All-Around Effort Leads Dartmouth Past Bates

Saturday, January 7

Lewiston, Maine

1:00 PM

Dartmouth College

159

Bates

Colton Rasmussen men's swim and dive versus Harvard and Cornell

Colton Rasmussen ’26

Photo by: Doug Austin

1/7/2023 11:18:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

11 first-place finishes highlighted a 159-76 triumph

By: Kyle Relf

LEWISTON, Maine — The Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team picked up a 159-76 victory Saturday afternoon at Bates behind 11 first-place finishes.

"The men were motivated to chase some pool records and they walked away with six of them and a few other swims and dives that were nearly there," said head coach Milana Socha. "Joe Moll was part of three of those records, swimming some very strong races coming right off a small injury. Tim Park was challenged by a gnarly double with the 200 fly and 500 free and he rose to the occasion by going his best times ever in a brief. Alec Kong had one of his best college dual meet performances ever. Yan Dvoretskiy showed his speed potential in the 200s, nearly besting his mid-season invite times. Everett Tai made his mark by achieving a score on one-meter that now ranks 4^th in team history. I'm proud of how the men were able to bring the fight to their races and dives at this meet."

Joe Moll and Tim Park both shined for the Big Green in the dominant win as the two were part of the victorious 400 medley relay, while also picking up multiple top finishes in individual events. Moll and Park, along with Eddy Chen and Alexander Ye, won the relay with a pool record time of 3:23.38. Moll additionally was first to the wall in the 200 IM (1:15.16) and the 200 backstroke (1:50.33). Both performances by Moll marked new pool records. Park's top finishes came in the 200 butterfly (1:51.10) and the 500 free (4:38.01).

Dartmouth had each of the top three finishers in the 200 butterfly. Behind Park was Yan Dvoretskiy and Landon Him, who posted times of 1:51.57 and 1:57.03 respectively. Dvoretskiy added a win in the 200 freestyle, coming in at 1:40.62, marking a pool record. Taka Khoo was second in the event at 1:46.85.

Chen, along with his relay contribution, won the 200 breaststroke with a pool record time of 2:04.06. Ye was victorious in the 1000 free by a wide margin at 9:54.21. Colton Rasmussen picked up a top finish in the 100 free at 46.60 seconds.

Everett Tai was the top scorer on both boards in diving action, earning a 340.72 mark in the 1-meter, a top-five score in program history for the event, and a 317.32 in the 3-meter. Tai's one-meter score was a pool record.

Following the win at Bates, the Big Green look to build their momentum as Ivy League competition resumes next weekend in New Haven, Connecticut on Friday, Jan. 13. Diving events will take place Friday and swim events follow on Saturday as Dartmouth competes against Yale and Penn. The following weekend, the Big Green return home to host the Tate Ramsden Invitational beginning Friday, Jan. 20.