2/23-25/07: NESCAC Championship at
Bowdoin - 7th of 11 teams Team scoring - Williams 2019.5, Amherst 1308,
Tufts 1306, Middlebury 1182, Conn. College 952.5, Colby
898, Wesleyan 800, Bowdoin 590, Hamilton
583, Trinity
443, Bates 372.
HIGHLIGHTS - Ben Byers '07 made it four consecutive years as an all-NESCAC
performer in both the 1000 freestyle and the 1650 freestyle. He placed
second in both races with a solid national "B" cut time of 16:01.15 in the 1650.
He also placed fifth in the 500 free with another national "B" cut effort
(4:38.96). The quartet of Dan Storms '10, Jeff Stein '08, Chris
Becker '09 and Mike Pepi '08 broke two team records, eclipsing the 200 free
relay mark with a 1:25.14, bettering the three-year old record of 1:25.38, and
coming through with a 3:09.77 in the 400 free relay, nipping the record of
3:09.88 set in 1994. Diver Dave Wilkinson '09 had a pair of championship-round
results, placing fifth in the one-meter board and seventh in the three-meter
dive while J.P. Valente '10 came in eighth in the one-meter.. Link to complete
NESCAC meet results
3/15-17/07: NCAA
Division III Championships at
U. of Houston - 45h (tied) of 55 scoring teams Top 10 Team scoring - Kenyon
570, Denison 351, Emory 318, Williams 305, Gustavus Adolphus
225, John Hopkins 175, St. Olaf 161.5, Washington & Lee 145,
Grove City 118, UC Santa Cruz 110. Wesleyan (45th-tied) - 5 points..
HIGHLIGHTS - Ben Byers became an All-American for the third time in his career
by placing 14th in the 1650 free with a time of 15:54.08 and 15th in the 500
free with a finals time of 4:35.30. Both give him honorable-mention All-America
status. Byers was 11th in the 1650 free in 2004 and fifth in 2005 while he
had never placed higher than 19th in three previous efforts in the 500 free at
Nationals. Byers also was one of four Wesleyan athletes recently named
All-America by the Collegiate Water Polo Association. Byers was
honorable-mention while John Haley, also a swimming team member, was a
second-team pick. The other two were Matt Brownstein (2nd team) and Andrew
Jaycox (also a baseball team member, honorable-mention). Link to complete
NCAA meet results
