LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates swimming and diving teams broke multiple pool records in their first home meet of the season, as the Bobcats took on Ivy League foe Dartmouth Saturday at Tarbell Pool. 

Bates won five events, including two relays, on the day. The Big Green women outscored Bates 135-97 while the Dartmouth men tallied 159 points to Bates' 76. 

Bates Women's Highlights

• The 400-yard medley relay team of sophomore Sophie Cassily (Rye, N.H.), senior captain Abigail Gibbons (Westtown, N.Y.), junior Natalie Young (Windham, N.H.), and junior Grace Wenger (Hanover, N.H.) smashed the Tarbell Pool record with their winning time of 3:53.98. 
• Cassily won the 200-yard backstroke in 2:04.79 and finished second in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:57.38.
• Wenger won the 500-yard freestyle in 5:08.19.
• Junior Julia Johnson (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) placed second in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 11:00.36.
• Gibbons finished second in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.18.
• Young took second in the 200-yard IM in 2:14.53.
• Sophomore Stephanie Tropper (Solon, Ohio) finished second in the 100-yard freestyle in 55.57 seconds.
• First-year Lily Barisonek (New Vernon, N.J.) placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:33.49.

Bates Men's Highlights

• Senior captain Nate Sommer (Terre Haute, Ind.) won the 50-yard freestyle in 21.95 seconds.
• First-year Max Cory (Dublin, Calif.), senior captain Nathan Berry (Augusta, Maine), Sommer, and senior John Marcolina (Mystic, Conn.) closed the meet by breaking the pool record and winning the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:24.46. 
• Berry set a new pool record in the 100-backstroke with his split of 49.95 seconds in the 400-yard medley relay, where he teamed with Sommer, senior Edmond Giang (Wayland, Mass.), and Cory to take second place in 3:24.71.
• Junior Ethan Bean (Oakton, Va.) placed second in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:10.30.
• Sophomore Jaewoo Kim (San Ramon, Calif.) finished second in the 200-yard IM in 2:00.25.
• Cory took second in the 100-yard freestyle in 47.13 seconds.
• First-year Kyle Beebe (Chatham, N.J.) finished second in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:52.89.

The Bobcats are back in action Sunday when they host Middlebury in a dual meet at 11am.