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Tor Metelmann

#23 Amherst wraps up dual meet season with 172-110 win over Springfield

1/29/2023 6:46:00 PM

AMHERST, Mass. – Sophomore Tor Metelmann won two races as the Amherst College men's swimming and diving team swam to a 172-110 win over Western Massachusetts rival Springfield College on Sunday afternoon at Pratt Pool.

The Mammoths concluded the dual meet season with a record of 5-3 and have finished with a winning record in all 24 seasons that Head Coach Nick Nichols has led Amherst. The Pride fell to 7-5 in duals this season.

The Mammoths now turn their attention to the NESCAC Championships, which will take place from Feb. 16-19 at Wesleyan University.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Metelmann won both the 200-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard individual medley. He posted a season-best 2:06.02 in the 200 breast to win the event for the second time this season and touched in 53.13 seconds to lead an Amherst sweep of the top three spots in the 100 IM.

* The Mammoths kicked off the meet by sweeping the top three spots in the 200-yard medley relay. The Amherst quartet of sophomore Andrew Yuen, first-year Fynlan Nadel, junior Kenneth Woodsum and sophomore Andrew Bernstein finished in 1:35.34.

* Yuen went on to win the 100-yard backstroke in 53.08 seconds and has won the event in both of his two starts in the event this season.

* Bernstein won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.08 seconds, his second win in the splash and dash this season.

* Sophomore Jaden Olson led an Amherst sweep of the top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle, touching in personal-best 1:45.02 in his first collegiate start in the event.

* Junior Jeff Gerber finished atop an Amherst sweep in the 100-yard breaststroke with a season-best time of 59.00 seconds to win his first race of the season.

* Sophomore Gabriele Lunardi followed up two wins in yesterday's meet with a victory in the 200-yard butterfly, posting a time of 1:54.49 to win the event for the second time this season.

* Competing in the event for the first time this season, junior Nolan Scanlan touched first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:56.17.

* Junior Tyler Knightly won the longest race of the day, leading an Amherst sweep of the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:46.69 to win the event for the third time this season.

* First-year Henry LeCates captured the 100-yard butterfly in a personal-best 50.87 seconds.

* Amherst's seniors Mitchell Mortenson and Christian Moy were honored before their final meet at Pratt Pool.

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