Saturday, November 18, 2000

BATES SWEEPS TRINITY SWIMMERS

Lewiston, Maine - Bates College defeated Trinity College in both the men's and women's swimming and diving season opening meets for both teams this afternoon. Both the Trinity women's squad, which lost 219-79, and the men's team, which lost, 209-89, are 0-1 in dual meets. The meets were the coaching debut of Trinity Head Coach Kristen Noone.

Sophomore Chris Rorer (Villanova, Pa.) finished first in both the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes for the Trinity men. Bantam senior tri-captain Chris Nicholas (Seekonk, Mass.) won the 200-yard backstroke and freshman Adam Casavant (Acton, Mass.) won the 100-yard backstroke in his collegiate debut.

WOMEN'S EVENT WINNERS

200 Medley Relay: B- J. Balicki, M. Ferrari, J. Kopicki, P. Murchie, 1:58.99

1,000 Free: B- M. Watson, 12:00.39

200 Free: B- G. Mirick, 2:03.33

100 Back: B- C. Hinckley, 1:07.15

100 Breast: B- Ferrari, 1:11.50

200 Butterfly: B- Kopicki, 2:23.62

50 Free: B- Mirick, 26.76

1 M Dive: B- A. Golden, 170.38

100 Free: B- Mirick, 57.81

200 Back: B- Watson, 2:23.11

200 Breast: B- Ferrari, 2:33.64

500 Free: B- Kopicki, 5:31.86

100 Butterfly: B- Murchie, 1:04.06

3 M Dive: TC- Katie Bryant, 188.10

200 IM: B- L. Allen, 2:36.34

200 Free Relay: B- Murchie, K. Humphrey, M. Parker, Mirick, 1:48.19

MEN'S EVENT WINNERS

200 Medley Relay: B- D. Blaney, D. Bear, A. Bowden, S. Imig, 1:44.85

1,000 Free: B- Bear, 10:14.72

200 Free: B- P. Barr, 2:04.87

100 Back: TC- Adam Casavant, 1:02.99

100 Breast: TC- Chris Rorer, 1:05.21

200 Butterfly: B- M. McCarthy, 2:14.37

50 Free: B- Blaney, 22.71

1 M Dive: B- A. Hastings, 257.65

100 Free: B- M. Jensen, 50.25

200 Back: TC- Chris Nicholas, 2:12.41

200 Breast: TC- Rorer, 2:25.05

500 Free: B- D. Heneghan, 5:23.55

100 Butterfly: B- Bowden, 58.34

3 M Dive: B- Hastings, 262.25

200 IM: B- Bear, 2:06.71

200 Free Relay: B- S. Cobb, Imig, Jensen, Blaney, 1:30.49