Women and Men Continue Strong Swimming Verse Bowdoin and Colby

Sophomore Emily Johnson and first-year Megan Darnley  took the top-two spots in both diving events to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 160-137 win over the visiting Colby College Mules in a women's swimming and diving quad meet at Trinity Natatorium this afternoon.  Trinity, which also dropped a 192-104 decision against the Bowdoin College Polar Bears in the meet, are now 3-5 in dual meets this winter.  Wesleyan University also participated in the meet, but the Bantams and Cardinals did not compete against each other in the team scoring.

Johnson won the one-meter event with a score of 225.15 and the three-meter event at 229.95, while Darnley finished roughly 10 points ahead of the third-place diver off both boards with a one-meter score of 176.90 and a three-meter score of 192.95.  Bantam rookie Lexi Moroney added a second-place time of 56.11 in the 100-yard freestyle, and sophomore Joanna Wycech took third place in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:32.91.  Trinity led Colby for the majority of the meet, and two Bantam relay foursomes finished ahead of all three Colby entries in the 200-yard freestyle relay to clinch the win in the day's final race.

The men's team dropped a pair of decisions as the Bantams lost to the Bowdoin College Polar Bears, 211-86, and just narrowly to the Colby College Mules, 146-141.  

Trinity senior Adam Eramo won the 500-yard freestyle at 4:57.88 and first-year Sam Ruddock won the 200-yard free at 1:48.57.  Ruddock also earned a second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle at 49.42, while sophomores Mark Yanagisawa and Max Ma were third in the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard breaststroke, respectively.  Trinity and Colby traded leads throughout the meet, and Colby's 200-yard freestyle "A" relay team finished .34 seconds faster than Trinity's "A" foursome to clinch the victory for the Mules in the day's last race.

Moroney '15 & Eramo '12 Selected Bantams of The Week

First Year, Lexi Moroney and Senior, Adam Eramo were selected as the Trinity Bantams of the week.

Lexi Moroney '15

Swimming and Diving first-year Lexi Moroney took first place in three events and swam a leg of the winning 200-yard medley relay, as Trinity downed Vassar, 178-114, for its first win of the year. She posted winning times of 1:04.07 in the 100-yard free, 26.05 in the 50-yard free, and 56.82 in the 100-yard free. Moroney teamed with sophomores Megan Chiu and Emily Jensen, and rookie Audrey Butler to open the meet with a first-place time of 1:56.54 in the 200-yard medley relay. Moroney won the 200-yard freestyle at 2:04.38, and finished second in the 100-yard free at 57.29 in a 142-96 win at Wheaton two days after the Vassar meet. She also swam a leg of Trinity’s second-place 200-yard medley relay foursome at Wheaton that finished 0.22 seconds behind the event winner with a time 1:57.13.



Adam Eramo '12

Swimming and diving senior Adam Eramo won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:49.77 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:01.39. His win in the 500-yard free gave the Bantams a double-digit lead that stayed that way for the duration of racing in a 163-131 win over Vassar. He also teamed with sophomores Brendan Kelley and Max Ma and first-year Sam Ruddock for a first-place time of 3:25.77 in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Two days later at Wheaton in a 122-119 loss, Eramo took first in the 1,000-yard freestyle at a season-best 10:13.56 and the 500-yard freestyle at 4:57.71, and teamed with sophomores Ma and Mark Yanagisawa and Ruddock for a first-plce time of 1:44.32 in the 200-yard medley relay.

Bantams Train In Pompano Beach, Florida

 The Bantams returned from winter break on January 1st ready to ring the New Year in with some intense training in sunny Pompano Beach, FL. The team arrived in Florida the morning of the third to brisk 40 degree temperatures. After the first day of cold and windy outdoor training temperatures rose into the mid 70's and continued to rise into the high 70's with sunny skies all week long.

For the week the Bantams were in Florida they swam, did beach workouts, swam some more, and hung out on the beach in between. While in Florida the team did some of their best training of the entire season in their twice daily long course meters workouts. The Bantams competed against Tufts in a beach Olympics competition in which the Bantams were strong in several events, notably the soft sand sprints.

The team returned to Hartford on January 9th and were back to racing on the 12th. In their first meet back both the men and women beat Vassar. The women’s team made it two straight wins against Wheaton College on the 14th, while the men just narrowly fell, and both teams came out strong against Connecticut College with some personal bests and lots of in season bests. Way to go Bantams!

                                                                    

Emily Johnson Establishes New Mark On 1-Meter 6 Dives

In the Bantams meet versus the Connecticut College Camals, Sophomore, Emily Johnson broke her own varsity record for 6 dives on the 1-Meter Board. Her score of 277.20 broke her previous best score of 269.76. Besides being a new team record, her new high score was also a new Trinity College Pool record, as well as an NCAA Provisional Qualifying Standard. Congrats Emily! 

Sam Ruddock Breaks Freshmen 200 Free Record

Sam Ruddock '15

In the Bantams meet against the Wheaton College Lyons, in Wheaton, Massachusetts, Freshmen, Sam Ruddock established a new Trinity First Year Record in the 200 Free. Ruddock's time of 1:48.16 broke the previous record, of 1:48.51 which was set at last season's NESCAC Championship meet by current Sophomore, Sean Greer. Ruddocks time puts him 5th All Time in Trinity College history. Congrats Sam!

Bantams Split Against Wheaton College Lyons

The Bantams came out swinging against the Wheaton College Lyons. The Women's team led early and didn't relinquish the lead, taking the win 142-96 while the men led throughout the meet and were narrowly edged out in the last event of the day for a final score of 119-122.

The Men's team saw victories from the 200 Medley Relay of Eramo, Ma, Yanagisawa, and Ruddock, Adam Eramo in the 500 and 1000 Free, Yanagisawa in the 100 Fly and 400 IM, Ma in the 100 Breast, Sam Ruddock in the 200 Free, in a new First Year record time of 1:48.16.

The Women's team saw victories from Megan Chiu in the 100 Fly and 1000 Free, Joanna Wycech in the 100 Back and 400 IM, Emily Johnson on the 1-Meter and 3 Meter Boards, Lexi Moroney in the 200 Free, and Chloe Miller in the 500 Free.

The Bantams will compete again at home on Monday January 16th against the Connecticut College Camels. Come and cheer us on!

Bantam Men and Women Top Vasser College Brewers

The Bantam's swam great in their first competition of the New Year. The men came away with a 163-131 victory while the women won 178-114. The Bantams came away with first place finishes in 21 of the nights 32 events.

First place finishes for the Bantams were garnered by the women's 200 Medley Relay team of Moroney, Butler, Chiu, Jensen, by Adam Eramo in the 200 and 500 Free , Lexi Moroney in the 100 Back, 50 Free, and 100 Free, Audrey Butler in the 100 Breast, Max Ma in the 100 and 200 Breast, Megan Chiu in the 100 and 200 Fly and 200 IM, Mark Yanagisawa in the 100 and 200 Fly, and 200 IM, Emily Johnson on the 1 and 3 meter boards, Lexi Moroney in the 100 free, Sam Ruddock in the 100 Free, Joanna Wycech in the 200 breast, Max Ma in the 200 breast, the Women's 400 free relay of Friel, Wycech, Carroll and Jensen, as well as the Men's 400 free relay of Ma, Kelley, Eramo, and Ruddock. The Bantams will next be in action at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachussetts.