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March 1, 2009
Williams Claims Seventh-Straight Men's Swimming & Diving Championship
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - After carrying
a tenuous 52.5-point lead into the final day of the three-day 2009
NESCAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships hosted by
Wesleyan University, Williams rolled away with its seventh
consecutive team crown and eighth overall in the nine-year history
of the event. Williams outpointed second place Tufts by a whopping
185 points over the final seven events completed Sunday to collect
1,775.5 points in total. Tufts, with 1538 points, was runner-up for
the third time in the last four years. Amherst placed third with
1,364 points.
Leading the Ephs to victory was
Swimmer of the Meet senior Norman Scott, who completed his sweep of
the butterfly events with his third NESCAC meet record, covering
the 200-yard fly in a time of 1:49.41. Also winning for a third
time in individual events during the meet was Connecticut College
freshman Tim Walsh as he won the 200-yard backstroke in NESCAC meet
record of 1:50.06 to go along with his earlier wins in the 50 and
100 back.
Amherst sophomore Alex Fraser made
it three wins in the freestyle when he captured the 100-yard event.
He had previous taken both the 200 and 500 free. The three
remaining individual winners on Sunday each won for the second time
over the weekend. Diver of the Meet Kai Robinson, a senior from
Amherst, won the three-meter event to complement his one-meet win
on Friday. Amherst freshman Ryan Lichtenfels was clocked in
15:29.99, setting a NESCAC, NESCAC meet and Wesleyan pool record.
Lichtenfels was the 400 individual medley winner on Saturday.
Williams senior Tyler Bonewell, who
received the Senior Swimmer of the Year Award as the senior with
the most points accumulated over four years at the NESCAC
Championships, added the 200-yard breaststroke title to his list of
credits. He was triumphant in the 100 breast on Saturday.
Amherst ended the meet with its
second win in the relays, coming out ahead in the 400-yard
freestyle relay by setting a NESCAC, NESCAC meet and Wesleyan pool
record with a time of 3:01.89. Surprisingly the time was still
almost a full second above the automatic qualifying standard for
the NCAA Division III meet.
Additional award winners were
Wesleyan senior Dave Wilkinson as the Four-Year High-Point Diver,
Amherst’s Mary Ellen Clark as Diving Coach of the Year and
Williams’ Steve Kuster as Swimming Coach of the Year.
February 28, 2009
Williams Claims Lead During Day Two of Men's Swimming & Diving Championships
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Six-time
defending NESCAC champion Williams College made up a 66-point
deficit to Tufts after the first day of the three-day NESCAC
Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships at Wesleyan
University to take over the team lead with 1190.5 points, 51.5
points ahead of second-place Tufts with 1,138.5. Amherst College is
a distant third with 958 points.
Williams swimmers won three
individual events during the evening. In total, Eph mermen captured
14 top-eight finishes during the six individual events completed.
Amherst had nine score in the top eight of an event while Tufts had
eight. Tufts also won its first-ever relay event, securing first
place in the evening’s opening event, the 200-yard medley
relay. The jumbos had come up empty as far as relay titles were
concerned during the first eight NESCAC Championships. Amherst came
away the winner in the final event of the night, the grueling
800-yard freestyle relay, doing so in a NESCAC, NESCAC meet and
Wesleyan pool record time of 6:42.39. Tufts relay win had the same
characteristics with its time of 1:31.04. The Jumbos had the only
automatic NCAA qualifying time by a relay squad during day two.
Three individuals won their second
event of the championships. Winning the 100-yard butterfly in
NESCAC-record time was Williams senior Norman Scott (:48.89). He
had won the 50 fly on Friday. Connecticut College freshman Tim
Walsh added the 100-yard backstroke title to his 50 back crown from
yesterday. His winning time was :50.32. Amherst senior Alex Fraser,
who anchored the 800 free relay win, took the 200-yard freestyle
with a 1:38.35 performance. He was victorious in the 500 free on
Friday.
Other winners on the day included
Williams sophomore Gary Roberson, who successfully defended his
title in the 1000-yard freestyle; Amherst freshman Ryan Lichtenfels
in the 400-yard individual medley; and Williams senior Tyler
Bonewell in the 100-yard breaststroke. Bonewell had won all three
breaststroke events a year ago at the championships but yielded the
50 breast title to Tufts senior James Longhurst yesterday. This
time Longhurst was third.
