It was all Bentley University as the Falcons won all 13 events and took second in ten events for a 139-88 victory over Norwich University in men’s college swimming at the Goodyear Pool Saturday afternoon. It was the Falcons’ third in in four days.
Bentley had three swimmers who were double-winners: sophomore Matt Ahlmeyer (Morris Plains, N.J./Morristown HS), freshman Tim Boains (Unionville, Conn./Farmington HS) and sophomore Dennis Witol (Bowie, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt HS).
Witol won the meet’s longest event with a 10:58.22 in the 1000 yard freestyle and also touched first in the 200 butterfly (2:09.28). Boains prevailed in both the 200 and 500 free, with times of 1:50.57 and 5:10.61, respectively. Ahlmeyer was victorious in both the 100 individual medley (59.52) and the 200 backstroke (2:04.93).
Junior Colton Bridge (Tolland, Conn./Tolland HS), who set a pair of school records in Friday’s meet with Brandeis, collected the maximum points in both one-meter diving events, with scores of 162.55 and 240.45.
The other individual winners for Bentley were junior Tim Connolly (Dorcester, Mass./ Boston Latin Academy) in the 100 free (50.11), senior Rene Faria (Caracas, Venezuela) in the 50 free (22.52) and sophomore Jerrod Zimmer (Middletown, Conn./Middletown HS) in the 200 breaststroke (2:29.45).
Bentley also captured both relays with junior Sebastian Bury (Bellevue, Wash./Newport Sr. HS) swimming the opening leg of each.
Bentley, 4-3, will compete in the WPI Gompei Invitational Dec. 6-7.
Junior Lindsey Goodwin (Staten Island, N.Y./Notre Dame Acad.) and senior Danielle Hellstern (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug HS) were both double-winners as the Bentley University women’s swimming and diving team captured all 13 events for a 111-85 victory over Norwich University at the Goodyear Pool Saturday afternoon.
Goodwin claimed the 1000 yard freestyle in 11:54.80 and turned in a winning 2:27.77 in the 200 backstroke. Hellstern won the 5:38.56 in the 500 free and swam to victory in the 50 free in 26.22.
Hellstern also anchored Bentley’s 200 free relay team that finished in 1:47.02. Also part of that quartet were her sister Nicole, junior Melissa Clauss (Oakland, N.J./Bergen County Academies) and freshman Emily Niemiec (Meriden, Conn./Francis T. Maloney HS).
Niemiec posted the team’s best time in the 100 individual medley (1:03.20) and was also part of the 400 medley relay that won in 4:15.61. Also swimming in that relay were sophomore Kaitlin McGahie (Boylston, Mass./Tahanto Reg. HS), freshman Anne Warren (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron HS) and senior Nadine Edwards (Danbury, Conn./Danbury HS).
Other individual wins in the swimming events came from McGahie in the 200 free (2:03.01), Clauss in the 200 butterfly (1:06.31), Edwards in the 100 free (57.09) and sophomore Laura Schlenker (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton Warrenville South HS) in the 200 breaststroke (2:49.39).
Senior Paige Wilde (Naugatuck, Conn./Holy Cross HS) was first in both diving events, combining for a score of 380.70.
Bentley, 4-3 after posting its third win in four days, will close out the 2014 portion of the schedule Dec. 6-7 with the WPI Gompei Invitational.
