COLCHESTER, Vt. - First-year Pierce Farrington (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union) set his seventh and eighth school records of the winter on Saturday and was one of 13 Saint Michael's College men's and women's swimming & diving student-athletes to win at least one event during dual-meet losses to The College of Saint Rose in the Ross Sports Center natatorium. The Purple Knight men are 1-5 after a 136-99 setback, and the women moved to 4-3 after falling by a 137-106 count. Both Golden Knight squads are 7-2.
Farrington won three times to pace the men. His time of 53.92 in the 100-yard backstroke bested Dan Healy's '12 mark of 54.27 set three years ago, which was the same season the 200-yard individual medley standard was established. Farrington clocked in at 2:00.30 in the 200 IM to lower senior Nathan Paluso's (Windham, Maine/Windham) former record of 2:02.93. Farrington now holds eight records, which is also a program mark, across breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and IM events. During the 400-yard medley relay, Farrington, Paluso and first-years Joe Carroll (Andover, Mass./Andover) and Zach Kosakowski (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme) won in a time of 3:50.68.
Purple Knights claimed the top three spots in both one-meter diving competitions. In the opener, senior Nick Youmans (Mountainside, N.J./Governor Livingston) totaled an event-best 195.40 points while being followed by first-year Devin Davis (Ticonderoga, N.Y./Ticonderoga) and senior Joe Vo (Springfield, Mass./Cathedral) in second and third, respectively. In the second one-meter dive, Vo won with 134.90 points, while Davis was second and Youmans third.
Paluso placed second in the 1,000-yard freestyle, sophomore Cam Thirkell (Tyngsboro, Mass./Tyngsboro) nabbed the runner-up spot in the 100-yard butterfly, and first-year Jake Fox (Cranston, R.I./Cranston East) took second in the 500 free. Sophomore Stephen Andersen (Concord, N.H./Concord) was third in the 50 free, and the foursome of Carroll, Thirkell, sophomore Ryan Butler (Waltham, Mass./Waltham) and first-year Jacek Deptula (Haskell, N.J./Paramus Catholic) claimed third during the 400 free relay.
Sophomore Lindsay McNall (Colchester, Vt./Colchester) won a pair of individual races, taking the 100 free in 56.03 and clocking in at 25.47 as the first of three straight finishers during the 50 free. Following McNall were second-place sophomore Katrina Wiesner (Bow, N.H./Bow) and third-place senior Kim Brady (Morris Township, N.J./Academy of Saint Elizabeth), who were separated by 0.22 seconds. Junior Julie Shea (Peabody, Mass./Peabody Veterans Memorial/Assumption) paced the 200 IM field in 2:19.19, and she also joined Brady, Wiesner and first-year Ally Fischang (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee) to take the 400 free relay at 3:54.06.
Senior Steph Nadow (Charlton, Mass./Saint Peter-Marian) won the 100 back in 1:02.74, and first-year Betsy Portch (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) captured the 1,000 free at 11:27.47. Brady, McNall, Shea and Wiesner combined to place second in the 400 medley relay, and senior Olivia Hamilton (Bourne, Mass./Bishop Stang) and first-year Coral Santos (Pawtucket, R.I./Saint Raphael Academy) placed second and third, respectively, during the 100 fly.
Fischang was the third-place finisher during both the 200 and 500 free races, and junior Theresa Barsanti (Saratoga, Calif./Saint Lawrence Academy) was third in the 100-yard breaststroke.
The Purple Knights head to Saint Lawrence University next Sunday for a 1 p.m. meet.
