Men’s Swimming and Diving Storms Past Bates

Saturday, January 6

Hanover, N.H.

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

172

Bates

Kevin Ren competing on day one of Ramsden Invitational

Kevin Ren ’26

Photo by: Doug Austin

Men’s Swimming and Diving Storms Past Bates

1/6/2024 6:41:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Results (PDF)

Alexander Ye and several others were key in the 172-64 triumph

By: Kyle Relf

HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team earned its first win of the 2023-24 season on Saturday, rolling to a 172-64 victory over Division III Bates at Karl Michael Pool. Saturday's meet marked the first of three straight weekends at home for the Big Green.

"This meet gave folks the opportunity to put some of the things they've been working on in practice into competition, so that was good to see," said head coach Milana Socha said. "It was exciting to see some good battles, highlighted by Isaac racing his brother, who swims for Bates. We got to see some of our distance athletes attack some shorter events and Tim swam the first 200 IM of his college career. I'm also very excited that both Everett and Aryeh hit Zones scores on the 1-meter board today."

The Big Green won 11 different events, including two by Alexander Ye. The junior was victorious in the 200 free (1:41.38) and the 500 free (4:41.58), and was a member of the first-place 200 free relay team. That group, which also featured Tim Park, Tommy Erwin and Reed Wallace, recorded a time of 1:25.58. Park and Erwin also had wins of their own – Park was first in the 200 IM (1:54.00) and Erwin won the 200 back (1:52.10).

Dartmouth went 1-2-3 over Bates in the 50 free, which was won by Isaac Weigel with a time of 21.55 seconds. The Big Green accomplished the same feat in the 200 free and the 500 free, two of Ye's victories.

Yan Dvorestskiy won the 1000 free with a time of 9:46.08 and Wallace was second at 9:57.81. Kevin Ren picked up a win in the 200 breast, finishing in 2:12.37. Another Big Green triumph came from Andy Peterson, who claimed the 200 fly (1:51.65).

Everett Tai was a winner on the 3-meter board with a score of 315.30 and Aryeh Lesch had the upper-hand on the 1-meter (330.15), an event that saw both divers qualify for the NCAA Diving Zone Championships.