BY GENEVRA PITTMAN

In print | Published November 18, 2004

If Saturday’s competition is any indication of what’s to come, the Garnet swim teams have a lot to look forward to. In a meet dominated by underclassmen, the men’s team defeated Franklin and Marshall 121-84, while the women fell to the Diplomats 91-114.

Leading the men to victory were Andrew Frampton ‘08, Anders Taylor ’07, Andrew Koczo ’07, and Michael Auerbach ’05. After finishing a close second to Franklin and Marshall’s Derek Nowak in the 1000-meter freestyle, Frampton came back to edge Nowak in the 500-meter freestyle, finishing in a time of 4:57.63 to Nowak’s 4:57.98. Taylor won the 200 IM in 2:05.07, then triumphed in the 100-meter backstroke, touching the wall at 57.42. Koczo was also an individual two-event winner, taking both the 50-meter freestyle (22.78) and the 100-meter breastroke (1:01.84). Auerbach represented the upperclassmen with victories in two freestyle events, the 100 (49.34) and the 200 (1:48.74). Swarthmore also took both relays in the meet to secure the win. A team of Koczo, Taylor, Jeff Schneider ’05, and Reid Johnson ’08 opened up the meet with a victory in the 200 medley relay in 1:42.91. To close out the afternoon, Frampton, Auberach, Jason Horwitz ’07, and Jonathan Augat ’07 took gold in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:30.61. With the victory, the men improved to 2-1 on the season and remained a perfect 2-0 in the Centennial Conference.

“The men’s team swam pretty amazingly all across the board,” coach Sue Davis said. “That meet couldn’t have been won without each and everyone there that swam.” Davis noted especially the performances of Frampton, who swam lifetime bests in his events, and Auerbach.

The underclassmen also led the charge for the women, who’s first loss gave them a 2-1 record (1-1 in the Centennial Conference) on the young season. Franny Zhang ’08 won the 200-meter freestyle in 1:59.79, then came back later in the afternoon to take the 100-meter freestyle as well (55.12). Jennie Lewis ’08 beat out the competition for a first place finish in the 100-meter butterfly in 1:00.31 and also finished a close second in the 50-meter freestyle in 25.55.

Katherine Reid ’05 was the other individual event winner for the Garnet, taking the 1000-meter freestyle in 11:03.90. Reid was also the runner-up in the 500-meter freestyle with a time of 5:28.24. Swarthmore also took the 200-meter freestyle relay in 1:43.16 with strong performances by Zhang, Lewis, Sarah Cotcamp ’07 and Whitney Nekoba ’08.

Davis acknowledged the contribution the underclassmen were making on the teams. “That’s why I recruited them,” she said. But she also warned not to overlook the presence that all of the swimmers made in the meet. “Don’t discount the upperclassmen at all,” Davis said.

The Garnet’s next meet will be this Saturday at NYU, the first of three consecutive away meets before winter break.

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