Columbia Tops Dartmouth Men in the Pool, 182-117

Saturday, February 14

Hanover, N.H.

12:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

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COLUMBIA

Columbia Tops Dartmouth Men in the Pool, 182-117

2/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. ? Dartmouth men's swimming and diving took a 182-117 loss to Columbia this afternoon in its final meet of the regular season.

Dartmouth (2-11, 0-7 Ivy) now turns its attention to preparing for the Ivy Championships which will be contested on March 5-7 at Princeton.

Freshman Michael Ahern (Old Westbury, N.Y.) stole the show on Senior Day, winning the 100 yard backstroke in 51.98 and the 200 yard backstroke in 1:53.71. Junior Scott Sorensen (Walnut Creek, Calif.) brought home Dartmouth's first win of the day in the pool, taking the 200 freestyle in 1:45.32. He also added a third place finish in the 100 freestyle n 49.28.

Marco Chu (Newton, Mass.) won the 200 individual medley in 1:58.31. John Hill (Erie, Pa.) and senior Chris Koppel (Wilmington, Del.) each nabbed a third-place finish in the 500 freestyle and 100 butterfly, respectively. Senior captain Andrew Ballentine (Pendleton, Ind.) was just .03 off the pace in the 100 breaststroke for a second place finish in 58.89.

In the relays, the 200 freestyle team of Chu, Hill, Ahern and Sorensen finished second in 1:28.09. Dartmouth took third in the 200 medley relay with the team of Ahern, Ballentine, Koppel and Hill finishing in 1:38.09.

Michael Brown (Newton, Mass.) won the three-meter diving with a score of 278.25 while Chris Plante (Valrico, Fla.) took the one-meter event with 278.70 points.