SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team had its first dual at Division I UC San Diego on Friday afternoon to open up its 2026-27 season.
The Tritons were able to come away with the win by the final score of 209-51, although CMS had several strong swims to open up the new campaign against top competition.
Adam Lee was second in the 100 free in 46.43, edging out Henry Baumhover of UC San Diego for the second spot by just one-hundredth of a second for the highest finish for a Stag at the meet.
Sam Zhou came in second in the 200 fly and
Darren Nguyen came in third in their collegiate debuts.
Kenny Eckel came in third in the 100 breast for the Stags as well.
Pierce McShane came in third in the 100 back in a time of 51.32, taking four seconds off his previous best time as a freshman last year, when he won the SCIAC title in the 500 free and qualified for the NCAA Championships.
The 400 medley relay of Lee,
Spencer Merodio,
Peyton Kuo and Eckel opened the meet with a third-place finish in 3:23.39. The 200 free relay of
Jasper Shue,
Alex Davies,
Jack Beckman and Kuo came in third to close out the meet in 3:06.84.
CMS will be back in action next weekend when it travels to the University of Chicago to compete in a double dual with WashU. The swim and dive programs will also host their annual Alumni Meet at Axelrood Pool tomorrow at 11 a.m.
