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Emory Tops Darton on ‘Senior Day’

Emory Tops Darton on ‘Senior Day’

From Emory University Athletics

Emory University turned in another solid performance in dual meet action on Saturday, as the Eagles defeated Darton College 119-87 in the team's final home dual meet of the 2014-15 season.

Saturday also marked the final career home dual meet for Emory's six graduating team members - Hayden Baker, James Davis, Kevin Flood, Cameron Herting, Griffin Neville, Eric Ruggieri. They were honored in a special 'Senior Day' ceremony prior to the start of the meet.

Together, Emory's senior class has contributed to the program's success over the past four years, winning three University Athletic Association Championships and finishing in the top-five nationally all three years.

For the senior class, Hayden Baker won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 50.53 seconds, and along with Ruggieri, was a part of the winning 200-yard medley relay, in addition to sophomore Mitchell Cooper and freshman Oliver Smith (1:33.38).

The Eagles claimed wins in each of the 11 swimming events. Junior Andrew Wilson recorded the team's lone 'B' cut time, en route to winning the 100-yard breaststroke with a mark of 55.77 seconds.  Cooper earned a pair of individual victories, finishing first in both the 200-yard individual medley (1:55.01) and the 100-yard backstroke (51.76).

Other individual first-place finishers included freshman Henry Copses in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:54.79), junior Eagan Zettlemoyer in the 200-yard freestyle (1:43.92), Smith in the 50-yard freestyle (21.09 seconds), sophomore Hayes Burdette-Sapp in the 100-yard freestyle (47.61 seconds), and sophomore Christian Baker in the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.16), while the Eagles' 200-yard freestyle relay of Smith, freshman Wes Duke, freshman Alexander Hardwick and Burdette-Sapp rounded out the meet with a win in a time of 1:25.00.

With the win, Emory improved to 3-2 on the year.