EAGLE ROCK, Calif. -
Dean Ko won the 200 fly and the 200 back,
William Jones won the 200 free and the 200 IM, and
Jake Simon swept both diving boards, as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team opened SCIAC competition with dominant dual wins over both Redlands (223-69) and Occidental (238-54) on Saturday afternoon at Occidental.
Simon led a strong effort from the Stag divers, who had the top four finishers on both boards. Simon had 328.45 points in the one-meter, with
Beckett Heywood breaking 300 with 311.10,
Logan Mansfield third with 281.25, and
Zach Meisel fourth. Simon added a three-meter win with a score of 310.45, followed by Heywood (303.85), Mansfield and Meisel.
CMS opened the swimming portion of the meet by having the top three relay teams in the 200 medley, as
Pierce McShane,
Kenny Eckel,
Peyton Kuo and
Spencer Merodio came in first in 1:33.25.
Darren Nguyen,
Sam Zhou,
Jayden Kadiman and
Jasper Shue edged out
Jack Beckman,
Adam Lee,
Jackson Wright and
Alex Davies for second 1:35.15 to 1:35.45.
Ko won his first race by edging out McShane in the 200 fly by just .19, winning 1:55.28 to 1:55.47. He then took first in the 200 back by just .28, winning 1:58.26 to 1:58.54 over Flynn Bayne of Redlands, with Beckman earning third.
William Jones led a 1-2-3 finish for CMS in the 200 free, touching the wall in 1:43.67 to edge Kuo by just .19, with
Ballard Breazeale coming in third. He then led another Stag 1-2-3 in the 200 IM in the final individual race, touching in 1:56.52 to edge Merodio in second (156.88) and Ko in third (1:56.99).
CMS went 1-2-3 in both sprint freestyle events, as Shue won the 50 free in 21.23, with Wright second and Kadiman third. Kuo then won the 100 free in 47.10, with Merodio second and Jones third. The Stags also went 1-2-3 in the 100 fly, with Zhou taking first in 50.34, followed by Kadiman and Nguyen.
Charlie Hill won the first individual race of the meet for the Stags by taking the 1000 free in 10:02.59, a margin of just over 2.5 seconds over Yves Pan of Occidental in 10:05.54.
David Barkley took the 500 free in 4:50.68, with Hill earning a runner-up finish. Eckel was the winner in the 100 back in 52.15, winning by 1.01 seconds.
The Stags capped off the swimming portion of the meet with the top two teams in the 400 free relay, as Eckel, Lee, Kuo and Shue took first in 3:08.28, followed by Davies, Kadiman, Beckman and
Micah Borg in second.
CMS will be back in action on Saturday when it travels to Whittier for a dual meet, with diving taking place at 12 noon and the swimming portion at 3 p.m.
