CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Dartmouth men's swimming and diving kicked off the 2019-20 campaign Friday, falling to Boston College (158-139) and Duke (185-109).
The Big Green got the meet started with a sixth-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:35.47), out-touching UConn by two-tenths of a second. In the 1000 free,
Joe Moll was sixth (9:52.62) and
Stas Van Genderen was eighth (10:17.11).
Tim Park was second in both the 200 free (1:40.57) and the 100 free (46.14), while
Noah Hensley and
Andrew Vorobev took fifth and sixth in the 100 back with times of 52.71 and 53.03, respectively. Vorobev and Hensley also swam the 100 back, with Vorobev leading the way this time in fifth (1:53.39) and Hensley and Moll following in 10th (1:56.36) and 11th (1:56.65). In the 100 breast,
Brandon Liao finished in seventh place (58.04).
Connor LaMastra won the 200 fly (1:48.02), leaving almost four seconds between him and the second-place finisher from Duke. He also came fourth in the 500 free (4:35.09) and second in the 100 fly (50.17). In the 50 free,
John Hall and
Landon Armstrong both went under 22, with Hall taking sixth (21.50) and Armstrong following in 10th (21.69).
All four of Dartmouth's divers finished in the top 10 on the 1-meter board.
Justin Sodokoff was second (339.50) and was followed by
Ray Neistat (251.05),
Kyle Schubert (249.60) and
Jonathan Hu (243.60). It was the same story on 3-meter; Sodokoff (284.25), Neistat (262.35) and Hu (259.35) took fourth through sixth, and Schubert was eighth (250.00).
Swimming the 200 breast, Max Jones placed seventh (2:12.15), while Moll swam the 200 IM and was fourth (1:57.57), out-touching a UConn swimmer by four-tenths.
Connor Richmond also swam the event, coming in eighth place (1:59.95).
The Green ended the meet by finishing second in the 400 free relay (3:06.58). Made up of Hall, Armstrong, Park and LaMastra, the relay touched over a second ahead of BC.
The Big Green will host Harvard and Cornell on Nov. 16.