BATES

The Colby Women had a great meet against Bates last weekend, with a number of amazing swims. Starting off the meet, the 200 medley relay of Sarah Nalven, Kayleigh Monahan, Rosie Wennberg, and Sarah Hansen took second place in 1:55.92. Just behind them in third was the B relay of Jess Blais, Josie Bazemore, Kathryn Lee, and Kayla Lewkowicz, in 1:56.04. The men's A relay also finished second, with Andy Peterson, Craig Zevin, Ryan Trafton, and James Hootsmans finishing in 1:42.23. In the mile, Mandy Ferguson finished second in a close race, with a time of 18:11.26. Heather Cronin finished 4th in 18:33.09, and Leigh Carey finished 6th in 19:09.63. In the men's race, Sam Andler was the lone competitor for the Mules, finishing 3rd in 20:22.92. The women's 200 free was next, where Chelsea Heneghan won the race by almost 3 seconds in 1:56.64. In the men's 200, Ray Rieling took second in 1:50.25. In the women's 100 back, Colby took places two through five, with season bests from Sarah Nalven (1:03.03), Jess Blais (1:03.69), Kayleigh Monahan (1:04.13), and Patricia Kelly (1:06.37). In the same event, Andy Peterson and John Madeira took 2nd and 3rd in 58.63 and 59.06. The 10th event of the day was the 100 breast, where Josie Bazemore took 3rd for the women in 1:13.02, and the men had their strongest finish of the day, with Craig Zevin, Mason Roberts, and Adam Spierer sweeping first through third in 1:03.62, 1:04.29, and 1:05.26.

In the next event, the 200 fly, Kathryn Lee took the second victory of the day for the Colby women in 2:13.17, while Colin McLaughlin was the top finisher for the men in 2:13.90. In the 50 free, Jenna Mahaffie was 3rd in 25.86, and Ray Rieling was 4th in 23.58. In the diving, Martha Mesna took 3rd with a score of 135.00, and first-time diver Carly Rushford took 4th. The 100 free followed, with Chelsea Heneghan taking 2nd in 53.84, and Ray Rieling and Andy Peterson taking first and second in 50.94 and 51.48. The 200 back saw 3rd and 4th place finishes from Jess Blais (2:18.08) and Charlotte Veazie (2:18.78), and a first place finish from John Madeira in 2:04.83. In the 200 breast, Heneghan tied for first in 2:33.58, with Josie Bazemore finishing third in 2:36.25. Mason Roberts won for the men in 2:25.76, with Colin McLaughlin in third in 2:26.59. Mandy Ferguson took her revenge in the 500, taking first in 5:24.85, with Leigh Carey finishing 3rd in a season best 5:30.58. Ryan Fischer won the event for the men in 5:05.00. Rosie Wennberg and Kathryn Lee took first and second in the 100 fly in 1:00.87 and 1:01.08, while Ryan Trafton finished in 4th for the men in 57.66. Lee came back to win the 200 IM in a season best 2:15.06, with Wennberg in 3rd in 2:23.80, while Fischer took 2nd in 2:05.99 and Madeira took 3rd in 2:08.06 for the men. In the final event of the day, the 400 free relay, the Colby women placed second in 3:46.43, while the men placed 3rd in 3:28.80. The final scores of the meet were: Women, Colby 126.5, Bates, 166.5; Men: Colby 103.5, Bates 173.5.
Leigh Carey and Colin McLaughlin were voted Performers of the Meet by their teammates, both having had some very impressive races and a number of season bests for the day.