Men’s and Women Swimming Beat Colby-Sawyer

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NEW LONDON, N.H. – Elms College freshman swimmer Tessa Dudunake (Northampton, Mass.) set a school record in the 100-yard individual medley and added three wins, while sophomore Zachary LeBarron (Bennington, V.T.) set a new Colby-Sawyer pool record in the 50-yard freestyle and won two events to pace the men’s and women’s swimming team to a sweep of Colby-Sawyer College on Saturday.

The women’s team earned a 130-113 win, while the men claimed 145-96 victory. The women’s team levels out at 2-2, while the men’s team charges ahead to 2-0 on the season.

Dudunake clocked a sizzling time of 1:06:15 in the 100-yard IM to set the new school mark. She also posted a first-place finish in the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 33:26. The 200-yard freestyle relay of junior Theresa Pitassi (Naugatuck, Mass.), freshman Chalis Bird (Windsor, Mass.), sophomore Ashley Arbo (Kennsington, Conn.), and Dudunake also set a new school record, combining to swim in a time of 1:47.81.

The Blazers notched three other first-place finishes on the day. Arbo won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:07.57, Bird won the 100-yard freestyle (59.61), and freshman Emalee Furtek (Ludlow, Mass.) was the top finisher in the 50-yard butterfly (29.99).

On the men’s side, LeBarron registered a winning time of 25.23 in the 50-yard butterfly and placed first in the 100-yard freestyle (50.11) in addition to setting the Colby-Sawyer pool record in the 50-yard freestyle (22.64).

LeBarron, sophomore Nick Provost (Three Rivers, Mass.), junior Joe King (Springfield, Mass.), and sophomore Garrett Brune (Lakeville, Mass.) teamed together to win the 200-yard medley relay, notching a time of 1:50.15.

Provost added a first-place finish in the 200-yard IM (2:15.83), while his time of 2:17.45 in the 200-yard butterfly was good enough for first place.

Freshman Mark Gehring (West Springfield, Mass.) edged Colby-Sawyer's Ryan Martin in the 500-yard freestyle, swimming a top-time of 5:23.69.

The men will host Bridgewater State on Friday, December 4 in their 2009 home opener at Partyka Natatorium. The women will compete at the GNAC Championships beginning on Saturday, Dec. 5-6.