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Kenyon Dominance Continues in First Meet of Season
by Rob Smith
The swimming season officially kicked off on Oct. 27.
Yeofish of both genders found themselves swimming in the NCAC relays
hosted by Kenyon College. Kenyon is known as one of the premier swimming
programs in NCAA Division III. True to form, Kenyon was victorious.
Kenyon won the womens competition with a score of 160. The Yeowomen
finished seventh out of eight teams with 62 points. We improved
much from last season. It seems like were really shaping up.
The addition of transfer students and a good crop of freshman will
really help us this year, sophomore Julia Irwin said.
Kenyon also won the mens competition with a score of 160 points,
while the Yeomen finish seventh out of nine teams with 48 points.
Some of the better times recorded by the Yeowomen came from senior
captain Celeste Mercer. Mercer bested all Yeowomen with a 29.14 in
the 200-meter back relay and a 32.23 second time in the 200-meter
breaststroke relay. Senior Jessica Vermeulen toped the Yeowomen in
the 200-meter medley relay with a time of 26.78 seconds.
The best time in the 500-meter free style came from the team of senior
Hannah Gottschall, senior Julia Handelman, first-year Lindsay Martin-McCormick
and first-year Kim Davis. Davis posted the best time in the 1500 meter
free event finishing in 5:51.27.
Mercers 28.11 second time in the 200-meter fly relays was the
best of all Yeowomen, while she also topped all Yeowomen in 400-meter
Individual Medley with a time of 1:05.32. Mercer was also the first
Yeowoman to be selected as an All-American. She received that distinction
last season.
On
the mens side, the 200-meter back relays best time came
from sophomore Joel Ketner at 26.70 seconds. Sophomore Burt Betcharts
time of 30.56 seconds was the fastest time for all Yeomen in the
200-meter Breaststroke relay. The relay team of senior Rahula Strohl,
junior Nate Fey, first-year Ben Pierce and Betchart finished with
the better relay time comparing to the one other squad the boys
sent out to swim.
Strohls 24.99 second time was the best Yeomen time in the
200-meter Butterfly relay. Pierce led all Yeomen to the finish line
in the 1500-meter free style event with a time of 5:27.39. Ketners
58.84 second time in the 400-meter individual medley relay topped
them all, while Pierce set the pace with a 23.19 second time in
the 200-meter free style relay.
Both men and women swimmers look to improve during their next meet
on Saturday, Nov. 3 vs. Denison University. The Big Red will travel
to Oberlin for the meet, which will take place in Philips Gymnasium.
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