BABSON PARK, Mass—Five different competitors were part of victories in multiple events and Babson College recorded 10 first-place finishes on the way to defeating visiting Roger Williams University, 140-83 inside Morse Pool on Friday afternoon.
With the win, Babson improved to 5-1 on the season, while Roger Williams opens its dual-meet schedule at 0-1.
Senior
Anthony Taslakov (Sherborn, Mass.) and first-years
Thomas Iglar (Marietta, Ga.),
Cam Kuhn (McLean, Va.) and
Tyler Seward (Granite Bay, Calif.) opened the meet with a time of 3:31.16 in the 400 medley relay to finish first by nearly four seconds. Kuhn and Iglar then joined sophomores
Evan Hong (Longmeadow, Mass.) and
Matthias McFarlane (Trumbull, Conn.) to finish first in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:25.24 in the final event of the meet.
Taslakov took first in the 500 free with a time of 5:00.41, Iglar won the 200 free in a time of 1:46.45, and Hong edged out McFarlane for first place by just 0.21 seconds with his time of 47.58 in the 100 free. Sophomore
Hadi AlDayaa (Chelmsford, Mass.) was also a double winner for the Beavers, scoring 254.90 points on the 1-meter board and totaling 226.12 points on the 3-meter board.
The Green and White also got first-place finishes from McFarlane, who won the 50 free with a time of 21.14, junior
Nathan Huynh (Naperville, Ill.) with a time of 2:13.10 in the 200 breaststroke and first-year
Dalton Brooks (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) thanks to his time of 4:19.09 in the 400 IM. McFarlane also came in second in the 100 free (47.79), Seward was the runner-up in the 200 breast (2:18.50), and junior
William Iglar (Marietta, Ga.) took second in both the 400 IM (4:23.92) and 200 butterfly (2:03.47).
Sophomore
Wyatt Amos (Gloucester, Mass.) was the runner-up in the 200 back with a time of 2:03.54, while classmate
Josh Adler (Merrimac, Mass.) took second in the 1000 free with a time of 10:45.89. Taslakov (200 free), Brooks (200 butterfly), Kuhn (100 free) and senior
Chase Stevens (Suffield, Conn.), who posted a time of 2;07.83 in the 200 back, each contributed a third-place result.
Babson will conclude the first half of the season when it travels to Wheaton for the Chuck Nugent Invitational on November 20-21.