The Monmouth College swim team got the new year started on the right foot winning 15 of 24 events to sweep North Central on Saturday.
      The Fighting Scots men posted a 117-72 win despite swimming exhibition only entries in the final two events. Monmouth’s women won their final three events to pull away for a 135-89 win.
      Clarissa Henby and Marshall Palfenier each picked up wins in the diving well. Henby set a new 6-dive, 1-meter record with 189.75 points and Palfenier turned in a personal-best score of 156.40.
      In the pool, four Scots were double winners. Steph Komaniecki opened the meet with a 12:10.78 in the 1,000-yard freestyle and followed that with a 5:46.67 in the 500 freestyle, winning by just over three seconds.
      Erica McAloon won by one-and-a-half seconds in the 200 freestyle, clocking a 2:08.48. She added a win in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:13.00.
      Freshman Joren Seibert followed McAloon’s lead in the 200 free, touching first in 1:54.96. He then posted a three second win in the 100 backstroke with a 1:00.46.
      Gabe Baginski completed the two event winners for Monmouth. He was nearly two seconds faster than the nearest competition in the 50 freestyle, clocking a 22.58. His 5:15.29 easily placed him first in the 500 free.
      Other individual wins were turned in by Zach Heilman in the 200 IM (2:20.54) and Erin Willhite in the 100 free (57.59).
      Monmouth’s women also swept the relays. McAloon, Henby, Willhite and Dani Gordon began the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay. They out-touched North Central in 2:00.64, winning by three one-hundredths. The same foursome had a larger margin in winning the 200 freestyle relay, clocking a 1:48.87 to win by seven seconds.
      Baginski and Heilman teamed with Brett Dunn and Neal Hosper to win the men’s 200 medley relay. Their time of 1:48.42 won by four seconds.
            The team returns to competition with a home triangular meet on Jan. 19.