The Panther swimming and diving teams completed the dual meet portion of their schedules Saturday afternoon with a pair of tough tests against Williams. The fourth-ranked Eph women defeated host Middlebury by a 183-111 score, while the seventh-ranked Williams' men defeated the Panthers, 213-80. Middlebury returns to action Friday and Saturday when it hosts the annual Middlebury Invitational. Action will begin on Friday at 5:30 p.m. while Saturday's events are scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m.
During the women's competition, three Panthers recorded event victories. Isabel Wyer won the 200 free, touching the wall in 1:57.76, ahead of teammate Morgan Burke, who was second (1:59.61). Frances VanderMeer claimed the 50 free (25.05), while Nora O'Leary won the 200 breaststroke (2:27.29), just in front of Celia Ripple, who placed in second (2:27.93).
The meet began with the 400-medley relay team of Wyer, Ripple, VanderMeer and Burke swimming to a second-place time of 3:59.40. Other runner-up efforts in the pool came from Ripple in the 50 breaststroke (30.43), Burke during the 100 free (54.51) and Claire Treesh in the 200 back (2:17.20). In the day's last event, the 200-free relay team of Maya Gomez, Burke, VanderMeer and Stephanie Andrews were second with a mark of 1:39.16.
Elissa DeNunzio dove to a pair of second-place finishes in the 1-meter (255.00 points) and 3-meter competitions (261.67 points), respectively.
In men's action, Michael McGean tallied an event victory in the 500 free, touching the wall in 4:49.91. He also posted a runner-up finish in the 1,000 free (9:45.16). Other second-place efforts in the pool came from Connor McCormick in the 200 free (1:46.49), while Jack Dowling stopped the clock second in the 200 fly (2:01.05). David Keyes raced to the wall second in the 50 free (22.53), while Stefan Pla was the runner up in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.72)
The final men's event saw the quartet of Brendan Leech, Will Pannos, McCormick and Noel Antonisse finish second in the 200-free relay with a time of 1:28.83.
On the diving board, Mike Chirico dove to second-place efforts in both the 1-meter (283.50 points) and 3-meter events (286.86 points).
