Posted on December 3 2010 by Sam Unwin

Men’s swimming and diving earn first SCIAC win of 2010

Men’s swimming and diving earn first SCIAC win of 2010 A day after falling short of a victory in their Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener, the men’s swimming and diving teams came out on top against the Whittier College Poets, 148-78.

Occidental won every individual swimming event today at Taylor Pool and capped off the meet with a victory in the 400 free relay.

The freshmen made a name for themselves today, tallying five of the nine first place swims.

Jack Butcher and Benjamin Sullivan turned in two victories apiece while fellow rookie Tim Healy earned a win in the 200 freestyle.

Butcher led the trio of Tigers who swept the 1650 free event, clocking in at 17:39.22 ahead of first year swimmers Elya Shamsou and Jack Stabenfeldt who finished their respective mile races in 20:16.58 and 20:50.65. Butcher (5:11.29) and Healy (5:16.57) then went 1-2 in the 500 free. Healy and Kenji Hammon, another freshman, locked up the top two spots in the 200 free with times of 1:53.37 and 1:57.67, respectively.

Swimming to first place in the 200 butterfly (2:07.56) and 200 breaststroke (2:25.90) was Sullivan. He won each race by more than three seconds.

Another duo who swam stroke-for-stroke today were Miner Ross and Stephen Ratkovich who were nine hundredths of a second apart from one another in the 50 free. Ross sprinted in 22.70 with Ratkovich right behind at 22.79. Ross then went on to win the 100 free in a time of 50.15 followed by Ratkovich (50.99) who earned third place.

Zach Condon also won a pair of races, the 400 IM and the 200 backstroke. Condon won both by large margins, completing the 400 IM in 4:24.39 with a 14 second advantage and the 200 back in a time of 2:03.15, which was more than six seconds ahead of Whittier’s Juan Aguilar.

In the final event of the day, the 400 free relay, Ross, Condon, Joe Reynolds and Ratkovich joined forces to complete the course in 3:26.27, winning by over seven seconds.

Occidental (1-1) will be back in the competition circle after the New Year when they travel to Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday, Jan. 8 for a 10:30 a.m. diving start followed by swimming events at 11:00 a.m.

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