WORCESTER, Mass.—First-year Thomas Iglar (Marietta, Ga.) placed first in one event and sophomore Matthias McFarlane (Trumbull, Conn.) had a pair of top-three finishes as the Babson College men's swimming & diving team defeated two of its three opponents Friday night at WPI's quad-meet at the Sports and Recreation Center. 

The Beavers defeated Brandeis 214-52 and the host Engineers 145-138 while falling to Coast Guard, 208-87, improving to 3-1 on the season.
 
Iglar captured the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:44.48, and McFarlane placed second in the 50 free in 21.17 seconds and third in the 100 butterfly in 51.88 seconds. They were joined by junior Thomas Ambelang (Bernardsville, N.J.) and first-year Cam Kuhn (McLean, Va.) on the 200 medley relay team that placed second in a time of 1:33.36. and teamed up with Kuhn and sophomore Evan Hong (Longmeadow, Mass.) on the 200 free relay squad that finished runner-up in a time of 1:23.90.
 
Junior William Iglar (Marietta, Ga.) produced a second-place showing in the 1000 freestyle in a time of 10:17.60, sophomore Hadi AlDayaa (Chelmsford, Mass.) was runner-up in the 3-meter diving with a score of 182.30, and senior Anthony Taslakov (Sherborn, Mass.) touched the wall second in the 200 backstroke in a time of 1:59.20. Iglar and Taslakov also teamed up with Ambelang and first-year Aly Hassanien (Naperville, Ill.) for a third-place finish in the 200 free relay in a clocking of 1:27.95.
 
Hong had a solid meet for the Beavers. In addition to his performance in the free relay, he placed second in the 200 butterfly in a career-best time of 1:56.95, which landed him seventh on Babson's all-time list of top performances in that event. He also took fifth in the 100 free in a time of 48.61, and swam the anchor leg after sophomore Wyatt Amos (Gloucester, Mass.), junior Chengetai Zamchiya (Cheverly, Md.) and first-year Tyler Seward (Granite Bay, Calif.) on the 200 medley relay team that finished fifth in 1:37.88.
 
Junior Nathan Huynh (Naperville, Ill.) produced a pair of strong finishes in breaststroke events, placing third in the 100 in a time of 59.47 and fourth in the 200 in a time of 2:16.10. First-year Dalton Brooks (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) touched the wall fourth in the 100 backstroke in 54.71, and Hassanien was fifth in the 200 free in 1:48.13.
 
Babson gets right back into the pool on Saturday when it hosts Clark in the home opener at Morse pool, beginning at 2 p.m.