Sunday, November 21, 2010

Big Green Swimmers sweep Brown.

The Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team competed against Brown on Saturday at Providence College. The meet came down to the final race, the 400 freestyle relay, and the Big Green took first and third to win the meet, 151-149.


Freshman Nejc Zupan (Kamnik, Slovenia) continues to dominate in the distance events as he won the 800 and 400 meter events and also had success in the individual medley, winning that event as well. Junior Michael Ahern (Old Westbury, N.Y.) beat Brown rival, Ryan Kikutchi, in the 100 backstroke.

The Dartmouth women's swimming and diving team edged Brown on Saturday, 156-144, at Providence. The Big Green again used the strength of their freshmen class to earn the victory. The team had strong finishes in the distance events, with freshman Christine Kerr (Gainesville, Fla.) winning both the 800 and 400 meter freestyles. In the 800-meter free freshman Kirstin Hocheder (Tucson, Ariz.) finished second, and freshman Erin Henn (Lawrenceville, N.J.) finished third. Freshman Kendall Farnham (Severna Park, Md.) won both the 100 and 200 butterfly events as well as finished second in the 200 individual medley.


These athletes have been killing it in the weight room (and the pool) since October and it was really great for me to see them have success and they can see how all the hard work pays off.   I expect a lot more good things to come this season from these teams.

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