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SWIMMING: Teams swept by Tufts University
by Julie Ganz
Sports editor
Sports | 11/25/08
Posted online at 11:32 PM EST on 11/24/08
/ Last updated at 12:49 AM EST on 11/24/08
Competing against Tufts University, a team with nearly three times the number of swimmers on Brandeis' roster, the men's and women's swimming and diving teams suffered their first loss of the month last Sunday.
After winning three straight meets, one of which was a 128-109 victory over Division II Bentley College last Tuesday, the men's team fell to Tufts 205-82, while the women's team saw a four-meet winning streak end with a 169.5-114.5 loss to the Jumbos. The women's squad also took a 133-108 victory over Bentley last Tuesday. The men's team fell to 3-3 with the loss to Tufts, while the women's team is now 4-2 on the season.
"[The Jumbos] just have a very large team," James Liu '10 said. "They just have a lot of depth. … They just have so many swimmers that can swim everything."
Some of the swimmers said that many of them competed in events they don't normally swim to practice for the Dec. 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Invitational. The MIT Invitational is a longer meet that features some races that the swimmers don't swim in most dual meets, including the 400-yard individual medley and the 1650-yard freestyle.
"It was a way for people to sort of swim those events before the Invitational, to see where they're at and sort of see what they need to work on so they can do better in a couple weeks at MIT," women's team captain Rachel Nadas '09 said.
The men's side took first-place finishes in three individual events. Liu placed first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2 minutes, 8.18 seconds.
"I had never really [swum] backstroke that well, so I was just testing it out to see how I [could] swim, and I did okay," said Liu, who also swam in the 100-yard backstroke event, where he placed third. "I wasn't … completely happy with my [times], but, like, it's fine for right now."
Marc Eder '12 and Aaron Bennett '11 picked up the other first-place finishes. Eder won the 200-yard breaststroke event in 2:20.32, while Bennett won the 200-yard butterfly event with a time of 2:00.36.
After winning three straight meets, one of which was a 128-109 victory over Division II Bentley College last Tuesday, the men's team fell to Tufts 205-82, while the women's team saw a four-meet winning streak end with a 169.5-114.5 loss to the Jumbos. The women's squad also took a 133-108 victory over Bentley last Tuesday. The men's team fell to 3-3 with the loss to Tufts, while the women's team is now 4-2 on the season.
"[The Jumbos] just have a very large team," James Liu '10 said. "They just have a lot of depth. … They just have so many swimmers that can swim everything."
Some of the swimmers said that many of them competed in events they don't normally swim to practice for the Dec. 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Invitational. The MIT Invitational is a longer meet that features some races that the swimmers don't swim in most dual meets, including the 400-yard individual medley and the 1650-yard freestyle.
"It was a way for people to sort of swim those events before the Invitational, to see where they're at and sort of see what they need to work on so they can do better in a couple weeks at MIT," women's team captain Rachel Nadas '09 said.
The men's side took first-place finishes in three individual events. Liu placed first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2 minutes, 8.18 seconds.
"I had never really [swum] backstroke that well, so I was just testing it out to see how I [could] swim, and I did okay," said Liu, who also swam in the 100-yard backstroke event, where he placed third. "I wasn't … completely happy with my [times], but, like, it's fine for right now."
Marc Eder '12 and Aaron Bennett '11 picked up the other first-place finishes. Eder won the 200-yard breaststroke event in 2:20.32, while Bennett won the 200-yard butterfly event with a time of 2:00.36.
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