BABSON PARK, Mass.—Junior
Tuana Turhan (Lake Forest, Ill.) and sophomore
Leila Evans (Sandwich, Mass.) both won two individual events to lead Babson College to a 139-66 victory over Roger Williams University on Saturday afternoon inside Morse Pool.
With the victory, Babson improves to 6-1 on the season, while Roger Williams begins its dual-meet schedule at 0-1.
Turhan swept the IM and breaststroke events, capturing first place in the 400-yard IM (4:47.32) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:30.22), while Evans claimed top honors in both distance freestyle races, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:33.41) and 500-yard freestyle (5:34.00).
The Beavers also received individual victories from first-year
Parker Jacobson-Bertanzetti (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) in the 50-yard freestyle (24.33), senior
Sylvie Racicot (Arlington, Mass.) in the 100-yard freestyle (54.63), and first-year
Ryan Vender (Winnetka, Ill.) in the 200-yard backstroke (2:13.34). Babson won both relay events as the quartet of junior
Julia Netishen (Exeter, N.H.), Turhan, Vender, and Jacobson-Bertanzetti opened the meet by claiming the 400 medley relay by nearly 15 seconds with a time of 4:02.11, while Jacobson-Bertanzetti, first-year
Leni So (New Canann, Conn.), Netishen, and Racicot closed the competition with a time of 1:38.17 in the 200 free relay.
Babson recorded six runner-up finishes on the day, highlighted by sophomore
Middy Hinckley (Trent Woods, N.C.) coming in second in both the 200-yard freestyle (2:05.11) and 500-yard freestyle (5:38.25). Racicot was the runner-up with a time of 25.22 in the 50 free, junior
Samantha Gilbert (Arlington, Va.) took second in the 400 IM with a time of 4:52.23, and sophomore
Becky Hwang (Needham, Mass.) recorded a second-place showing in the 200 back with a time of 2:14.99. First-year
Mai Pho (Chelmsford, Mass.) also added a second-place showing with her time of 2:18.78 in the 200 butterfly and was third in the 1000 free (11:56.44).
Netishen placed third with a time of 2:06.89 in the 200 free, So was third with a time of 57.02 in the 100 free, junior
Marta Gershanok (Closter, N.J.) took third in the 200 back (2:17.75) and sophomore
AJ Hallbert (Enterprise, Ala.) posted a time of 25.74, which was good for third in the 50 free.
Babson returns to action on Saturday when it travels to Brockton, Mass., for a dual meet against Stonehill at 1 p.m.