Scots Kick Off 2006 In Strong Fashion with Pair of NCAC Sweeps

Kim Chambers

The College of Wooster swimming and diving teams kicked off the second half of their dual meet season in strong fashion this weekend (Jan. 13-14) with a pair of sweeps over North Coast Athletic Conference foes. The Fighting Scot men (6-1, 3-0 NCAC) cruised to 120-96 and 136-60 victories over Hiram College and Ohio Wesleyan University, respectively, while the women (4-3, 2-1 NCAC) also won against the same opponents by scores of 130-104 and 147-90, respectively.

Junior Dan Noble paced the Wooster men with three individual victories over the two meets. On Friday, he easily won the 800 freestyle in a time of 9:34.58, outdistancing teammate Joe Witkowski by almost 27 seconds. Noble followed up against the Bishops with two more first-place finishes, first in the 200 individual medley (2:04.02) and later in the 100 backstroke (1:00.62).

Matt Dominski, Dustin Klein, Kyle Oaks, and Ted Polley each added two victories competing in their respective specialties over the weekend. Dominski won both the 100 (55.66) and 200 (2:38.38) fly, Klein took honors on the 1-meter on both days, Oaks was top finisher in the 50 (22.90) and 100 (52.30) free, and Polley logged wins in the 400 (4:42.39) and 1000 (11:05.43) freestyles.

Also of note, sophomore Mateo Chinchilla and freshman John Cushing won the 200 IM (2:28.78) and 50 freestyle (26.56) respectively, on Friday, while Witkowski touched the wall first in the 500 freestyle (5:29.12) on Saturday.

Wooster senior Kim Chambers continued her impressive season by accumulating four more victories. On Friday, she raced to wins in the 100 (1:01.25) and 800 (9:30.11) freestyles, setting a pool record in the latter, and for an encore on Saturday, she added victories in the 200 free (1:59.68) and the 100 fly (1:01.82). Noteworthy, Chambers remains perfect so far on the year, winning each of the 18 races she has entered as an individual.

Freshmen Lindsey Dorko and Meggie Edwards each added a pair of wins to their resumes against Ohio Wesleyan. Dorko swam the top times in the 100 breaststroke (1:14.84) and the 200 individual medley (2:21.60), while Edwards raced to first-place finishes in the 50 and 100 freestyles in times of 25.49 and 55.93, respectively.

Other winners for the women included Amanda Bailey in the 400 freestyle (4:49.39) and diver Julie Pinzur on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards on Friday, and Patti Ross in the 100 backstroke (1:03.36) and Shannon McIntyre on the 3-meter (158.35) in action on Saturday.

Wooster continues its dual meet season next weekend when the Scots travel to Grove City College on Saturday, Jan. 21, for a 1 p.m. meet.