In the second meet of the season, the Brandeis swimming and diving teams placed in the top five at the Hartwick Relays. After falling short to Roger Williams in the first meet of the 2019-2020 season, the Brandeis men pulled ahead and finished first in the Hartwick Relays, while the Brandeis women placed fourth at the meet. The women had numerous top three finishes in the mixed 200-yard medley relay, in addition to the 800-yard medley relay.
The Brandeis men finished atop the podium, as they won seven out of the 11 qualifying races. This meet put the Judges to the test, as there were no individual races; rather, the teams had to work together to find success in the relay races. The Hartwick Relays consisted of 3×100 races in each category: a mixed gender 200-medley relay and an 850-yard freestyle. Senior Tamir Zitelny ’20 found great success, recording multiple fastest times across the board. Benton Ferebee ’22 and James Barno ’23 led their backstroke team to victory, winning their 3×100-yard relay event by an incredible 12 seconds—their time was 2:47:69. In the men’s 3×100-yard butterfly event, seniors Justin Weissberg ’20, Matthew Arcemont ’20 and Barno dominated the race, finishing at 2:44:69 with a margin of five seconds. In addition to these outstanding victories, the Judges secured victories in the 200-yard freestyle relay, the 3×200-yard medley relay, the 200-yard medley relay and the 800-yard medley relay.
Not to be outdone, the Brandeis women finished atop the podium numerous times, but their most successful win was the 800-yard medley relay. Juniors Audrey Kim ’21 and Emily McGovern ’21, who were joined by Bailey Gold ’23 and Christina McPhillips ’23, edged out the College of Saint Rose by .10 seconds, finishing with a time of 9:21:35. The Judges secured second place in the 3×100-yard backstroke relay, the 3×100-yard butterfly relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay; the women also had a few third place finishes, too, in the 3×100-yard breaststroke relay, the 200-yard medley relay, and the 400-yard freestyle relay.
The Brandeis women teamed up with the men to win in the mixed-200-yard medley relay as well with Zitelny, McGovern and Gold, joined by Daniel Wohl ’21; they won by more than three seconds with a time of 1:48:01.
Both the men and the women will resume action on Saturday, Oct. 26 at home in Linsey Pool against Vassar College.