A noteworthy effort was logged by
Middlebury senior Kevin O’Rourke who placed second in the
200-yard freestyle. After winning both the 200 and 500 free during
the 2008 Championships, O’Rourke slipped to fifth in the 500
free on Friday but today posted a 1:38.22 clocking during the
trials to set NESCAC, NESCAC meet and Wesleyan pool standards while
qualifying automatically for Nationals. His time in the finals was
1:39.47.
Action in the Championships
concludes on Sunday with the final seven events decided to declare
a team champion.
February 27, 2009
Tufts in Lead After Day One at Men's Swimming & Diving Championship
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Despite winning
just one event, Tufts University used its team depth to gain the
scoring lead after the first day of the 2009 NESCAC Men's Swimming
& Diving Championships, hosted by Wesleyan University. Tufts
has 618 while defending team champ Williams found itself in unusual
territory, standing in second place, 66 points behind Tufts with a
552 total.
Amherst is currently third at
486.5. Williams has won seven of the eight previous NESCAC titles
and has outpointed the conference each of the last six meets.
The only victor for the Jumbos
during the nine events completed on the first day of competition
was senior James Longhurst in the 50-yard breaststroke. His winning
time of :25.82 was a NESCAC, NESCAC meet and Wesleyan Natatorium
pool record and gave him a comfortable .52 second margin of victory
over defending champ senior Tyler Bonewell of Williams.
Another Williams senior, Norman
Scott, rewrote the book on the 50-yard butterfly, covering the
event in a NESCAC record, NESCAC meet record and Wesleyan
Natatorium pool standard :21.97. He won his fourth straight 50 fly
title in the NESCAC Championships as he looks to sweep the fly
events over the three days. His :47.90 split during Williams’
win in the 400-yard medley relay was more than a second faster the
current NESCAC record for the 100-yard butterfly, boding well for
his effort in that event on Saturday. The Williams 400 medley relay
also set NESCAC, NESCAC meet and Wesleyan pool records with its
3:22.10 clocking.
Another individual standout finish
on the first day came from Amherst sophomore Alex Fraser, who won
the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:27.36. That qualified him
automatically for the NCAA Division III Championships, one of three
finishers in the race to do so. Also performing well for Amherst
was defending one-meter diving champ senior Kai Robinson, whose
527.75 score allowed him to repeat as titlist and was just .65 off
the NESCAC record of 528.40, and freshman Bart Federak, who
captured the 200-yard individual medley.
Connecticut College stalwarts,
freshman Tim Walsh and junior Grant Moryan, both won events and
helped the Camels 200-yard freestyle relay open the meet with a
victory. Walsh took the 50-yard backstroke while Moryan won the
50-yard freestyle.
2009 NESCAC MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday, February 27 - Sunday, March 1
at Wesleyan University Natatorium
Order of Events
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Friday, February
27
Trials, 10:00 A.M.
200 yard Freestyle Relay
50 yard Breaststroke
50 yard Butterfly
500 yard Freestyle
50 yard Backstroke
200 yard Individual Medley
50 yard Freestyle
400 yard Medley Relay
1 Meter Diving
Finals, 6:00
P.M.
200 yard Freestyle Relay
50 yard Breaststroke
50 yard Butterfly
500 yard Freestyle
50 yard Backstroke
200 Individual Medley
50 yard Freestyle
1-meter Diving (Top 8 Qualifiers)
400 yard Medley Relay
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Saturday, February
28
Trials, 10:00 A.M.
200 yard Medley Relay
400 yard Individual Medley
100 yard Butterfly
200 yard Freestyle
100 yard Breaststroke
100 yard Backstroke
1000 Freestyle (Timed Finals)
Finals, 6:00 P.M.
Senior Ceremony
200 yard Medley Relay
1000 yard Freestyle
(Last Heat of Timed Finals)
400 Individual Medley
100 yard Butterfly
200 yard Freestyle
100 yard Breaststroke
100 yard Backstroke
800 yard Freestyle Relay
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Sunday, March 1
Trials, 10:00 A.M.
200 yard Backstroke
100 yard Freestyle
200 yard Breaststroke
200 yard Butterfly
400 yard Freestyle Relay
1650 Freestyle (Timed Finals)
3-meter Diving
Finals, 5:30
P.M.
1650 yard Freestyle
(Last Heat of Timed Finals)
200 yard Backstroke
100 yard Freestyle
200 yard Breaststroke
200 yard Butterfly
3-meter Diving (Top 8 Qualifiers)
400 yard Freestyle Relay
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