BABSON PARK, Mass. —The Babson College women's swimming and diving team took first place in all 11 events on the way to defeating Regis College, 141-39, in the first meet of the season Saturday afternoon inside Morse Pool.
With the win, the Beavers start the dual meet season at 1-0 while Regis, which began its season a week ago, drops to 0-2.
First-years
Tuana Turhan (Lake Forest, Ill.) and
Julia Netishen (Exeter, N.H.) led the Beavers with two individual victories apiece in their collegiate debuts and both swam on a winning relay team. Seniors
Audrey Daniels (Santa Monica, Calif.) and
Sophia Silver (Fayetteville, N.Y.) and sophomore
Sylvie Racicot (Arlington, Mass.) all captured one individual victory and swam on a winning relay team for the Green and White.
Junior
Vangella Randell (Holden, Mass.) and sophomore
Nicolette Newsome (Bridgewater, N.J.) were also individual event winners for the Beavers.
Turhan touched the wall first in the 200-IM in a time of 2:17.18 and the 100-butterfly in 1:00.05, and Netishen finished first in the 50 free in 24.48 seconds and the 100 backstroke in 1:00.64. Silver finished first in the 200 free in 2:10.26, and Racicot won the 100 free in 56.52.
Daniels captured the 100 breaststroke in 1:12.25 and placed second in the 50 free in 25.76 seconds, Randell was the winner in the 500 free in 5:52.84 and the runner-up in the 1000 free in 11:59.51, and Newsome won the 1000 free in 11:51.21 and took second in the 100 back in 1:06.64.
First-year
Marta Gershanok (Closter, N.J.), who placed second in the 200 IM, swam the lead-off leg of both winning relay teams. She was joined by Daniels, Turham and Silver on the winning 200 medley relay team and by senior
Emily Tran (Longmeadow, Mass.), Racicot and Netishen on the 400 free relay squad.
The Beavers also got second-place finishes by first-year
Maryan Guzman (Norwalk, Conn.) in the 200 free (2:15.78) and 500 free (6:16.61), classmate
Samantha Gilbert (Arlington, Va.) in the 100 fly (1:03.63) and 100 breast (1:14.12), and junior
Julia Ahn (Fullerton, Calif.) in the 100 free (1:06.10).
The Beavers will be back in the pool with a home meet on October 26 against Bentley at 12 p.m.