Wheaton swim teams continue successful campaigns with sweep at UMass-Dartmouth

January 27, 2006

NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA- The Wheaton College men's and women's swimming and diving teams continued their successful campaigns Friday night at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, as the Lyons swept the Corsairs in their final dual meets of the regular season. The men picked up their 11th win of the season with a 120-91 triumph, while the women raised their record to 12-4 with a 123-98 victory.

Junior Matt Hurley (Belfast, ME/Belfast Area) and sophomore Matt Jordan (Ellsworth, ME/Ellsworth) were both double winners, as Hurley captured the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard freestyle events and Jordan the 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard free races. Leading the Lyon men to a total of 10 event victories, Hurley also joined junior All-American Barrett Roberts (Portland, ME/Deering) and sophomores Joe Fowler (Farmington, ME/Mount Blue) and Ryan Patch (Lexington, MA/Lexington) in the fastest 400-yard free relay team.

Fowler, Patch and Roberts managed individual-event wins as well, as Fowler topped the field in the 400-yard individual medley, Patch claimed the top mark in the 1000-yard freestyle and Roberts was victorious in the 100-yard butterfly. Freshman Chris Romilly (Washington, DC/Saint Albans) rounded out the individual wins with the top time in the 500-yard free in addition to siding with Roberts and first-year athletes Jake Maher (Newtown, CT/Newtown) and T.J. Sponzo (Simsbury, CT/Avon Old Farms) on the winning 200-yard medley relay team.

For the women, sophomore Abby Pratt (Melrose, MA/Melrose) was Wheaton's lone multiple-event winner with first-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly events, as the Lyons spread their individual victories among six swimmers. Wheaton had great success in the freestyle events, with senior Courtney Catalano (Westford, MA/Westford Academy) winning the 100-yard free, sophomore Meg Miller (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) taking the 200-yard free, freshman Caitlin Glover (Durham, NH/Berwick Academy) securing the 500-yard free and classmate Casey Shanley (Rumson, NJ/Suffield Academy) capturing the 1000-yard free.

Freshman Mandy Cumings (Zionsville, IN/Zionsville Community) completed Wheaton's individual wins with the meet's fastest time in the 400-yard individual medley. Cumings later sided with Glover, Shanley and freshman Katie Burbank (Mill Valley, CA/Marin Catholic) during the Lyons' victorious 400-yard freestyle relay race.

The Lyons complete their regular season schedules next Saturday, February 4 at the Middlebury College Invitational before beginning preparations for the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships later that month. The women are slated to compete at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on February 17-19, while the men will host the three-day meet on February 24-26.

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