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Women’s Swimming & Diving Too Strong for Bridgewater State, 163-62

BABSON PARK, Mass.— Sophomore Tuana Turhan (Lake Forest, Ill.) finished first in a pair of individual events and swam on a winning relay team as Babson College won 11 of the 13 events to defeat Bridgewater State University, 163-62, in the final home women's swimming and diving meet of the season Saturday afternoon inside the Morse Pool.

With the victory, the Beavers up their record to 6-3-1 on the season while the Bears drop to 1-5 in dual meets.

Turhan was the winner of the 200 freestyle in a time of 2:04.69 and the 500 free in a time of 5:40.57. She also swam the anchor leg of the 200 free relay on a team that included senior Sophia Sznewajs (Edina, Minn.), first-year Lakshmi Prasanth (Apex, N.C.) and sophomore Marta Gershanok (Closter, N.J.), clocking in at a time of 1:46.57.

Turhan helped the Beavers swept the freestyle events, as first-year AJ Hallbert (Enterprise, Ala.) won the 50 in 26.35 seconds, classmate Middy Hinckley (Trent Woods, N.C.) took the 100 in 57.71 seconds, and sophomore Samantha Gilbert (Arlington, Va.) finished first in the 1000 in 11:37.10.

The Beavers also brought home first place in four 200-yard races, as sophomore Julia Netishen (Exeter, N.H.) won the 200 IM in 2:19.08, Gershanok captured the 200 butterfly in 2:24.87, first-year Becky Hwang (Needham, Mass.) finished first in the 200 back in 2:18.07, and sophomore Hailey Cronan (New Market, Md.) touched the wall first in the 200 breaststroke in 2:47.70.

Babson won the first relay event as Hwang, Cronan, and first-years Finn Bergquist (Marblehead, Mass.) and Leila Evans (Sandwich, Mass.) took the 200 medley relay in 2:01.51.

The Green and White finished 1-2-3 in a number of events, starting with the 1000 free with Gilbert first, junior Sylvie Racicot (Arlington, Mass.) second in 12:16.64, and  junior Nicolette Newsome (Bridgewater, N.J.) third in 12:50.13. Turhan led a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 free, followed by Bergquist in second in 2:10.08, and senior Jenny Chung (Cumming, Ga.) third in 2:10.54.

Hallbert led a 1-2-3 finish in the 50 free ahead of Gershanok in 27.11 and Evans in 27.30. Hwang was followed in the 200 back by Gilbert in second in 2:21.78 and Prasanth in third in 2:26.11, and Turhan led the way in the 500 free followed by Hallbert in 5:47.71 and Netishen in 6:00.05.

Other runner-up finishes were recorded by senior Vangella Randell (Holden, Mass.) in the 200 IM in 2:28.37, Cronan in the 200 fly in 2:38.76, and Snewajs in the 100 free in 58.05.

Babson will travel across town for a dual meet at Wellesley next Saturday at 11 a.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jenny Chung

Jenny Chung

Free/IM
Senior
Marta Gershanok

Marta Gershanok

Back/Fly/IM
Sophomore
Samantha Gilbert

Samantha Gilbert

Breast/IM/Free
Sophomore
Julia  Netishen

Julia Netishen

Free/Back
Sophomore
Nicolette Newsome

Nicolette Newsome

Free/Back
Junior
Sylvie Racicot

Sylvie Racicot

Free
Junior
Vangella Randell

Vangella Randell

Breast/IM
Senior
Sophia Sznewajs

Sophia Sznewajs

Free/Fly
Senior
Tuana Turhan

Tuana Turhan

Fly/Breast/IM
Sophomore
Becky Hwang

Becky Hwang

Back
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jenny Chung

Jenny Chung

Senior
Free/IM
Marta Gershanok

Marta Gershanok

Sophomore
Back/Fly/IM
Samantha Gilbert

Samantha Gilbert

Sophomore
Breast/IM/Free
Julia  Netishen

Julia Netishen

Sophomore
Free/Back
Nicolette Newsome

Nicolette Newsome

Junior
Free/Back
Sylvie Racicot

Sylvie Racicot

Junior
Free
Vangella Randell

Vangella Randell

Senior
Breast/IM
Sophia Sznewajs

Sophia Sznewajs

Senior
Free/Fly
Tuana Turhan

Tuana Turhan

Sophomore
Fly/Breast/IM
Becky Hwang

Becky Hwang

Freshman
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