Men’s Swimming & Diving Information Third Straight Fourth-Place End on the NEWMAC Championships

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Babson College males’s swimming & diving staff posted top-10 finishes in 5 of six occasions and had 16 totally different opponents contribute factors on the best way to concluding the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships in fourth place on Sunday inside MIT’s Zesiger Pool. 

The Beavers earned 186 factors on day 4 and completed with 692 for the championship. The level complete is the fourth highest since 2002 for the Green and White, which got here in fourth for the third season in a row. 

No. 6 MIT captured its seventeenth consecutive NEWMAC title with 1481.5 factors, Coast Guard got here in second with 1013 factors and WPI edged Babson for third place with 731 factors. The last day was condensed from the traditional two classes to simply the finals with a winter storm bearing down on the area. 

Junior Anthony Taslakov (Sherborn, Mass.) recorded Babson’s prime particular person end of the day putting fourth with a season-best time of 1:51.54 within the 200 backstroke. Sophomore Phillip Spiridonov (Ridgewood, N.J.) got here in twelfth within the occasion with a season-best time of 1:58.37, whereas was 0.48 seconds sooner than classmate Thomas Ambelang (Bernardsville, N.J.), who completed 14th. First-year Wyatt Amos (Gloucester, Mass.) additionally posted a Fifteenth-place exhibiting with a season-best mark of two:00.29. 

Sophomore William Iglar (Marietta, Ga.) was the Beavers’ prime finisher within the 200 breaststroke claiming seventh with a season-best time of two:06.42. Classmate Nathan Huynh (Naperville, Ill.) got here in 14th in a season-best time of two:09.05, senior Marcelo Carrion (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) was slightly below a second behind him in Fifteenth place and first-year Matthias McFarlane (Trumbull, Conn.) completed nineteenth in a time of two:10.99. 

First-year Jason Adler (Merrimac, Mass.) recorded a season-best time of 16:45.77 within the grueling 1650 free to complete in seventh place. Junior Jason Zeliph (Voorheesville, N.Y.) additionally competed within the mile and earned factors by coming in sixteenth general with a season-best time of 17:44.90. 

Sophomore Liam Maloney (Tampa, Fla.) got here in tenth within the 200 butterfly in a season-best time of 1:55.86 and classmate Nehemiah Rhee (Paramus, N.J.) was two spots behind him touching the wall in 1:57.22. First-year Evan Hong (Longmeadow, Mass.) completed eleventh general within the 100 free with a season-best time of 46.12 and sophomore Tommy Hannenian (Sacramento, Calif.) additionally scored by putting twentieth together with his prime time of the 12 months (46.77).

The Beavers wrapped up the meet with a pair of sturdy performances within the 400 free relay. The quartet of Taslakov, Iglar, McFarlane and Hannenian got here in fourth within the A last with a time of three:04.25, whereas Cheung, sophomore Ryan Furudera (Tokyo, Japan), Spiridonov and sophomore Chase Stevens (Suffield, Conn.) positioned third within the B last with a time of three:09.01. 

Furudera swam a 47.79, Stevens posted a mark of 48.23 and senior Hawken Hammen (East Lyme, Conn.) logged a 49.24 as all three opponents recorded season-best instances within the 100 free. Sophomore Chengetai Zamchiya (Cheverly, Md.) additionally recorded his quickest time of the season (2:17.76) within the 200 breaststroke. 

MEET NOTES

•    The Beavers concluded the weekend by setting two faculty information – McFarlane (100 breaststroke) and the all-conference 800 free relay staff of Taslakov, Iglar, Hong and Hannenian – whereas junior David Krol (Grafton, Wis.) garnered All-NEWMAC honors by coming in second in each the 1- and 3-meter diving occasions. 

•    Fourth-year head coach Eric Thurston has now led the Babson males to 4 top-four finishes within the standings, which incorporates coming in third in 2023. 

•    Babson’s time of three:04.25 now ranks third on this system’s prime performances listing, whereas Adler’s mark within the 1650 free is fifth-best.