyrkacz both had great swims," noted Kuster. "Ben Wampler also swam very well in winning the 50 and 100 freestyles. It was nice to see the men respond this weekend. Last weekend wasn't our best performance and I feel this meet was more in line with what we are capable of."
Competition for the Ephs will resume on January 9, 2010 when they will travel to rival Amherst. Races will begin at 4PM.
