BELOIT, Wis. - Beloit College took command of its dual meet with Lawrence University this afternoon. The Buccaneer men defeated the Vikings 123-75 and the women held on for a close 99-80 victory.
Beloit won 10 of the 13 men's events. The meet opened with a win in the 200 yard medley relay, where
Jeremy Mueller (Loves Park, Ill.),
Torin Schott (Fairfield, CT),
Alex Nowak (Addison, IL) and
Joel Brown (Chicago, IL) finished in 1:49.60, almost eight seconds ahead of Lawrence's 1:57.51.
Parker Zaucha (Onondaga, MI) won three individual events. He took the 1000 free in 10:50.81, then won the 200 butterfly in 2:14.49, ahead of Lawrence's Harrison Cauldwell (2:19.15). He finished with a win in the 500 free in 5:22.72, more than 30 seconds ahead of Lawrence's Michael Branham (5:55.39).
Mueller also won three events. Along with the medley relay win, he took the 200 free in 1:45.55, the fastest 200 free of the day, and the 200 backstroke in 1:55.39.
The sprints and breaststroke also went to Beloit. Abraham Benson (Bemidji, MN) won the 50 free in 25.24 and the 200 breaststroke in 2:34.15, edging Lawrence's Leslie Cleveland (2:34.78) by 0.63 seconds in the latter. Brown won the 100 free in 52.64, with teammate Schott third in 57.78.
Beloit's 200 free relay of Nowak, Schott, Benson and Brown won in 1:42.06. Lawrence's relay of Branham, Michael Liston, Henry Ambrose and Cauldwell swam an exhibition 1:41.00 that did not score.
Lawrence's men won the 200 IM, where Cauldwell took first in 2:14.78. Isaiah Serrata won both diving events, scoring 236.20 on the 1-meter board and 234.20 on the 3-meter. Beloit's Jacob Fuller (Beloit, Wis.) took second in both (183.00 and 165.25), and Matthew McCoy (Sedalia, MO) placed fourth on 1-meter and third on 3-meter.
The Beloit women won seven of the 13 events, but Lawrence's strong sprint and distance swims kept the score close.
Beloit opened with a win in the 200 medley relay. Lydia Nordgren (South Beloit, Ill.), Leadell Schmitt (Rockford, IL), Lylah Murrah (North Pole, AK) and Maya Delgadillo (Sioux City, IA) swam 2:02.07.
Murrah won the 200 IM in 2:27.72, and Kelsey Gerstler was second in 2:33.49 for a Beloit 1-2. Nordgren won the 100 free in 56.71, and Hanna Logan (Gorham, ME) won the 200 backstroke in 2:16.69, more than 11 seconds ahead of the field. Gerstler added a win in the 500 free in 6:05.16, and Schmitt won the 200 breaststroke in 2:41.19, with Murrah second in 2:49.96 for another Beloit 1-2. Elsa Gregory won the 3-meter diving event with 197.30 and was also second on the 1-meter board with 186.80.
Lawrence took five women's events, including the 200 free relay. Mattie Ramont, Eden Holty, Piper Smart and Zoey Ziegler won it in 1:53.72, ahead of Beloit's 1:54.87. The Beloit relay of Logan, Vivianne Prerost, Gerstler and Nordgren was a close second.
Ramont won the 1000 free in 12:35.68, with Beloit's Delgadillo second in 13:01.04. Ziegler won the 200 free in 2:04.50, with Logan second in 2:05.11 for Beloit, a margin of 0.61 seconds. Lawrence also went 1-2 in the 50 free, with Kiran Jayasinghe winning in 29.25. Elizabeth Dugan won 1-meter diving for Lawrence with 191.10.
Beloit's depth produced valuable points throughout the meet. Schmitt (30.80) and Prerost (32.55) placed third and fifth in the women's 50 free, and Riva Choudry (Evanston, IL) placed sixth. Delgadillo was third in the women's 100 free (1:04.80). On the men's side, Aiden Daoud (Aurora, IL) took third in the 200 IM (2:40.80) and third in the 500 free (6:13.14), Nowak placed third in the 200 butterfly (2:43.94), and Toka Meparishvili (Georgia) finished fourth in both the 50 and 100 free.
After back-to-back meets, the Bucs get a break and are not back in the pool until November 8th when they head to Appleton, Wisconsin and Lawrence University for the Gene Davis Invite.
