FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College men's swim team won all 11 events in a 163-41 win over visiting Elizabethtown at the Huntsinger Aquatics Center.
A total of 10 different Blazers had wins between the nine individual events and two relays. Chris Gardner (Smyrna, Del./Cab Calloway School of the Arts) and Michael Curry (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic) had three wins apiece and BJ Daisey (Lewes, Del./Sussex Tech), Daulton Swan (Farmington, Utah/Viewmont), and Alex Bodine (Frederick, Md./Urbana) each won twice.
The meet opened with a 400 medley relay won by the foursome of Gardner, Daisey, Swan and Scott Clark (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./American Heritage) in 3:48.64.
Gardner went on to win the 200 individual medley, leading Hood to a sweep of the top four places. He defeated teammate Connor Eliff (Frederick, Md./Frederick) by over two seconds with his time of 2:11.18. After Eliff, Jonathan Collier (Darby, Pa./Home Schooled) and Swan completed the Blazers' 1-2-3-4 finish.
The third win of the day for Gardner came in the 500 freestyle where his time of 5:13.94 bested the field by nearly 20 seconds.
Curry posted his first two wins of the evening in individual events. His time of 1:50.20 in the 200 freestyle led a herd of Blazers that captured the top four places. Bodine, Alessio Mario (Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Regional), and Peter Shepherd (New Market, Md./Linganore) completed the pack, respectively.
In the 100 free, Curry sprinted to a time of 51.82 to pick up the win. He also led off the 200 free relay to close the meet. He teamed with Lucas Mestas-Nunez (Corpus Christi, Texas/Bluff), Bodine, and Collier for a winning time of 1:34.52.
In addition to their legs on the winning 400 medley relay, Daisey and Swan earned individual victories, as well. Swan touched the wall first in the 100 butterfly with his time of 58.19. Daisey needed just 1:03.46 to score the win in the 100 breaststroke.
Before his win on the free relay, Bodine was over six seconds faster than the competition in the 100 backstroke with his time of 56.50.
Rogers blew away the competition in the 1,000 free in 10:16.75 to win by nearly a minute.
In the 50 free, Victor Muleki (Irving, Texas/MacArthur) slipped past teammate Clark with his winning time of 23.19.
With the win, Hood completed its three-meet homestand undefeated and improved to 4-1 on the year, including 3-0 against conference opponents.
The Blazers hit the road for a quad-meet at Messiah on November 9 that includes Widener and FDU-Florham.
