The men?s swimming and diving team wrapped up its first weekend of competition in the new year with two victories against Stony Brook and Dartmouth.

On Friday, the Blue swam Stony Brook at Uris, beating them 121 to 101. Stony Brook, having just entered Division I this season, is a mere 1-5. Columbia dominated in the majority of the events, but because of Stony Brook?s fledgling Division I status, many of the races were deemed unofficial. Columbia captured both diving events as well, with all of the divers taking the top three spots, but the first and second place finishes were declared to be unofficial.

?Despite our great advantage over the Stony Brook team, we still took the meet seriously and tried to swim as fast and as hard as possible. It was a good chance for us to swim events that we do not normally swim,? first-year Daniel Kim said.

Kim went on to win the 1650-yardfreestyle against Dartmouth at 16:46.94, his first win so far at the collegiate level.

The Dartmouth meet on Saturday held another win for Columbia with a score of 144-107 and was also the team?s first Eastern League victory this season. The strong diving contingent once again grabbed the top spots in both the one-meter and three-meter events. Junior Mark Fichera took first in the one meter, followed by senior Daniel Brown. Brown claimed first place in the three-meter dive.

The team set two records Saturday afternoon. Swimming the 100-butterfly in 49.76 seconds, senior co-captain Gered Doherty set a pool best time. Doherty, junior Matt Schultz, first-year Arpad Sebe, and senior Russell Perkins broke another Uris record by taking the 200 medley relay in 1:32.51.

?This being one of the first tests after a tough training camp, this meet proved that we are in terrific shape, and the broken records are a testament of that fact. It felt good to finally pound on a team in the League,? said Sebe.

Doherty had swum the 100-fly event faster at other hosting schools, but hadn?t gotten a chance to break Uris?s record until now. ?It was nice to post up a fast time at home in front of the alumni for our homecoming meet,? Doherty said.

The record for the 200 medley wasn?t that surprising to the team, for the squad had just missed breaking the old one in the last meet before winter break. ?But it was a surprise to break the old mark by over a second,? Doherty added.

?It was good to break in our medley relay team with a pool record because it allows us to gauge where we are before the Easterns,? Schultz said.

?I think we?re right where we want to be going into the Eastern Championships in March,? said Sebe.

The men?s last home meet is this Saturday against Princeton.