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Men’s Swimming & Diving Too Strong for Clark, 189-34

WORCESTER, Mass.—The Babson College men's swimming and diving won all 13 events and finished first, second and third in seven races on the way to defeating Clark University, 188-34, in a dual meet Saturday afternoon at the Kneller Athletic Center.

With the win, the Beavers improve to 4-1 on the season while the Cougars are 0-1.

Sophomore Phillip Spiridonov (Ridgewood, N.J.) and first-year Josh Adler (Merrimac, Mass.) led the Beavers with a pair of first-place finishes in individual swimming events. Spiridonov won the 50 free in 22.78 seconds and the 100 fly in 55.79 seconds while Adler took the 100 free in 51.43 second and the 200 free in 1:52.00. First-year Hadi AlDayaa (Chelmsford, Mass.) was uncontested in winning the two diving events, scoring 200.70 points on 1-meter and 191.85 on 3-meter.

Junior Anthony Taslakov (Sherborn, Mass.) had a solid meet, winning the 500 free in 4:58.16 and finishing second in the 50 free in 22.89 seconds. Sophomore William Iglar (Marietta, Ga.) also recorded a first and a second place, winning the 100 backstroke in 56.42 seconds and finishing runner-up in the 100 IM in 54.22.

Other first-place finishers included senior Zackary Cheung (Monterey Park, Calif.) in the 100 IM in 52.40 seconds, classmate Marcelo Carrion (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) in the 100 breast in 1:03.34, and sophomore Tommy Hannenian (Sacramento, Calif.) in the 1000 free in 10:49.00.

Babson captured both relay races as the group of sophomores Nehemiah Rhee (Paramus, N.J.) and Nathan Huynh (Naperville, Ill.), Carrion and Spiridonov won the 200 medley relay in 1:38.44, and the team of Cheung, first-year Evan Hong (Longmeadow, Mass.), Rhee and Huynh came in first in the 200 free relay in 1:29.22.

Six Beavers finished in second place in their events, including junior Chengetai Zamchiya (Cheverly, Md.) in the 100 free in 53.90 seconds; sophomore Dom Crisafulli (Natick, Mass.) in the 1000 free in 11:12.29; sophomore Ilaan Garware (Pune, India) in the 200 free in 1:59.04; sophomore Ryan Furudera (Tokyo, Japan) in the 100 back in 58.80; first-year Jason Spears (Queen Creek, Ariz.) in the 100 fly in 57.06; and Hong in the 500 free in 5:07.22.

Babson will be back in the pool to compete against Bentley in the first home meet on November 15 at 6 p.m. inside Morse Pool.
 
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Players Mentioned

Marcelo Carrion

Marcelo Carrion

Breast/IM
Senior
Zackary Cheung

Zackary Cheung

Breast/IM
Senior
Dom Crisafulli

Dom Crisafulli

Back/IM
Sophomore
Ryan Furudera

Ryan Furudera

Free/Back/Fly
Sophomore
Ilaan Garware

Ilaan Garware

Free
Sophomore
Tommy Hannenian

Tommy Hannenian

Free/Breast/IM
Sophomore
Nathan Huynh

Nathan Huynh

Breast/Free
Sophomore
William Iglar

William Iglar

Breast/IM
Sophomore
Nehemiah Rhee

Nehemiah Rhee

Free/Fly/IM
Sophomore
Phillip Spiridonov

Phillip Spiridonov

Free/Back/IM
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Marcelo Carrion

Marcelo Carrion

Senior
Breast/IM
Zackary Cheung

Zackary Cheung

Senior
Breast/IM
Dom Crisafulli

Dom Crisafulli

Sophomore
Back/IM
Ryan Furudera

Ryan Furudera

Sophomore
Free/Back/Fly
Ilaan Garware

Ilaan Garware

Sophomore
Free
Tommy Hannenian

Tommy Hannenian

Sophomore
Free/Breast/IM
Nathan Huynh

Nathan Huynh

Sophomore
Breast/Free
William Iglar

William Iglar

Sophomore
Breast/IM
Nehemiah Rhee

Nehemiah Rhee

Sophomore
Free/Fly/IM
Phillip Spiridonov

Phillip Spiridonov

Sophomore
Free/Back/IM