LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates swimming and diving program welcomed NCAA Division I opponent Dartmouth to town on Saturday, giving the Big Green a run for their money in a dual meet at Tarbell Pool.
The Dartmouth men's team tallied 132 points to Bates' 73 points, while the Big Green women's squad outscored the Bobcats by a count of 151-53.
"The scores aren't nearly as close as the meet felt," Bates head coach
Peter Casares said. "There were lots of close races for first, second, and third - and the coaching staff couldn't have asked for a better start to the winter semester."
Bates Men's Highlights
- The Bobcats opened the meet with a bang, winning the 400-yard medley relay in a Tarbell Pool record time of 3:21.79. Sophomore Tim Johnson (Brewster, Mass.), junior Marrich Somridhivej (South Windsor, Conn.), first-year Nate Oppenheim (Easton, Conn.), and sophomore John Weigel (Iowa City, Iowa) teamed up to earn the victory, winning by less than a second over the Dartmouth "A" relay team, which touched the wall in 3:22.51.
- Weigel showed off his ability in the 200-yard freestyle, winning the race in 1:40.67. He out-touched his brother Isaac Weigel -- who swims for Dartmouth -- by the slimmest of margins, as Isaac Weigel finished the race in 1:40.68.
- Junior Max Cory (Dublin, Calif.) returned from abroad in style with a win in the 50-yard freestyle. Cory raced to the finish in 20.74 seconds, earning a convincing victory over runner-up Alexander Le of Dartmouth, who touched the wall in 21.37 seconds.
- First-year Anton Kondratyev (Belle Mead, N.J.) was the runner-up in the 1,000-yard freestyle, racing to the finish in 9:55.80.
- Sophomore Liam Friedlander (Pittsburgh, Pa.) earned runner-up honors in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:53.49.
- Cory was the runner-up in the 100-yard freestyle in 46.15 seconds.
- Johnson took second place in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:50.54.
Bates Women's Highlights
- Senior captain Stephanie Tropper (Solon, Ohio) was the runner-up in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:45.57 and sophomore Cora Zuwallack (East Falmouth, Mass.) finished third in 10:58.35.
- First-year Kendall Keshen (Santa Barbara, Calif.) took second place in the 200-yard IM in 2:13.94.
- Junior Emma Burke (New Hartford, N.Y.) finished second in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:08.95.
- Sophomore Sarah Palmer (Brunswick, Maine) placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:25.23.
- First-year Taylor Rolefson (Piedmont, Calif.) took third in the 100-yard freestyle in 57.05 seconds.
- First-year Erin Barisonek (New Vernon, N.J.) placed third in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:14.33.
- Tropper took third in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:14.90.
- Sophomore Amber Zeng (South Windsor, Conn.), Keshen, Burke, and Tropper teamed up to place second in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:41.81.
The Bobcats are back in action on Sunday, Jan. 12 when they host Middlebury in a dual meet at Tarbell Pool.
