Men Win Every Swim Event in Tate Ramsden Invitational

By: Callie Cyr

HANOVER, N.H. – Everett Tai qualified for NCAA Diving Zones in the 1-meter and 3-meter as one highlight in the Tate Ramsden Invitational where the Dartmouth men’s swimming and diving team was victorious over UMass.
 
“Senior captain Alex Ye gave himself a senior meet to remember by competing in every event this competition. His tenacity was impressive and he certainly raised the bar for what the whole team thought they could do this weekend. The men really got after it, setting meet records in 9 different events over the course of the meet along with numerous lifetime and season bests. It was fun to see folks surprise themselves. If we can compete this well in the pool and on the boards during challenging January training I know we have great things in store for the end of the season!” said Head Coach Milana Socha.
 
Tai scored a total of 313.90 on the 1-meter to place him second. McCoy Lyman was right behind him in third with a score of 288.65. On the 3-meter, Lyman recorded a 349.85 for second and Tai placed third scoring 340.10. With his scores, Lyman qualified for zones on the 3-meter.
 
Tommy Erwin kicked off many first place finishes with a time of 4:31.72 in the 500 free. Yan Dvoretskiy, Issac Weigel and Xavier Orlic followed that up with the next three finishes, swimming 4:31.89, 4:36.07 and 4:42.21. Erwin also took first in the 1650 free with a time of 15:47.44.
 
Alexander Ye swam to a first-place finish in the 200 IM with a time of 1:51.76.
 
Logan Pack, Colton Rasmussen and William McClelland went 1-2-3 over UMass in the 50 free with times of 20.50, 20.97 and 21.00, respecfully.
 
The A relay of Pack, McClelland, Rasmussen and Dvoretskiy placed first in the 200 free relay swimming a meet record of 1:22.54.
 
Dvoretskiy placed first with a meet record time of 48.84 in the 100 butterfly.
 
Jacob Turner, Erwin and Ye wen 1-2-3 over UMass in the 400 IM with Turner swimming a meet record 3:51.44, Erwin going a 4:02.98 and Ye recording a 4:07.07. Turner also came in first in the 200 back with a time of 1:48.76. Turner swam to a first place finish with a time of 1:47.98 in the 200 butterfly.
 
The first place finishes continue with Weigel swimming a 1:38.80 in the 200 free. Eddy Chen went a meet record 55.54 in the 100 breast to take first. Rasmussen found himself in first in the 100 back with another meet record of 48.65 as well as the 100 free with a meet record time of 44.79.
 
The A relay of Rasmussen, Chen, Dvoretskiy, and Pack swam a meet record time of 1:31.15 in the 200 medley relay. The A relay of Rasmussen, Turner, Weigel and Dvoretskiy swam a meet record of 3:00.12 in the 400 free relay.
 
Chen and Ye swam 1-2 in the 200 breast with Chen swimming a meet record 2:00.10 and Ye going a 2:08.31.