PRINCETON, N.J. — The Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team began its 2022-23 campaign on the road, falling to Princeton and Brown.
Princeton defeated the Big Green 247-51 and Brown was victorious by a score of 194-104. Despite the losses, Dartmouth saw clear growth from last season, achieving multiple personal bests. "The men showed they are ready to rise to challenge," said head coach
Milana Socha following her first meet at the helm. "They came out with some solid event wins and close swims against Brown, which is a big indicator of progress. In many cases, Princeton wasn't that far out of reach. Now we take what we've learned, apply it in training, and will be back to rise to more challenges in the meets still to come."
HIGHLIGHTS
- Tim Park placed third in the 200 free with a time of 1:39.53, and had a personal best in his 50 free split in the 200 medley relay (20.34).
- Chris Hall also achieved an in-season best, doing so in the 100 fly, placing 10th with a time of 53.96.
- Taka Khoo's 100 yard backstroke (53.50) was a personal best, along with his 50 breast split in the 200 yard medley relay, which helped his team place fourth. Alex Ye also notched a personal best in the medley relay.
- Yan Dvoretskiy bested all Brown opponents in the 200 yard butterfly (1:51.04) and the 500 freestyle (4:37.41).
- Joe Moll placed second in the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 1:48.30, besting all Brown athletes.
- The A 400 free relay team of Moll, Park, Ye and Adam Ladman placed third with a 3:04.26 mark, besting all of last year's in-season times.
Dartmouth returns home to compete against Cornell and Harvard on Friday, Nov. 11 at Karl Michael and Spaulding Pools.