The Wooster swimming and diving teams sent the seniors out with convincing wins in last Saturdayís final home dual-meet of the season. Logan LaBerge í10, a four-year contributor said that it was an ìemotional” day in the pool, and that ìit was great to send our class out with a bang.”
LaBerge and the other six seniors anchored the menís team in a 127-86 victory over Wheeling Jesuit University. Senior swimmers contributed five of the teamís eight individual first-place finishes. Jon Quiery í10 led the way with individual wins in the 100 and 200 freestyle while Michael Saltzman í10 took home top honors in the 50 freestyle. LaBerge earned a first-place finish in the 100 backstroke and fellow senior captain Eric Babbitt í10 won the 100 butterfly.
On a day that the swimmers of the class of 2010 will not soon forget, LaBerge, Babbitt, Saltzman and Tyler Hartley-Shepherd í10 accounted for the four legs of the 200 medley relay in the victory. After starting the dual-meet season 2-3 the men have strung together five consecutive wins, including a first place finish at the Wooster Invitational in early December, to improve to 6-3 on the season in dual-meets.
LaBerge pointed to the Invitational win as the turning point for the team saying that the team ìgained a lot of confidence from our invite performance” adding that the win ìpropelled us into winter training and our remaining dual-meet” season.
The women continued their streak of dominance in dual-meets by dismantling Wheeling Jesuit en route to an impressive 148-60 victory. With the win the team improved to 10-0 on the season with just one dual-meet remaining before NCAC Championships Feb. 11-13.
First-year swimmers again led the womenís winning effort, showing that they have become well acclimated to life in the Timken Natatorium. Mary Nappi í13, Kate Hunt í13, Samira El-Adawy í13 and Clare Walsh í13 all contributed individual wins in the 1650, 50, 100 and 200 freestyles respectively.
The teams will travel to Grove City College tomorrow for the final dual-meet of the season beginning at 1 p.m.