Golden Bears Take Down Blazers, Fall to Regis in Double Dual Meet Action

Weston, Mass. (January 21, 2023) – The Golden Bears headed to Weston, Massachusetts, for a double dual meet. The team took on Regis College and Elms College. WNE was looking to build momentum off the past weeks and come home to Springfield with two wins. However, Regis, on their senior day, had other plans.

Result:

Western New England: 117 vs. Regis College:119

Western New England: 159 vs. Elms College:44

How it Happened:

The meet started with a WNE dual as WNE had an A and B team swim in the 200 medley relay, and they were the only ones to swim the event. Then, Megan Morissey and Alexa Adams got in the pool for the 1650 freestyle. Morissey would grab second with a time of 21:32.10, and Adams would get fourth with a final time of 23:03.45. The 200 freestyle saw Hailey Dion and Renee Lussier get third and fourth. Dion posted a final time of 2:22.01, and Lussier got 2:23.17. The backstroke followed with Katarina DaSilva and Hannah Delude grabbing places three and four, respectively. DaSilva picked up a time of 37.77, and Delude got a 54.34. Next, Morissey got back in the water for the 50 breaststroke and swam a 44.75, which resulted in a second-place finish. Taylor Gravel got third in the race with a time of 49.67. The 100 butterfly was a big one for the Golden Bears, as it has been during this season. Caitlin Guntly took first place with a time of 1:07.18. Alexa Adams would follow up in third place with a time of 1:17.34. 

Following the 100 butterfly was the 50 freestyle, which is always a tight race. Caitlin Hall snagged second place with a time of 27.79, and then Amanda Robinson edged out an Elms swimmer for fourth place by five-one hundredths of a second. Robinson earned a 28.70 for the swim. Next up was the 100 freestyle, and DaSilva was back in the water, earning second place and getting a time of 1:07.92. Morgan Potler was also in the race. Potler got third with a time of 1:18.56. The 100 backstroke saw Taylor Gravel get sixth with a time of 1:27.39, and then the 100 breaststroke was another WNE dual as Robinson and Dion were the only swimmers in the race and pushed each other in the race. Robinson got a 1:19.10, and Dion got a 1:26.12. It was then time for a big event for WNE, the 500 freestyle. Caitlin Hall grabbed first place with a time of 6:09.70, and then Morgan Potler got third with a time of 7:52.03. Regis had a swimmer in second. The 50 butterfly saw Lussier and DaSilva get second and third, respectively, and then Guntly swam the 400 IM solo and got a time of 5:30.67. The meet between Regis and WNE was tight and came down to this final race. The 200 freestyle relay. Regis would edge out both WNE teams in the relay to take the meet by two points. However, WNE took the meet against Elms to split the day 1-1.

Up Next:

The Golden Bears return to action on Friday, January 27, for senior day. The team will host the Lyons of Mount Holyoke College at 6:00 pm.