Nick Houghton (Berkley, MA) claimed both distance freestyle races as WPI had the fastest time in all 11 swimming events and secured the top three spots in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard IM to secure a 123-103 triumph over visiting Bowdoin to remain unbeaten in men’s swimming and diving action on Saturday afternoon at the Sports & Recreation Center Pool.
The Engineers improve to 7-0 while the Polar Bears dip to 1-2 on the year.
Houghton clocked a 10:11.04 in the 1,000-yard freestyle and a 5:07.08 in the 500-yard freestyle. James Macfarlane (Ijamsville, MD) was third in the 1,000 (10:26.28) and Adam McNally (Leominster, MA) was third in the 500 (5:07.08). Andrew Bauer (Cumberland, RI), Ben List (Bedford, MA) and Frederick Burgwardt (Mendon, NY) went 1-2-3 in the 50-yard freestyle as Bauer, List and Jonathan Decelle (Rumson, NJ) did the same in the 100-yard freestyle. Seth MacDonald (Sherrill, NY) led the 200-yard IM trio as Andrew Kelleher (Poughquag, NY) placed second and McNally came home third.
Alex Powers (Glocester, RI), Tim Petri (Eksjo, Sweden), David Smallwood (Bangor, ME) and Bauer turned in a 136.94 to win the 200-yard medley relay. They were followed by Matt Houghton (Berkley, MA), Kelleher, MacDonald and Burgwardt who posted a third-place 1:40.00. Powers also touched the wall first in the 100-yard backstroke (54.06) while Petri was the quickest in the 100-yard breaststroke (59.92). Smallwood collected a win with a 52.60 in the 100-yard butterfly and was followed by Karim Elsayed (Cairo, Egypt) in third (54.58). Nathan Hughes (Arlington, VA) also claimed a victory with a 1:47.69 in the 200-yard freestyle.
Tom Kramer (Andover, MA) was a double winner for Bowdoin with a 308.63 on the 3-meter board and a 272.62 on the 1-meter board. WPI’s Matt Suarez (Needham, MA) scored a 204.53 on the 3-meter and a 222.90 on the 1-meter.
List, Hughes, Smallwood and Powers were the fastest 400-yard freestyle relay team with a 3:16.03 as Will Hutchinson (Sudbury, MA), Michael Given (Charlottesville, VA), Greg Koziol (Summit, NJ) and Peter Deardorff (Princeton, NJ) collected first place points with a 3:19.77 for the guests. John Lagasse (Hopkinton, MA) was the top point producer in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:01.82.
The Engineers head to Division I Holy Cross on Friday to kick off the two-day Worcester City Championships. Bowdoin also faces an intra-state Division I foe when the team heads to Maine for a noon dual on Saturday.
Emily Martin (Penfield, NY) paced the WPI women’s swimming and diving team with a pair of victories as the Engineers fell to Bowdoin 148-82 at the Sports & Recreation Center Pool on Saturday afternoon.
Martin claimed the 100-yard freestyle (55.03) and the 200-yard IM (2:15.43) for the Engineers (6-2) while the trio of Zoe Eggleston (Newtown, CT), Nysa Casha (Andover, MA) and Allysa Grant (Framingham, MA) swept the top three spots in the 100-yard breaststroke with times of 1:11.19, 1:13.24 and 1:13.41, respectively. Grant followed Martin in the 200 IM with a third-place time of 2:24.31.
The Engineers received a second-place relay performance from Julia Bushell (Windham, NH), Eggleston, Amanda Konieczny (West Springfield, MA) and Tori Claverie (Derry, NH) who teamed for a 1:56.54 in the 200-yard medley. Individually, Emily Matsco (Windham, NH) was second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:31.54) and third in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:21.90). Eva Childers (Henniker, NH) added a second-place time of 2:01.88 in the 200-yard freestyle as Casha came home third in the 100-yard butterfly (1:02.99) and Bushell was third in the 100-yard backstroke (1:06.37). The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Thea Reymann (Seaside Park, NJ), Jamie Freud (Amherst, NH), Heather Stratica (Northampton, MA) and Danielle Healy (Cohasset, MA) posted a third-place 4:01.09 to close out the competition.
Linnea Patterson (Gloucester Point, VA), Mariah Rawding (White Salmon, WA), Mariah Reading (Bangor, ME) and Sophie Walker (Dumbarton, NH) combined to open the day with a 1:53.60 to claim the 200-yard medley relay for the Polar Bears (2-1). Bridget Killian (Nashville, TN), Walker, Rawding and Teri Faller (North Reading, MA) raced to a 3:43.21 to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Caroline Watt (Essex Falls, NJ) swept the 1,000- and 500-yard freestyle events while the Polar Bears took the top three spots in the 50-yard freestyle. Walker led the way with a 25.15 followed by Lela Garner (Philadelphia, PA) in second (25.83) and Reading in third (26.09). Katherine Kronick (Walnut Creek, CA) took the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.59) as Holly Rudel (Sparta, NJ) claimed the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.82) and Killian touched the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle (2:00.80).
Bowdoin’s Sage Mikami (Newmarket, NH) and WPI’s Hayley Poskus (Middleboro, MA) went head-to-head in both diving events with Mikami taking the 3-meter by a score of 233.10-164.47 and the 1-meter with a 212.24-174.67.
WPI returns to action on Friday to kick off the two-day Worcester City Championships hosted by Division I Holy Cross. The Polar Bears also face an intra-state Division I foe when they head to Maine for a noon dual on Saturday.
