By Chelsea Gillies

The University of Maine swimming and diving teams competed against Bates College at home on Saturday, with both teams recording 135-96 victories.

There were many strong performances throughout the meet from both the men’s side and the women’s side.

On the men’s side, seniors Robbie Bickford, Brent Williams and Cody Lachance all had strong finishes. Bickford won the 500-meter freestyle with a time of 5:00.15, and Williams placed second with a time of 5:03.19. David Vittori placed first in the 1000-meter freestyle with a time of 10:24.15. Williams followed right behind in second place with a time of 10:27.38.

Freshman diver Ethan Eckhoff won both the 1-meter dive as well as the 3-meter. Sergey Terrio placed first in the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 1:58.17. John Carlucci followed behind in second with a time of 1:59.66.

During the 200-meter freestyle, Cameron Dwyer came in first place with a time of 1:48.15, and Carlucci placed second with a time of 1:48.61.

The men also had a strong finish, placing first in the 400-meter freestyle relay with a time of 3:17.16.

For the women’s side, Erica Smrcina, Naja Harvey and Lauren Dwyer all had strong performances. Dwyer had two first place finishes, while Harvey and Smrcina each had a first place finish.

Dwyer placed first in both the 100-meter freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle. She touched with a time of 53.85 during the 100, and 1:56.72 during the 200.

Harvey finished second in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 24.64. She placed first in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:25.26. Smrcina placed first in the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:12.69. Taylor Sharp of Burlington, Ontario placed second in the butterfly following Smrcina with a time of 2:13.59.

Hayli Weitz, a freshman diver, placed second in the 1-meter dive with a score of 220.88. She finished third during the 3-meter dive with a score of 197.33.

Diver Kara Capossela of Greenwich, Conn. placed first in the 3-meter dive with an impressive score of 273.68.

Katerina Mosquera-Cardi of Montreal finished second in the 100-meter individual medley with a time of 1:00.89, and placed third during the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 54.78. Kailey Dowd placed second in the 1000-meter freestyle with a time of 10:47.29.

During the women’s 400-meter medley, UMaine placed first with a time of 4:02.22. The women grabbed another first place during the 400-meter freestyle relay with a time of 3:40.97.

Overall, there were incredibly strong performances from both the men’s side and the women’s side at the meet on Saturday. UMaine will host another home meet on Jan. 18 when they take on Bowdoin College.