The Colby swimming and diving teams dropped their season-opening meets at Colby on Nov. 19 to Amherst College.

Mason Roberts ’12 led the men, who lost 179-94, with a second-place finish in the 200-meter breaststroke and a third-place finish in the 100-meter breaststroke. Roberts clocked in at 2:21.83 for the 200 and 1:03.46 in the 100.

Ryan Trafton ’12 took third place in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 56.60, and Vincent Galea ’15 had fourth-place finishes in both the 50- and 100-meter freestyle races. Roberts, Trafton, Galea and Anders Peterson ’14 also came in second place in the 200-meter medley relay.

On the women’s side, Mandy Ferguson ’12 turned in a strong performance with a second-place finish in the 10,000-meters (10:58.13), third in the 500-meter freestyle (5:23.69) and fourth in the 200-meter freestyle (2:01.71). Ferguson also competed with Colby’s second-place 4x200 freestyle relay team with Charlotte Veazie ’12, Sarah Hansen ’12 and Laura Burns ’12.

Martha Mesna ’14 also placed second in one-meter diving with 161.32 points. Hansen and Jess Blais ’12 both recorded third- place finishes—Hansen in the 100-meter freestyle (57.58) and Blais in the 100-meter backstroke (1:05.10). Amherst won the meet by a score of 173-93. Both swim teams will travel to Cambridge, Mass. to compete in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Invitational on Dec. 2 and 3.