Males’s Swimming & Diving Places Collectively Robust Efficiency at WPI Quad-Meet

WORCESTER, Mass.—Junior Anthony Taslakov (Sherborn, Mass.) was victorious in each of his particular person occasions and the Babson College males’s swimming & diving group recorded 13 top-two finishes highlighting numerous sturdy performances at WPI’s Quad-Meet on Friday evening. 

The Beavers defeated Brandeis 191-86 and the host Engineers 162-131 whereas falling to Coast Guard, 161-129. 

Taslakov touched the wall first in a time of 1:44.35 within the 200 freestyle and in addition received the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:57.49 later within the meet, whereas sophomore Thomas Ambelang (Bernardsville, N.J.) received the 100 backstroke in a time of 53.36. Ambelang additionally teamed with sophomore Nathan Huynh (Naperville, Ill.), first-year Evan Hong (Longmeadow, Mass.) and sophomore Tommy Hannenian (Sacramento, Calif.) to open the evening with a first-place time of 1:35.61 within the 200 medley relay. 

Hong got here in second in each the 100 breaststroke (59.42) and the 50 free (21.84), whereas sophomore William Iglar (Marietta, Ga.) was the runner-up within the 200 free with a time of 1:45.82 and the 200 breaststroke in a time of two:10.97. He additionally added a fourth-place displaying within the 200 IM with a time of 1:59.36. 

First-year Haddi Aldayaa (Chelmsford, Mass.) completed second with a rating of 185.10 on the 1-meter diving board and 169.60 within the 3-meter occasion, sophomore Nehemiah Rhee (Paramus, N.J.) was the runner-up with a time of 1:56.83 within the 200 butterfly, and Huynh produced a second-place consequence along with his time of 59.42 within the 100 breaststroke. Rhee got here in third within the 200 IM with a time of 51.97 and teamed with Taslakov, Hong and Hannenian additionally capped the meet by ending because the runner-up within the 200 free relay. 

Senior Zachary Cheung (Monterey Park, Calif.) recorded a third-place displaying within the 200 IM with a time of 1:59.15, classmate Marcelo Carrion (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) got here in fourth within the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:01.76 and first-year Josh Adler (Merrimac, Mass.) took fourth within the 1000 free with a time of 10:30.63. Carrion (100 butterfly), Ambelang (200 backstroke) and Hannenian (100 free) every added a fifth-place end for the Beavers. 

Babson will get proper again into the pool on Saturday when it heads again to Worcester to face Clark at 1 p.m.