WORCESTER, Mass. —The Babson College men's and women's swimming & diving teams set a pair of program records and combined for 2,001.50 points to remain in sixth place after the second day of competition at WPI's Gompei Invitational inside the Sports and Recreation Center.

The Beavers are just 18 points behind fifth-place Roger Williams (2,019.5) in the 12-team meet, which features combined men's and women's scoring. Bryant (5,455.50), the host Engineers (3,747), Bentley (2,475.50) and Springfield (2,334) own the top four spots on the team leader board.

Senior Vera Belfonti (Orange, Conn.) had an outstanding day for the Beaver women, twice breaking the program record in the 50 butterfly. She qualified fifth in the preliminaries with a record time of 26.60 seconds, lowering the mark of 26.84 set by Elizabeth DeMoine '22 in 2020 and matched by sophomore Sophia Sznewajs at last year's meet. Belfonti went on to capture fifth place in the finals, bettering her own mark with a time of 26.55 seconds. Sznewajs also made the A final in the event and finished eighth with a season-best time of 26.80.

Junior Pat Anutarasoti (Bangkok, Thailand) had an impressive day for the Babson men, twice breaking the program record in the 50 breaststroke during his 100 breaststroke races. He opened up with a time of 26.19 seconds in the first 50 yards of the 100 in the prelims to better his own mark of 26.27 set last year against Clark, and lowered it again in the finals with a time of 25.91. He finished runner-up in the 100 breast with a season-best time of 56.35 seconds.

Babson had two of the top five men's divers in the 3-meter event. First-year David Krol (Grafton, Wis.) took second place with a score of 434.85 points, and senior Maxwell Leussler (Millis, Mass.) finished fifth with a score of 241.25.

The Beavers posted top-three finishes in both relay events. The group of senior Blake Albanese (Middletown, N.Y.), Anutarasoti, junior Aidan Downey-Lamprey (Norwell, Mass.) and senior Nathan Ford (Charlotte, N.C.) finished runner-up in the 200 free relay in a time of 1:24.57, and the contingent of Ford, Albanese, Anutarasoti and senior Josh Kim (La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.) placed third in the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:28.16.

Anutarasoti was one of 11 Babson men to advance to the A finals in an individual event. Sophomore Rajkaran Padda (Trumbull, Conn.) led a group of four Babson A finalists in the 50 backstroke, finishing runner-up in a season-best time of 25.27 seconds, while sophomore Terry Li (Los Angeles, Calif.) was sixth in a season-best time of 25.75, first-year Matthew Choi (Pebble Beach, Calif.) was ninth in 26.51 after a season-best 26.48 in the prelims, and sophomore Spencer Ernst (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) finished 10th in 27.04 after posting a 26.57 in the morning session.

Senior Nathan Ford (Charlotte, N.C.) brought home fourth place in the A final of the 200 free in a season-best time of 1:43.51, while Albanese finished fourth in the 100 breast in a season-best time of 57.26, followed by senior Joshua Sellers (Fair Oaks, Calif.) in seventh in a season-best time of 58.14.

Downey-Lamprey and senior Max Weygandt (Madison, Wis.) were fifth and ninth, respectively, in the 50 fly with season-best times of 23.34 and 23.88, and sophomore Zackary Cheung (Monterey Park, Calif.) and Kim finished sixth and 10th, respectively, in the 100 back in times of 54.05 and a season-best 54.59.

The Beaver men had eight swimmers compete in the B finals, led by a 1-2-3 finish in the 50 fly, featuring sophomore Hawken Hammen (East Lyme, Conn.) in first in a season-best 23.81 seconds, classmate Matthew D'Elia (Old Bridge, N.J.) in second in a season-best 23.83, and Choi in third in 24.30 after posting a season-best 24.23 in the prelims. Ernst finished in seventh in the 200 free in a time of 1:47.86 after posting a season-best 1:47.85 in the prelims; Kim, senior Shogo Kamei (Tokyo, Japan) and first-year Chase Stevens (Suffield, Conn.) finished 7-8-9 in the B finals of the 100 breast with season-best times of 1:00.70, 1:00.80 and 1:01.46; and Downey-Lamprey was ninth in the B final of the 100 back in a time of 57.03 seconds.

Four other men qualified for the C finals, as Li took first in the 100 back in a season-best 55.19 seconds, senior Oak Kornsri (Bangkok, Thailand) was fifth in the 100 breast in a season-best 1:03.36, Weygandt was 10th in the 200 free in 1:50.63 after swimming a season-best 1:49.73 in the prelims, and first-year Jason Zeliph (Voorheesville, N.Y.) finished 10th in the 400 IM in a time of 4:40.54 after swimming a season-best 4:38.95 in the prelims.

The Babson women had two individuals advance to the B finals, as senior Sophia Swain (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) finished runner-up in the 50 fly in a season-best time of 27.15 seconds and first-year Sylvie Racicot (Arlington, Mass.) was seventh in the 50 back in a season-best time of 29.3 seconds.

The Beavers finished in the middle of the pack in the two women's relays as Racicot, Sznewajs, junior Emily Tran (Longmeadow, Mass.) and sophomore Catherine Curry (Melrose, Mass.) placed 12th in the 200 free relay in 1:45.67 and the team of Curry, sophomore Vangella Randell (Holden, Mass.), Belfonti and Sznewajs came in 18th in the 400 medley relay in 4:14.69.

The Beavers recorded season-best times in a handful of C finals races. Curry took first in the C final of the 50 back in a season-best 30.27, first-year Nicolette Newsome (Bridgewater, N.J.) and Randell were second and fifth in the 400 IM in season-best times of 4:58.02 and 5:01.46, senior April Kupsky (Bear Creek, Pa.) was seventh in the 200 free in a season-best 2:00.27, and Tran was eighth in the 100 back with a time of 1:01.76 after posting a season-best 1:01.41 in the earlier session.

Babson returns to the pool on Sunday with the final day of competition at the Gompei Invitational starting at 8:30 a.m.