ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College men's swimming & diving team won 12 individual events in a victory over Hamline in a dual meet held at St. Catherine University Saturday afternoon. The Scots scored 168 points to 42 for Hamline.

Macalester won both relays, with the foursome of senior Ramier Villarama (Bayonne, N.J./High Tech), junior TJ Palli (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove), sophomore Thomas Moore (Philadelphia, Pa./Science Leadership Academy) and senior Ryan McNeff (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt) opening the meet with a victory in the 400-yard medley relay in 3:54.35. The Scots closed the meet with first years Max Taufen (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township), Jack Schumacher (Golden, Colo./Lakewood), Bode Thompson (Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg) and Gunnar Ray winning the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:34.68.

In the individual events, first year Kean James Pajarillaga (Saipan, Marianas Pacific/Grace Christian Academy) placed first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.14) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:02.73). Senior Charles Batsaikhan (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia/East Chapel Hill) also won a pair of events, taking first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.89) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:05.41). Other wins were posted by Schumacher in the 100-yard butterfly (56.87), Thompson in the 200-yard butterfly (2:08.50), junior Will St. John (McGaheysville, Va./East Rockingham) in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.19), junior Alec Chen (Edina, Minn./Edina) in the 50-yard freestyle (22.91), senior Isaac Kisker (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) in the 100-yard freestyle (51.40), and sophomore William Haby (Denver, Colo./George Washington) in the 200-yard backstroke (2:13.42).

In the diving events, junior Dylan Herlihy (Reading, Mass./Phillips Academy Andover) took second on both the 1- and 3-meter boards.

Next weekend Macalester will send a portion of its team to Chicago, Ill., for the University of Chicago Phoenix Fall Classic Nov. 22-24. The other portion of the squad will compete at the Grace Goblirsch Invitational, held at Gustavus on Saturday, Nov. 23.

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