The Brown men and women continued to show off their hard work as they beat Maine with a combined score of 424-152. The men’s score was 226-55 with Brown with the win. The women’s score was 198-97. The Bears have been very successful this first part of their season as they are now prepared to go to the Princeton Invite in the first part of December. On the swimming side, Brown dominated and won 29 out of the 30 events swam but diving was a different story as Maine broke through on the women’s side.
Full results to the meet can be found here.
Women
Wherever Brown took first it seemed as if Maine was right there with a second place finish. What helped Brown was their depth: with more depth comes better relays. As Brown took first and Maine took second, Brown was quick to grab significantly more third and fourth place finishes to help make up for points lost on second place.
Paige Gilley had a stellar meet as she took first in three out of her four events. The Brown A-relay in the 200 medley relay of Gilley, Katie Roach, Emma Lamothe, and Katie Dillione took first with a 1:46.42 which controlled the field. Gilley’s backstroke split was a 27.20, the fastest in the event by almost a full second. In the 50 free, Gilley barely out-touched teammate Dillione but took first with a 24.15; Dillione took second with a 24.22. Her 100 fly was good for second place with a 58.21 behind teammate Leigh Holmes who swam a 57.65. Gilley wrapped up her meet with the C-relay in the 400 free relay as she led off with a 53.40. It is very apparent that Gilley is a vital asset to Brown relays and has a killer back half: In her 100 fly, the second 50 was over a second faster than her first 50.
Emma Lamothe, who was the flyer in the Brown A-relay for the 200 medley relay, also had a strong show in her relay swims. In the 200 medley relay, her split of 24.95 was the fastest by almost a half second, while she anchored the C-relay in the 400 free relay with the second fastest anchor leg with a 54.49. If the Brown B-relay wasn’t exhibition, Megan Nolet would have been the fastest anchor with a 53.87. Individually, Lamothe took third in the 50 free with a 24.40 behind teammates Dillione and Gilley and would have taken sixth in the 100 free with a 54.82 if it weren’t for an exhibition swim.
Leigh Holmes was another great relay and individual swimmer as she took third in the 200 medley relay with the Brown B-relay of Emma Wyke, Reia Tong, Holmes, and Nolet. In the 200 free, Holmes took first with a 1:58.08 as Shannon Bender took second for Maine with a 1:58.50. Holmes took first in the 100 fly with a 57.65 as teammate Gilley took second. Holmes was also part of the winning 400 free relay for Brown that came from behind as the C-relay ruled the field with a 3:37.10. Second in the 400 free relay was the Maine A-relay of Taylor Sharp, Lauren Dwyer, Naja Harvey, and Katerina Mosquera-Cardi with a 3:40.61.
Distance queen Megan Viohl showed her strength in front half speed that helped her carry speed through the rest of her races. She took first in the 1000 free with a 10:20.12 while teammate Elly Vitek took second with a 10:36.61. In the 500 free, Viohl took first again with a smashing 5:00.84 and blew the competition out of the water as Kayla Merchant took second for Brown with a 5:31.81.
Naja Harvey took first for Maine in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:05.24 while Nicole Provenza took second with a 1:08.51. Harvey took her first 50 out over a half faster than the rest of the field as she wrapped up the race with a second 50 that was almost two seconds faster than the next fastest split. Third place for Maine was Erica Smrcina with a 1:09.21.
Maine took first on 1 meter and 3 meter as Kara Capossela edges out Rachel Speakman on both boards. Capossela barely beat Speakman as their scores were just 2 points apart on 1 meter and 6 points apart on 3 meter. Michelle Miller took fourth on 1 meter and third on 3 meter for Brown and Amanda Molinelli took third on 1 meter and fourth on 3 meter.
Men
The Brown men obviously came into this meet with a clear vision to win and they stopped at nothing. If first place wasn’t good enough, they took second, third, and fourth wherever they could, almost completely shutting Maine out. Men’s diving was equally as successful.
Nick Johnston took first in both of his individual events as Johnston’s first place in the 100 back was a 52.11. He also led off the 200 medley relay with the fastest split of 24.67 with the A-relay of Johnston, Connor Lohman, William Lacosta, and Jack Nee. In the 200 back, Johnston won with a 1:54.36 as his front speed made the real difference in his race. Second place in the 200 back was teammate Paul Hunter with a 1:56.51. Johnston took second place in the 400 free relay with the A-relay of Jeffery Strausser, Brian Barr, Johnston, and William Lacosta with a 3:12.05.
Thomas Glenn also went three for four in his meet, taking first in both of his individual events. In the 200 fly, Glenn’s time of 1:50.21 was five seconds faster than second place teammate Barr who swam a 1:55.16. Glenn held a steady middle 100 but ended up negative splitting his last 50 by almost .2 seconds. Glenn was the only swimmer under the two minutes mark in his 200 IM with a 1:56.73 as his butterfly strength pulled him way ahead of the pack early on in his race. Second place was Cameron Dwyer for Maine with a 2:01.90. Glenn helped wrap up the 400 free relay for the C-relay of Alexander Pascal, Oliver Diamond, Max Bley-Male, and Glenn.
Alexander Pascal showed great sprint speed as the Brown C-relay took first with a 3:07.71 in the 400 free relay. Individually, Pascal took first in the 50 free with a 21.33 as teammate Daniel Klotz took second with a 21.58 and Diamond took third with a 21.65. Pascal took second in the 100 free with a 46.58 behind teammate Strausser, both of whom split a 24.17 on the back half of their 100. Talk about picking up habits from teammates when you train together.
Kai Wombacher was the male distance swimmer of the meet as he took first in the 1000 free and the 500 free. Wombacher’s first place in the 1000 free took the event by over 15 seconds as he won with a 9:48.36. Teammate Sovija Pou took second with a 10:04.79. In the 500 free, Wombacher continued his roll with a 4:44.54 for the win as Ryan Fahey took second for Maine with a 4:57.67.
In men’s diving, Billy Rosenberg and Jonathan Schlafer went back and forth for Brown as Rosenberg took first on 3 meter while Schlafer took first on 1 meter. Third on both boards for Maine was Ethan Eckhoff. The men’s diving roster seemed a little thin but none-the-less, racked up some major points for Brown.
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