Males’s Swimming and Diving Drops Senior Day Twin to Babson

Springfield, Mass. – February 7, 2026 – The Springfield College males’s swimming and diving workforce fell to Babson College, 181.5-116.5, in its last twin meet of the common season on Saturday afternoon in Art Linkletter Natatorium.

Of the 16 contested occasions, Springfield received 4 swimming occasions and each diving occasions immediately. Matt Quinney (Belchertown, Mass.) recorded a primary place end within the 200-IM with a time of two:00.53 and likewise took second within the 100-breast in 58.86. At the beginning of the meet, Quinney teamed up with Dawson Milligan (Forestdale, Mass.), Dan Backlund (Duxbury, Mass.) and Viet-Anh Nguyen (East Longmeadow, Mass.)for second within the 400-medley relay in 3:31.30.

Backlund went on to win the 100-free in 47.82 and take third within the 100-fly in 53.70 earlier than ending the meet alongside Zavier Villanueva (Wilbraham, Mass.), Charles Deaton (Bluffton, S.C.) and Nguyen for second within the 400-free relay in 3:15.88. 

Greg Kratz (South Windsor, Conn.) notched a primary place end within the 500-free with a time of 5:08.17 and took third within the 100-back in 59.56, whereas Nick Hall (West Hartford, Conn.) received the 1000-free in 10:29.78 and took fifth within the 200-IM in 2:12.43.

Milligan went on to put second within the 200-fly in 2:03.91 and third within the 200-breast in 2:17.85, Nguyen took second within the 50-free in 22.43, Villanueva completed third within the 100-free in 50.06, fourth within the 100-fly in 56.64 and fourth within the 200-fly in 2:08.20 and Deaton took third within the 200-back in 2:05.20 and fourth within the 200-free in 1:52.47.

In the diving properly, Christian Butler (North Haven, Conn.) was as soon as once more dominant in each disciplines with a sweep of either side. Butler produced a 3-meter 11 dive rating of 505.36 and a 1-meter 11 dive rating of 500.93.

Springfield will flip its consideration to the NEWMAC Championships, which start on February 19 at MIT.

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