The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams opened the season with a few intense meets at home the weekend of November 21-22, competing against Tufts and Connecticut College on Saturday and Springfield on Sunday. The Panther men put up a strong fight, but unfortunately were unable to pull off a victory. The women proved their strength, however, ending both days as the victors.
“We are not disappointed with the weekend,” replied John Dillon ’11. “We are looking to the end of the season and we are all in good spirits.”
Although the team was not able to pull off a win, there were still many strong individual accomplishments. Kazu Asaga ’12 won both the 50- and 100-yard backstroke on Sunday, and John Dillon ’11 emerged vicorious two days in a row in the 50- and 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard individual medley.
The women started the season off strong this weekend, putting up a record of 3-0. They are excited and ready to continue to win in their upcoming meets, but realize that it will take continuous work and improvement to do so.
“Beginning the season 3-0 is a great feeling,” said captain Katie Soja ’10. “It was great to see such an impressive performance from our first-years. Many of [them] came out with important wins for us.”
The rookie swimmers helped the Middlebury women defeat all three opponents on the weekend, and are now being looked on to contribute in the upcoming meets.
“Both days this weekend were very competitive,” Katie Remington ’10 reported. “Sunday, however, came down to the last race. If we lost the last event [the relay], we would have lost the meet.”
The intensity and passion that filled the natatorium due to the closeness in the women’s meet increased the competitiveness of the final event. The 200-yard freestyle relay team members — Remington, Nora Daly ’13, Lauren Davidson ’13 and Katherine Loftus ’12 — proved their strength and composure as they snuck by the Springfield team by just over a second.
“Katie [Remington] was an exemplary swimmer for the young Middlebury team,” remarked Soja. “She swam a strong leg in the relay, and the younger swimmers looked and continue to look to swim at her level.”
Remington has set the standard for the relay team early on in the season and, through her leadership and passion for swimming, she has been a motivating force for her team, specifically the underclassmen.
“This weekend, we are competing against our biggest rival: the Amherst Lord Jeffs,” said Soja. Middlebury has never defeated Amherst, but with the strength of this year’s team, it has a chance to end the day victoriously.
“We just came off a nice, long Thanksgiving break, and so we all should be pretty well rested,” said Remington. “But we need to make sure to focus a lot in order to prepare ourselves to have a grueling competition against the Lord Jeffs. We are really excited about this weekend and we feel that we have a better shot this year than any other year.”
With the depth of the first-year class, and the leadership of co-captains Remington and Soja, the Middlebury women will give the Lord Jeffs a competitive day in the pool.
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams opened the season with a few intense meets at home the weekend of November 21-22, competing against Tufts and Connecticut College on Saturday and Springfield on Sunday. The Panther men put up a strong fight, but unfortunately were unable to pull off a victory. The women proved their strength, however, ending both days as the victors.
“We are not disappointed with the weekend,” replied John Dillon ’11. “We are looking to the end of the season and we are all in good spirits.”
Although the team was not able to pull off a win, there were still many strong individual accomplishments. Kazu Asaga ’12 won both the 50- and 100-yard backstroke on Sunday, and John Dillon ’11 emerged vicorious two days in a row in the 50- and 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard individual medley.
The women started the season off strong this weekend, putting up a record of 3-0. They are excited and ready to continue to win in their upcoming meets, but realize that it will take continuous work and improvement to do so.
“Beginning the season 3-0 is a great feeling,” said captain Katie Soja ’10. “It was great to see such an impressive performance from our first-years. Many of [them] came out with important wins for us.”
The rookie swimmers helped the Middlebury women defeat all three opponents on the weekend, and are now being looked on to contribute in the upcoming meets.
“Both days this weekend were very competitive,” Katie Remington ’10 reported. “Sunday, however, came down to the last race. If we lost the last event [the relay], we would have lost the meet.”
The intensity and passion that filled the natatorium due to the closeness in the women’s meet increased the competitiveness of the final event. The 200-yard freestyle relay team members — Remington, Nora Daly ’13, Lauren Davidson ’13 and Katherine Loftus ’12 — proved their strength and composure as they snuck by the Springfield team by just over a second.
“Katie [Remington] was an exemplary swimmer for the young Middlebury team,” remarked Soja. “She swam a strong leg in the relay, and the younger swimmers looked and continue to look to swim at her level.”
Remington has set the standard for the relay team early on in the season and, through her leadership and passion for swimming, she has been a motivating force for her team, specifically the underclassmen.
“This weekend, we are competing against our biggest rival: the Amherst Lord Jeffs,” said Soja. Middlebury has never defeated Amherst, but with the strength of this year’s team, it has a chance to end the day victoriously.
“We just came off a nice, long Thanksgiving break, and so we all should be pretty well rested,” said Remington. “But we need to make sure to focus a lot in order to prepare ourselves to have a grueling competition against the Lord Jeffs. We are really excited about this weekend and we feel that we have a better shot this year than any other year.”
With the depth of the first-year class, and the leadership of co-captains Remington and Soja, the Middlebury women will give the Lord Jeffs a competitive day in the pool.
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