AMHERST, Mass. – The Amherst College women's swimming and diving team won every event in a non-traditional dual meet with Babson College that exclusively featured relays and diving on Friday evening at Pratt Pool.

There were no team scores tallied in the meet with the program featuring unique events including 3x100-yard specialty relays and a 500-yard crescendo freestyle relay. Sophomores Paige Arnold and Lucy Smith were each part of four winning relay teams.

The Mammoths, ranked 21st in the nation in the latest CSCAA Division III poll, are right back to action on Saturday (Jan. 4), traveling to Union for a 1 p.m. dual meet.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Senior Sydney Bluestein led an Amherst sweep of the top three spots in the one-meter diving event with a score of 267.89 and junior Donna Zhang won on the three-meter board with a season-best score of 274.42.

* The Mammoths started strong in the pool with a win in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of seniors Cora Spelke, Ali Lacroix and Katherine Hoffman, and Smith clocked in at 1:49.89 to take first place.

* Amherst also claimed victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay with Smith leading off and followed by junior Diane Koo, Arnold and senior Megan Lee, finishing in 1:39.96.

* The Mammoths continued their success in the specialty relays. The 3x100-yard butterfly relay team of sophomore Maeve Kelley, Arnold and Koo posted a winning time of 2:56.53 as Amherst trios took the top two spots in that race.

* The 3x100-yard backstroke relay saw a winning performance from first-year Taryn Veronda, Spelke and junior Emory Tudor, clocking in at 3:01.00.

* Amherst took the top two spots in the 3x100-yard breaststroke relay. The A-team, comprised of junior Joline Fong, first-year Ava Liu and Lacroix, finished first with a time of 3:23.06.

* The Mammoths also claimed the top two spots in a 500-yard crescendo freestyle relay. Senior Jennifer Adams and first-year Kaya Tray teamed with Kelley and Smith to finish first in 4:47.89.

* Amherst had another one-two finish in the 3x100-yard medley relay in which each swimmer completed an individual medley. Arnold, Liu and Lee clocked in at 3:07.54 to finish first.

* The Mammoths wrapped up the meet with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The quartet of Smith, Koo, Arnold and Lee delivered a time of 3:41.57 to cap off a dominant showing.

* The cacophony in Pratt Pool reached its most fevered pitch after the formal conclusion of the meet when the two head coaches faced off in the pool. Amherst head coach Connor Beaulieu '14 and Babson head coach Eric Thurston, both of whom are 2014 college graduates, donned their caps and goggles to swim a 100-yard individual medley. The coaches were neck-and-neck after the opening butterfly leg, but Beaulieu pulled away in the backstroke leg. Thurston closed the gap on the final freestyle leg, but Beaulieu held on to touch first in 1:06.32.