Boston Faculty Wins Dara Torres Teaching Debut in Sweep of UMass
Boston Faculty marked its return from a year-long hazing suspension with its first wins underneath the steerage of coach Dara Torres on Saturday over instate rival UMass.
The lads’s staff scored a 186-114 victory in Amherst, whereas the ladies eked out a 156-142 resolution. It’s the primary meet because the finish of the 2022-23 season, with the applications suspended final fall for the season and a regime change that led to Torres’ first head teaching alternative, employed in June to revitalize this system.
The Eagles dominated the ladies’s freestyle occasions to arrange their slender victory, although it wasn’t solidified till Julienne Saliou gained the 200 particular person medley.
Lauren Lee gained the 50 free (in a 1-2 with teammate Lizzie Oliphant) and the 200 free. Megan Kramer and Olivia Howard went 1-2 in each the five hundred free and 1,00 free. Oliphant claimed the 100 free forward of teammate Madison Connor. The quartet of Connor, Sophie Reed, Lee and Oliphant gained the 200 free relay by a clear second to ice the meet.
Samantha Smith swept the backstroke occasions and was third within the 200 fly for the Eagles. Liza Murtagh was the runner-up within the 100 breast earlier than profitable the 200 breast, she and UMass’s Lindsay Burbage swapping locations in these races.
UMass started with a win within the medley relay, which featured Burbage. Ashley Calderon swam fly on the relay, then gained the 100 fly. Hannah Schoenauer made it a fly sweep for the Minutewomen. UMass took 1-2-3 finishes in each diving occasions, with wins by Danielle Guerin on 1-meter and Shreeya Sinha on 3-meter.
The Boston Faculty males took management with a pair of early 1-2 finishes within the 100 again and 100 breast, gained by Michael Horkan and Jack Doyle, respectively. They put the meet away with a 1-2-3 consequence within the 200 again, led by Abel Black, with Horkan third, then Doyle led an identical sweep within the 200 breast.
Ben Huffman claimed the gap occasions for BC. Cathal Ryan was second within the 200 fly earlier than profitable the 100. Andrew Blusiewicz (200 IM) and PJ Nolan (200 free) added wins.
Sammy Quigg had the person swim of the day, the UMass junior going 20.34 to win the lads’s 50 free, setting the pool and Minutemen twin meet file. Quigg additionally gained the 100 free in 45.24.
Andrew Bell swept the diving occasions for UMass, and Aydin Erkan gained the 200 fly forward of Ryan.
