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#4 Engineers top Amherst in pool, 202.5-74.5

2/3/2024 10:15:00 PM

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Senior captain Will Taylor was the lone winner Saturday as the Amherst College men's swimming and diving team ell to fourth-ranked M.I.T., 202.5 to 74.5 in the Zesiger Center Pool on the Cambridge campus. 

The Mammoths fell to 4-2 on the season. They are back at it tomorrow when they travel to Springfield College for a dual meet scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Taylor took the top spot in the men's 1000-yard free race, topping the field with a time of 9:42.00.

* The Mammoths' 400-yard free medley relay team of Ethan Van De Water, Justin Papagelis, Tyler Knightly and Taylor finished second in a time of 3:10.64. 

* Van De Water placed second in the 50 free with a time of 21.90 seconds, just ahead of Papagelis, who was third in 21.95 seconds. 

*First-year Henry Liu raced to a second-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:05.16, a second ahead of Amherst teammate Tor Metelmann, who was third in 2:06.32 seconds. Metelmann also placed third in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:56.26.

* Jeff Gerber had two third-place finishes in the meet. He managed that placement in the 100 butterfly with a time of 52.71 seconds and also managed a third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.68 seconds. Teammate Fyn Nadel was finished ahead of him in second place with a time of 58.60 seconds. 

* Andrew Bernstein placed third in the 200-yard free with a time of 1:48.26, while Jonah Luetke was third in the 200-yad backstroke with a time of 1:54.47. 

* Knightly was third in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:43.87. 

* In the 200-yard butterfly, Henry LeCates placed third with a time of 1:56.27 and Chase Adams was close by, placing fourth in 1:59.46. 
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