WELLESLEY, MA (January 12, 2008) -- Emily Love, John Alaimi and Andrew Wood all won two events each this afternoon as Vasar's women's and men's swimming & dive teams competed in a quad meet against Wellesley, Wheaton and Clark this afteroon at Wellesely. The women came away with a victory over Clark (146-134) and fell to Wellesley (180-103) and Wheaton (193-96). The men's team split, defeating Clark (158-128) and losing to Wheaton (156-128).

Love has been nearly perfect this season capturing 15 of 16 races. She won the 100 and 200 yard backstroke in times of 1:01.50 and 2:12.50. Alaimo captured the 200 yard butterfly (2:03.47) and 200 yard individual medley (2:06.19). Wood won both the 1 and 3 meter diving events scoring 221.15 points in the 1-meter and 232.40 in the 3-meter.

Recap:

Vassar Men:
In a three-way dual meet at Wellesley College the Vassar men brought home a victory verses Clark (158-128) and a loss verses Wheaton (128-156). Leading the way for Vassar was John Alaimo who swam a personal best 55.38 (2nd) in the 100 yd fly in addition to taking two first-place finishes in the 200 yd fly (2:03.27) and the 200 yd IM (2:06.19). Vassar teammates Charlie Kuder (200 yd breast) and diver Aaron Lefkowitz (3-meter, 170.80 points, 3rd) also had season best performances on the day. Don Pinkus helped the team's cause by debuting on 3-meter (3rd, 144.30 points.

Vassar Women:
In a four-way dual meet at Wellesley College the Vassar women earned their first victory of the season verses Clark (146-134) while losing to Wellesley (103-180) and Wheaton (96-193). The tough competition elicited great races from the Vassar women who returned from their training trip two days ago. Early in the meet Ilene Goodman stepped up to swim a lifetime best in the 1000 yd free (12:08.64, 7th). The 200 yd back was a pivotal event for Vassar in their quest to beat Clark as Vassar's Emily Love (2:12.50), Nyanza Rothman (2:23.60), and Melisa Brower (2:25.20) teamed up to take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Stacey Mack raced Wellesley's Emilie Mitten right to the end grabbing a season-best 2:08.87 (8th) in the 200 yd free.

"We competed well today,” said head coach Lisl Prater-Lee. “Given the amount of training and the travel time the past couple of days, we had a lot of enthusiasm and energy at the meet. We proved that we can swim fast even when we are tired. Now we have a couple of days to rest, regroup and get ready for Trinity!"