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Sophomore Emma Burke and the Bates swimming and diving team swept Norwich in a road dual meet on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (File photo)

Swimming and Diving 1/13/2024 11:15:00 PM Aaron Morse

Swimming and Diving sweeps Norwich in road dual meet

NORTHFIELD, Vt. -- The Bates swimming and diving teams swept Norwich in a road dual meet on Saturday, with the Bobcats winning a combined 22 events along the way.

The Bates women's team tallied 208 points to Norwich's 53 while the men scored 164 points to Norwich's 98.

Bates Women's Highlights

Sophomore Sarah Teng (Cherry Hill, N.J.), sophomore Emma Burke (Whitesboro, N.Y.), sophomore Lily Barisonek (New Vernon, N.J.), and junior Stephanie Tropper (Solon, Ohio) won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:57.46. The Bobcats took the top three spots in the relay, with the team of senior Samantha Simmons (Louisville, Ky.), first-year Amber Zeng (South Windsor, Conn.), junior Talia Skaistis (New York City), and senior Natalie Young (Windham, N.H.) finishing runner-up in 1:59.50.
Bates recorded the top four finishes in the 200-yard freestyle as first-year Cora Zuwallack (Falmouth, Mass.) winning in 2:00.37
Senior Margie McLeod (Durham, Maine) led a 1-2-3 Bates finish in the 50-yard backstroke, winning in 28.42 seconds. She also took home the top spot in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:12.61, part of a 1-2-3-4 Bates finish in the event.
The Bobcats also grabbed the top three spots in the 50-yard breaststroke, as first-year Sarah Palmer (Brunswick, Maine) won in 31.30 seconds.
Junior Sophie Cassily (Rye, N.H.) led a 1-2-3-4 Bates finish in the 100-yard butterfly, winning in 1:02.05. She also grabbed the top spot in the 100-yard IM in 1:02.87, as Bates dominated the race, recording the top six finishes.
The Bobcats went 1-2-3 and first-year Emily Kalvaitis (Darien, Conn.) took home the top spot in the 50-yard freestyle, racing to the finish 25.56 seconds.
Young led a 1-2-3 Bates finish in the 100-yard freestyle, winning in 56.30 seconds.
The Bobcats also took the top three spots in the 100-yard backstroke, with Tropper winning in 1:03.07.
Burke led a 1-2 Bates finish in the 500-yard freestyle, winning in 5:30.26.
The Bobcats grabbed the top four spots in the 50-yard butterfly as senior captain Grace Wenger (Hanover, N.H.) won the race in 26.41 seconds.
Senior Amy Townend (Chester Heights, Pa.), first-year Sarah Van Lonkhuyzen (Rockport, Maine), Wenger, and Zuwallack won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:44.62. The Bobcats recorded the top three finishes in the race, with the team of first-year Sophia Clausman (Edina, Minn.), senior captain Julia Johnson (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), Kalvaitis, and McLeod finishing second in 1:45.32.

Bates Men's Highlights

Bates went 1-2-3-4 and senior Wil Dewey (Ithaca, N.Y.) grabbed the top spot in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:49.10.
First-year John Weigel (Iowa City, Iowa) won the 50-yard backstroke in 24.86 seconds and the 100-yard breaststroke in 58.46 seconds.
First-year Tim Johnson (Brewster, Mass.) prevailed in the 100-yard butterfly in 52.09 seconds. He led a 1-2-3 Bates finish in the 100-yard freestyle in 48.35 seconds.
Bates grabbed the top four spots in the 50-yard freestyle, with sophomore Marrich Somridhivej (South Windsor, Conn.) winning in 21.96 seconds.
Senior captain Mark Gregory (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) won the 100-yard backstroke in 55.31 seconds.
Sophomore Max Cory (Dublin, Calif.) led a 1-2-3 Bates finish in the 50-yard butterfly, winning in 23.46 seconds.
Junior Jaewoo Kim (San Ramon, Calif.) won the 100-yard IM in 54.85 seconds.