Big Green Begin New Year with Win Against Bates

Saturday, January 4

Hanover, N.H.

1:00 PM

Dartmouth College

157

Bates

Sophomore Dylan Chan

Photo by: Doug Austin

Big Green Begin New Year with Win Against Bates

1/4/2020 8:04:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Bates Results Photo Gallery

By: Charlotte Brackett

HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team kicked off the New Year with a 157-83 win over Bates at Karl Michael Pool on Saturday.

The meet was highlighted by Justin Sodokoff, Kyle Schubert, Jonathan Hu and Ray Neistat getting NCAA Zone A Diving cuts. Sodokoff also set new school and pool records on both boards, breaking the record from 1985 on 3-meter.

The Big Green took the top four spots on 1-meter, being led by Sodokoff (386.55). He was followed by Schubert (315.27), Hu (309.82) and Neistat (290.92). The results on 3-meter were much the same: Sodokoff was first (392.50) and Neistat (340.05), Schubert (304.20) and Hu (288.53) finished second through fourth.

Dartmouth came in second place in the 400 medley relay (3:33.34), finishing less than three seconds behind Bates' A relay in first. In the 1000 free, Connor LaMastra was first (9:25.94) and Ethan Banks was second (9:55.68), picking up a total of 13 points. LaMastra also won the 200 back (1:53.88), while Tim Cushman was second (1:56.80) and Tim Park placed fourth (1:57.34).

Connor Richmond won the 200 free (1:46.42), out-finishing a Bates swimmer by less than two seconds. Noah Hensley (1:48.75) and Tang-e Tan (1:48.87) also scored. In the 50 free, Connor Bishop and Luke Rohlen touched a split second apart with times of 22.13 and 22.20.

Joe Moll was first in the 400 IM (4:10.40), leaving a seven-second gap between him and the Bobcat in second. Alec Kong also swam the event, taking fourth (4:27.28). Moll won the 500 free (4:42.02), and Landon Armstrong (4:46.93) and Stas Van Genderen (5:01.36) ended up scoring. In the 200 fly, John Hall and Matt Luciano were first and second with times of 1:56.48 and 1:59.57, while Andrew Vorobev was fifth (2:02.99).

While the Bobcats were first and second in the 100 free, Dartmouth took third through fifth. Tan finished highest (48.45) and was followed by Rohlen (49.04) and Hugh McKenzie (49.89). In the 200 breast, Brandon Liao took first with a time of 2:11.90 and Dylan Chan was second in 2:12.68.

To end the meet, the Big Green were first and second in the 200 free relay with times of 1:26.20 and 1:28.31.

Next Saturday, Dartmouth will head to New Haven to face Yale and Penn.