The College of Wooster swimmers and divers closed out their fall
dual-meet schedule on Saturday with a hard-earned sweep on the
road, as the Fighting Scots' men's team edged Westminster College
153-143 and the women extended their perfect record with a 169-128
victory in New Wilmington, Pa.
Logan LaBerge was the difference in the men's meet, taking first-place in two events near the end of the dual. First, he notched top honors in the 200 backstroke (1:59.83) and then all but sealed the win for Wooster (3-3) with a triumph in the 200 individual medley (2:03.87) during the second-to-last race.
The Scots received a balanced effort in the pool as five others were victors – Ryan Radtke in the 1000 freestyle (10:24.52), Adel El-Adawy in the 100 backstroke (55.91), Eric Babbitt in the 200 butterfly (2:01.63), Michael Saltzman in the 50 free (22.24), and Peter Parisi in the 100 fly (54.00).
Also providing significant points was Luke Knezevic, who swept the diving events via scores of 254.95 on the one-meter and 245.25 on the three-meter.
In women's action, Samira El-Adawy, Kate Hunt, and Melissa Haug were each double winners, paving the way for Wooster's seventh win in as many meets. El-Adawy swept the backstrokes, with times of 1:02.64 in the 100 and 2:14.74 in the 200, Hunt pulled the double in the 100 free (54.00) and 200 free (1:58.83), and Haug proved to be the top butterflyer with victories in the 100 (1:01.50) and 200 (2:14.57) of that stroke.
One of Haug's twin sisters, Priscilla Haug, touched first in the 500 free (5:19.49), and rounding out the Scots' winners was Alyse Marquinez on the three-meter diving board (158.30).
Wooster's next competition will be the Wooster Invitational, held at Wooster High School, Dec. 3-5.