The men's swimming team extended its losing streak to nine meets last weekend, losing 183-112 to Yale despite numerous season-best performances. The loss dropped Dartmouth's record to 1-10-1 overall, 0-7-1 in the E.I.S.L.
The 200 medley relay team opened the meet with a second place finish behind Jon Kenyon '97, edging out the third place Yale team by one hundredth of a second to finish in 1:39.24.
Yale swept the top three spots in the next two events before Kenyon came from behind to win the 100 backstroke in 53.16. Ben Lannon '96 followed up on Kenyon's performance, winning the 100 breaststroke. Lannon broke the one minute barrier in season for the first time of his career, finishing in 59.91.
Matthew Brennan '98 continued Dartmouth's streak, winning the 200 butterfly in 1:57.33, his season best.On the diving board, Dartmouth faced some of the strongest competition it has seen this year.
On the one meter board, Alex Katz '98 lead the divers with 219.07 points to take fourth place. Mark Devlin '98 finished fifth with 217.8. The Big Green fared better on the three meter board. Devlin finished second with 219.0 points, three tenths behind the winner. Grant Cerny '95 took third with 201.82. Katz and Jeremy Turk '97 took fourth and fifth as Dartmouth won the second diving competition.
The team stalled in the second half of the meet as Yale took two of the top three spots in the next five events. Kenyon took third in the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.32, losing by .02 seconds. Louis Tucker '95 placed second in the 200 backstroke with a 1:57.97 and teammate Tommy Slabaugh '96 took fourth with a 2:00.95. Lannon finished second in the 200 breaststroke in 2:14.10.
After the second diving break, the team finished the meet on a high note. Brennan swam a 4:17.70, another season best in the 400 individual medley. The time was good enough for first place and another nine points. Dartmouth also took first and second in the final event of the day, the 200 freestyle relay.
Pete Woodson '95, Doug Doucet '98, Ross Downey '95, and Kenyon combined for a 1:27.22 and 11 points. The Dartmouth B team finished in 1:30.53, taking second place.
The team will travel to Ithaca this weekend for its final meet of the season, attempting to break the nine meet losing streak. After that, the team must wait two weeks until the Eastern Championships. Dartmouth is looking to finish much higher than its last place ranking after eight league meets.
