Meet vs M.I.T. (It is that time of year.)

As one of our first year swimmers told me today, it is that good time of year where we can start seeing all of our hard work pay off. How right she is! This weekend - while the team outcome was not what we would have desired - it was great to watch our team build upon last weekend. Those who had breakout performances against Middlebury continued to move forward and several of our team members who did not see improvements last week posted some amazing swims against M.I.T. Overall our swims are showing improvement not only in the yellow numbers at the end of the race, but - and in many ways more important - in the increase in stroke length and improved pacing. Simply put we look very good right now!

After reviewing the meet and recognizing those team members who posted season best, unshaved bests, and lifetime bests this weekend, the team voted for performer of the meet.

The men selected Evan Mullin '08. Evan has been having his best season at Colby so far this year. At the M.I.T. meet, Evan led off the 200 Medley Relay in a season best of 26.12. Then he won the 200 Free dropping a strong 1:45.99 for a best unshaved time. He followed this up with a beautifully swum 500 Free which was also a best unshaved time of 4:53.59.





The women, after nominating 25% of their squad for the honor, selected Kelsey Potdevin '09. Since returning from a semester studying in Dijon, Kelsey has been on fire. Kelsey won the 100 backstroke in an NCAA qualifying time of 59.59. This time currently ranks her 16th in Division III. Kelsey also won the 200 backstroke with a solid time of 2:12.37, and then anchored our 200 Free Relay (and almost making up MIT's 3 body length lead) with blistering 24.80.