Men's (3-9) and Women's (6-5-1) Swimming & Diving Squads Sweep Babson

The Wheaton College men's and women's swimming & diving teams finished off their regular season home slates with a sweep of New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) foe Babson College on Saturday, as the men picked up a 159-122 triumph and the women won 171-104.

Freshman Julia Wright (Pomfret, VT/Northfield Mount Hermon School) won the one- and three-meter diving events, posting 242.39 points in the one-meter dive to miss an NCAA Championship standard by just 2.61 points. Sophomore Nicole Zais' (Sudbury, MA/Lincoln-Sudbury Regional) time of 2:28.95 in the 200-yard breaststroke was within 1.55 seconds of a program mark, and she also won the 50-yard freestyle and was on the top 400-yard medley relay team. Joining Zais on the 400 medley relay were junior Iris Meehan (Bar Harbor, ME/Mount Desert Island), sophomore Dania Piscetta (Belmont, NH/Belmont) and freshman Taryn Brosnan (Westford, MA/Academy of Notre Dame). Brosnan also won the 100-yard butterfly, while Meehan topped the 100-yard backstroke field. Piscetta took the 200-yard individual medley, while sophomore Stephany Perkins (Monmouth, ME/Monmouth Academy) clocked in with the fastest times in both the 100 breast and 100 free. Rounding out the winners were junior Sarah Houlihan (West Springfield, MA/West Springfield) in the 1,000 free and freshman Sarah Miller (Madison, NJ/Madison) in the 200 free.

A trio of men won two events apiece, as sophomore Eddie Gillie (Haverhill, MA/Saint John's Prep) took 200 fly and 200 IM races, classmate Jonathan Gold (West Harrison, NY/Fordham Prep) swept the one- and three-meter dives, and freshman Trevor Deans (Redding, CT/Joel Barlow) topped the 100 and 200 breast fields. Sophomore Corey Best (Brentwood, TN/Ravenwood) won the 100 fly, classmate Sam Dean-Lee (Rocky Hill, CT/Xavier) topped the 1,000 free field, freshman Alex Hosey (Danville, PA/Wyoming Seminary) captured the 500 free, and classmate Cole Larson-Whittaker (Penobscot, ME/George Stevens Academy) took the 200 free.