Men’s swimming dominates No. 20 Gettysburg in first twin meet of 2026

LEWISTON, Maine — The Bates males’s swimming and diving group made a giant assertion on Friday, as they outscored No. 20 nationally ranked Gettysburg by a depend of 181-81 in a twin meet at Tarbell Pool. Meanwhile, the Bates girls’s swimming and diving group got here up quick in opposition to the No. 18 nationally ranked Bullets, falling 160-102. 

Men’s Highlights

• The 200-yard medley relay group of junior Tim Johnson (Brewster, Mass.), senior captain Marrich Somridhivej (South Windsor, Conn.), sophomore Nate Oppenheim (Easton, Conn.), and senior captain Max Cory (Dublin, Calif.) set a Tarbell Pool file with their successful time of 1:30.28. The Bobcats took the highest two spots within the race because the ‘B’ group of seniors Kyle Beebe (Chatham, N.J.), Kailer Tom (Daly City, Calif.), Trent Hieber (Granby, Conn.), and Nate Pierce (Fairfield, Maine) touched the wall in 1:35.17, simply forward of the Gettysburg ‘A’ group, who completed in 1:35.58.
• Junior John Weigel (Iowa City, Iowa) received the 200-yard freestyle in 1:43.46 and the 100-yard freestyle in 46.37 seconds.
• Johnson received the 50-yard backstroke in 24.08 seconds, the 100-yard backstroke in 51.17 seconds, and the 200-yard IM in 1:57.90.
• Somridhivej, Tom, and junior Noah Katz (Hallowell, Maine) took the highest three spots in each the 50-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard breaststroke, with Somridhivej successful the 50 breast in 25.63 seconds and the 100 breast in 55.69 seconds.
• Oppenheim and sophomore Xander Theodos (Saint Louis, Mo.) positioned 1-2 within the 100-yard butterfly, with Oppenheim successful in 50.24.
• Cory received the 50-yard freestyle in 20.38 seconds and the 50-yard butterfly in 22.63 seconds.
• Junior Liam Friedlander (Pittsburgh) received the 500-yard freestyle in 4:54.16.
• Pierce, Cory, Weigel, and Somridhivej closed out the meet by successful the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:23.46.

Women’s Highlights

• First-year Grace Knight-Meister (Fort Collins, Colo.) received the 1,000-yard freestyle in 11:04.87.
• Junior Cora Zuwallack (East Falmouth, Mass.) received the 200-yard freestyle in 1:59.45 and positioned second within the 500-yard freestyle in 5:20.48.
• Junior Sarah Palmer (Brunswick, Maine) set a Tarbell Pool file within the 50-yard breaststroke along with her successful time of 29.94 seconds. She additionally received the 100-yard breaststroke, touching the wall in 1:04.75.
• Sophomore Erin Barisonek (New Vernon, N.J.) took second within the 50-yard backstroke in 28.02 seconds and was additionally the runner-up within the 100-yard backstroke in 1:00.61.
• Seniors Emma Burke (New Hartford, N.Y.) and McKayla Kendall (Bangor, Maine) went 2-3 within the 100-yard butterfly, with Burke touching the wall in 59.50 seconds. Then Kendall took second within the 50-yard butterfly in 26.31 seconds, with Burke third in 26.92 seconds.
• Senior captain Lianna Rosman (Bethesda, Md.) was the runner-up within the 50-yard freestyle, clocking in at 25.67 seconds.

The Bobcats are again in motion Sunday morning once they go to Middlebury for a twin meet that will get underway at 11:00.
 

Gallery: (1-9-2026) Swimming vs. Gettysburg (Theophil Syslo)