Dartmouth Men Split Season Opening Meet

Saturday, November 12

Cambridge, Mass.

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

Harvard/Cornell

Swimming and Diving Returns For Ivy Tri-Meet At Yale

11/12/2011 6:27:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

By: Dartmouth

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team split its season-opening meet with a 187.0-113.0 win over Cornell and a close 180.5-119.5 loss to Ivy League power, Harvard. The win over Cornell was Dartmouth's first win over the Big Red in 35 years.

Dartmouth was bolstered by the performance of Ivy League champion, Nejc Zupan (Kamnik, Slovenia) who won the 1,000 free with a time of 9:25.33 finishing just ahead of teammate Dylan Gabel (Alta Loma, Calif.) who took second place with a time of 9:27.47 against Cornell.

In the mid-distance events, Zupan led the Big Green, taking first place in the 500 free with a time of 4:33.30, outpacing teammate Gabel, who took second place with a time of 4:34:57. Michael Ahern (Old Westbury, N.Y.) pulled out a win in the 100 backstroke, taking the event with a time of 51.40 besting Harvard's Jack Pretto by .03 seconds.

In the sprint events, Dartmouth was led by Will Derdeyn (St. Louis, Mo.) who took first in the 50 free against the Big Red with a time of 21.02. Zach Doherty (Pelham, N.Y.) took second with a time of 21.22 while Andrew North (Omaha, Neb.) took third finishing with a time of 21.33. Doherty also won the 100 free against Cornell with a time of 47.46.

Dartmouth dominated the butterfly events, finishing 1-2-3 in the 100 fly. Dreyden led the Big Green contingent in the butterfly events. Derdeyn took the event with a time of 49.71, while teammates Albert Roth (Aurora, Ill.) and Ray Li (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) took second and third place with times of 49.87 and 50.88, respectively. Roth added to his tally with a win in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:52.45.

The Dartmouth divers also had a good meet, going 1-2-3 in the 1-meter competition against Cornell. Freshman Ryan Shelley (Sudbury, Mass.) led the Big Green with a score of 267.60 in his first collegiate meet while Chris Plante (Valrico, Fla.) and Ethan Canty (Sunnyvale, Calif.) had scores of 253.85 and 253.50.

Dartmouth returns to the water for its 2011-12 home opener on Saturday (Nov. 19) when it welcomes Ivy League foe, Brown to Karl Michael Pool for a dual meet. Competition begins at 11: 00 a.m.