On Friday, Nov. 8 the Brandeis Swim and Dive team took on the Bentley University Falcons. Taking place at Bentley University to continue the war of Waltham, Brandeis swam away with losses on both the men’s and women’s sides, but not without some individual wins. The men’s score was 164-94 in favor of the Falcons and the women’s score was 180-74, also in favor of Bentley. 

Mid-distance specialist Benjamin Lee ’26 won the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:11.41 and was close to first place in the 200 yard free with a time of 1:47.14. As for other mid-distance highlights, Sam Bundy ’26 narrowly won the 200 yard butterfly in 2:02.48. 

Anastasia Bekou ’25 placed second in both the 100 and 200 yard backstroke races with times of 1:02.22 and 2:19.75 respectively. To highlight a first-year, Daniyal Nabi ’28 placed second in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:25.50.

Chloe Gonzalez ’25 won the 100, 200 and 500 yard freestyle events. Also sweeping the 50 and 100 freestyle events was first-year sprinter Peter Mou ’28. Third year sprinter Eric Xiao ’26 won the 100 yard butterfly in 53.66 seconds, just 19 hundredths of a second faster than the second place finisher. 

This week, the Judges are preparing for their swim meet against Tufts University on Nov. 24. Following that is the annual Gompei Invitational — the team’s annual mid-season meet at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, which is set for Dec. 6-8.