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Swimming & Diving defeats Gordon in senior meet

The men and women’s swimming and diving teams celebrated their seniors in a competition against Gordon College, on Friday, Jan. 28. The men’s team won with 130 points against Gordon’s 47, while the women’s team finished with a score of 160-76. The seniors were honored before the meet began, with their teammates sharing their memories about each senior. 

On the men’s side, Benton Ferebee ’22 won the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 24.85. Brendon Lu ’22 won the 50-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard breaststroke with a times of 26.94 and 58.81, respectively. James Barno ’23 finished first in the 100 yard freestyle, with a time of 53:82, as well as the 200 yard freestyle, with a time of 1:52.33. Fischer Caplin ’25 finished first in the 1650 yard freestyle with a time of 17:43.93.  

In the 200-yard medley relay team Jonathan Ayash ’22, Ferebee, Lu and Sean Riordan ’22 won with a time of 1:43.09; they also won the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:34.52. Riordan also placed second in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 26:18.

On the women’s side, Gabriela Mendoza ’22 won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:53.47. Olivia Stebbins ’22 won the 50-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard breaststroke with times of 34.07 and 1:15.29, respectively. 

In the 200-yard freestyle relay Abbie Etzweiler ’22, Mendoza, Rebecka Sokoloff ’22 and Stebbins finished first with a time of 1:57.98. Sokoloff also placed second in the 500-yard freestyle. In the 50 yard backstroke Monica Iizuka ’24 placed first, with a time 28.01, with Aubrey Cheng ’25 finishing second and Ema Rennie ’23 finishing third. Rennie finished first in the 50 yard freestyle. In the 100 yard butterfly Chloe Gonzalez ’25 finished first with a time of 1:04.20. 

The Judges return to the pool on Thursday, Feb. 10 for the University Athletic Association conference championships.

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