Roberts & Ferguson Kick Off 2012 Season & Senior Year's With Strong Showing

Mason Roberts finished in second place in the 200 breaststroke and took third in the 100 breaststroke for the Colby College men's swimming and diving team in a 179-94 loss to Amherst College on Saturday.  Roberts had a time of 2:21.83 in the 200 breaststroke and clocked a 1:03.46 in the 100. Ryan Trafton added a third in the 100 butterfly in 56.60. Roberts, Trafton, Andy Peterson, and Vincent Galea took second place with a 1:41.24 in the 200 medley relay. Galea also had fourths in the 50 (23.11) and 100 (50.17) freestyle events.   The Mules also received fourths from Ray Rieling in teh 200 freestyle (1:51.55), Jack Mauel (57.22) in the 100 fly, and John Madeira with a 2:08.37 in the 200 individual medley.

On the women’s side Mandy Ferguson also started the season off strong with a second, third, and a fourth in individual races and she helped a relay team take second for the Colby College women's swimming and diving team in a 173-93 loss to Amherst College.  Ferguson took second in the 10,000 meters (10:58.13), a third in the 500 freestyle (5:23.69), and a fourth in the 200 freestyle (2:01.71). She also anchored the second for the Mules with Charlotte Veazie, Sarah Hansen, and Laura Burns in the 200 freestyle relay.  Martha Mesna had the other second for Colby in the 1-meter diving (161.32 points). Jess Blais had third in the 100 backstroke (1:05.10), Sarah Hansen was third in the 100 freestyle (57.58) and added a fourth.