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Men's & Women’s Swimming and Diving recap
February 4, 2016
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Men’s Swimming and Diving
Though the men’s team lost their first dual meet of the season this past weekend, they had started the season 6-0 in dual meets and placed first in several multi-team meets, including the Hamilton Invitational. In the loss to RPI, diver Julian Ziaggi ’16 shined on senior day, winning both the 3- and 1-meter springboard events. The freestyle has been the team’s signature event, as the quintet of Ryan Cassidy ’17, John McBratney ’16, Alex Jones ’16, Case Tatro ’18 and Scott Becker ’17 has given the team a nice mix of short- and long-distance freestyle swimmers. Along with Luke Jeton ’17, those five have contributed to several dominant freestyle relay teams. The Continentals’ next meet is the NESCAC Championships at Williams College, which begins on Feb. 19.
Women’s Swimming and Diving
Short-distance races have helped the Continentals succeed thus far this season. Sarah Hooper ’16 has excelled in the 50- and 100-freestyle events, winning six consecutive races in the two events to open the season. Hooper has also contributed to a strong 200 individual medley relay team which also includes Emma Raynor ’18, Lauren Halladay ’16 and Irina Rojas ’18. The 200 free relay team, which includes Lauren Klei ’18 in place of Rojas, has also won multiple races this year. Sarah Pickup ’19 is the team’s top diver in both the 1- and 3-meter springboard. The women’s NESCAC Championships begin a week earlier than their male counterparts, and will be held on Feb. 12 at Middlebury College instead of Williams.