The Panther swimming and diving teams continued their winning ways with road dual meet wins Saturday afternoon over Springfield. The women edged the host Pride by a 156-142 score, while the men cruised 175-123. The women have won five-straight head-to-head meets, while the men notched their second victory in a row. Middlebury returns to action Sunday when it hosts Bates for a dual meet at 11:00 a.m.
During the women's competition, Jamie Hillas picked up three event victories and lowered her own school record in the 100 individual medley. She won the 50 fly in a time of 26.54, the 100 fly in 58.88 and claimed the 100 IM title with a time of 59.50, bettering the old record by just the smallest of margins (.01).
Leading by just seven team points (145-138) entering the 200 freestyle relay, the Middlebury quartet of Morgan Burke, Ann Carpenter, Lydia Carpenter andCourtney Haron touched the wall with a time of 1:39.72 for 11 team points, while Springfield grabbed four points with a runner-up finish and the Panthers secured the victory.
In the day's opening event, the 200 medley relay, the Panther team of Sarah Bartholomae, Hillas, Megan Griffin and Haron were victorious with a time of 1:50.84.
Bartholomae stopped the clock first in two events, winning the 50 backstroke (29.19) and 100 backstroke (1:01.90), respectively. The other winning time came from Burke in the 100 free (54.73).
On the men's side, 10 winning times were posted in 16 events. The team of Justin Cho, Stephan Koenigsberger, Alex Smith and Bryan Cheuk began the meet with a winning time of 1:39.55 in the 200 medley relay.
Individually, Matthew Lantin tallied a pair of event wins for the Panthers. He won the 200 free (1:46.86) and the 500 free (4:46.19). Other event titles came from Cho in the 50 backstroke (26.60), Teddy Kuo in the 100 fly (55.12), Cheuk in the 50 free (22.23), Paul Lagasse in the 100 free (49.84), Connor McCormick in the 100 individual medley (56.40) and Michael McGean in the 1000 free (9:54.06).
The 200 free relay team of Cheuk, Jack McLaughlin, Koenigsberger and Lagasse capped off the meet with a winning mark of 1:29.23.
