WELLESLEY, Mass. – Sophomore Lauren Bullins (Lenexa, Kan.) won a pair of events to lead the Wheaton College (Mass.) women's swimming & diving team in a 218-80 loss to host Wellesley College this evening at Chandler Pool in Wellesley, Mass.
The Lyons dip to 0-2 on the season, while the Blue improve to 1-0 in their season opener.
Wellesley won 14 of 16 events and posted three 1-2-3 finishes on the night.
Bullins finished first in both freestyle distance events for Wheaton, winning the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:17.16, before topping the field in the 500-yard freestyle with a mark of 5:26.73 to give her a team-high 18 points.
She was part of the Lyons' 200-yard freestyle relay that finished second. Senior Anna St. Jean (Alexandria, Va.) led off the race for Wheaton, followed by Bullins, first year Lauren Holmes (East Long Meadow, Mass.) and sophomore Amani Sodhi (Farmingdale, N.Y.) to combine on a mark of 1:43.93.
Wheaton senior Kaleigh Morton (Milford, Conn.) tallied 10 points for the Lyons with a second-place effort and a pair of third-place swims. She was the runner-up in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:23.38. Morton placed third in the 200-yard backstroke (2:18.70) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:03.46) as well.
Sophomore diver Ella Kent (Framingham, Mass.) shattered both of her personal-best marks in the diving well for the Lyons. She finished second on the one-meter board with a score of 194.00 and was second on the three-meter board with a tally of 202.00 points. St. Jean also turned in a pair of second-place efforts. She was the runner-up in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.56 and touched the wall at 56.63 to finish second in the 100-yard freestyle.
Wheaton first year Saturn Cogan (Saratoga, N.Y.) scored eight points behind three top-four finishes on the night. She was second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:09.76 in addition to finishing fourth in both the 200-yard breaststroke (2:35.38) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:23.97). First year Maya Moores (Gorham, Maine) contributed with three top-five efforts for the Lyons. She touched second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a mark of 2:32.41 and was fourth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:09.27. She capped her evening with a time of 2:24.23 to finish fifth in the 200-IM.
Sophomores Alexis Kung (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.) and Lana Richard (Oakland, Calif.) led the Blue with 27 points behind a trio of victories each. Kung won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:58.97 and the 50-yard freestyle with a clip of 24.81. She also captured the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:10.57. Richard won both breaststroke events with a time of 1:07.85 in the 100-yard race and a mark of 2:29.99 in the 200-yard circuit. She capped the individual events with a triumph in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:18.34.
Junior diver Samara Burstein (New York, N.Y.) won on both diving boards. She racked up 229.65 points on the one meter board and scored 238.20 points on the three-meter board for Wellesley.
First year Julia Shang (Mercer Island, Wash.) picked up a win for the home team and scored in two other events to score 14 points. She won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:21.17, before placing fourth in the 200-yard backstroke and fifth in the 200-IM. First year Martina Dong (Beijing, China) and sophomore Lucy Choe (Ellicott City, Md.) both added a first and second place finish for the Blue. Dong won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 55.77 and placed second in the 200-yard freestyle with a mark of 2:01.57. Choe outswam the field in the 100-yard butterfly with a clip of 59.55 and her time of 1:02.44 was good for second in the 100-yard backstroke. Junior Lily Fender (Burnsville, N.C.) also picked up 13 points, including a first-place showing in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.05 and a second-place swim in the 200-yard backstroke on a mark of 2:15.42.
The Blue won both relays in the meet. They opened with a win in the 200-yard medley relay. Fender opened in the backstroke, before yielding to Richard in the breaststroke. Choe swam the butterfly leg and Kung closed with the final 50 yards in the freestyle to combine for a time of 1:49.08. Choe led off the 200-yard freestyle relay, before sophomore Adilene Dela Cruz (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) took the next 50 yards. Fender followed before Dong swam the anchor and touched with a time of 1:43.14 to finish the night.
Wheaton returns to the water tomorrow when it hosts Bridgewater State University at Balfour Natatorium for an 11:00 a.m. meet, while Wellesley hosts Merrimack College on November 7 at 12:00 p.m.
