Lyons close out dual meet portion of season against Connecticut College & Wellesley; Roberts and Hurley shatter three school records in victory

February 7, 2004

NORTON, MA- The Wheaton College men's and women's swimming and diving teams closed out their respective dual meet portion of the 2003-04 season Saturday afternoon in Balfour Natatorium, as the Lyons split with Connecticut College and Wellesley College. On the men's side, Wheaton shattered three school records en route to a thrilling 157-131 victory over Connecticut, raising the Lyons overall record to 5-5. In a double-dual meet on the women's side, Wheaton fell to Connecticut, 190-97 and Wellesley, 196-84, bringing Wheaton's season mark to 5-7 overall.

Senior co-captain Chris Hurley (Belfast, ME/Belfast Area) and freshman Barrett Roberts (Portland, ME/Deering) both had outstanding meets for the Lyons, combining for six individual event championships, one relay title and an impressive three school records. The duo flexed their muscle in the freestyle and backstroke events, as Roberts topped the competition in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle races while Hurley was victorious in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle events. Both also swam a leg on the winning 400-yard freestyle relay race.

Roberts broke his own school mark in the 50-free in 21.78, but even more impressive was his 48.14 finish in the 100-free, which shattered a 10-year record held by Jim Thomas from February of 1994. Roberts captured the 200-free in 1:48.93 and later swam the first leg on the 400-yard relay team that finished in 3:22.75. Hurley's highlight of the meet took place in the 500-free event, breaking his own mark with a time of 4:59.98. In addition to anchoring the 400-yard relay team, Hurley also finished first in the 100-yard back in 55.19 and the 200-yard back in 2:14.14.

Joining Hurley and Roberts on the 400-yard relay team was senior co-captain Patrick Sagui (Westwood, MA/Westwood) and junior Chris Klinkow (Hollis, NH/Hollis-Brookline). Junior Brendon Pohner (Agawam, MA/St. Mary's) swept the diving events, as he provided Wheaton with critical points in the one- and three-meter dives. Pohner posted 153.50 points in the one-meter event, edging his opponent from Connecticut by 3.15 points, and then captured the three-meter dive with 163.70 points. Classmate Aaron Fix (Minneapolis, MN/St. Paul Academy) was second in the event.

Despite not winning any events on the women's side, the Lyons recorded several strong individual performances, including senior co-captain Katie Levine (Needham, MA/Needham) in the 100-yard backstroke with a third-place finish in 1:04.74. Freshman Cassie Bohn (Manhattan Beach, CA/Mira Costa) also placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:13.89, while classmate Katie McNicholas (Acton, MA/Acton-Boxboro) took the bronze in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:20.89 and 200-yard individual medley in 2:23.03.

Junior Blake Worrall (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) and first-year Kristen Behrens (Uxbridge, MA/Uxbridge) rounded out the third-place marks in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard breaststroke events with times of 56.89 and 2:39.47, respectively. Wheaton's 400-yard freestyle relay placed second overall in 3:55.35, while the Lyons' 400-yard medley relay turned in a third-place finish with a time of 4:20.16

The Lyons will conclude their seasons at the sixth New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships later this month. The women travel to Cambridge for their meet at MIT on February 20-22, while the men head to Springfield College the following weekend on February 27-29.

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