Photo by Bill Croney,The Northfield News Ben Kinsley, who is from Williston, Vt., swims the backstroke in the individual Medley event in last Wednesday's meet against St, Michaels. The Swim Cadets dropped the meet to the Purple Knights by a 154-134 score. Although Norwich and St. Michaels each took eight of the 16 events St. Michaels had 12 second place finishers to pull out the win. Anne-Marie Vayda won a pair of swimming events, but the Norwich University women's swimming and diving team lost to visting St. Michael's College, 182-67, Tuesday afternoon at Goodyear Pool.

The Purple Knights (3-0) won 13 of the 16 events to easily swim past the Cadets (0-3).

Vayda led Norwich for the third straight meet, as the junior won the 50-yard breaststroke (32.86 seconds) and the 100-yard breaststroke

1:11.22).

Felicia Jones was the only other Norwich swimmer to win an event, taking home the gold in the 50-yard freestyle with a clocking of 27.64.

The Cadets return to action Dec. 5-6, when they travel to Boston, Mass., to compete at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships.

As for the men's swimming and diving team, they dropped a 154-134 decision to visiting St. Michael's College Tuesday afternoon at Goodyear Pool.

The Purple Knights (3-0) and Cadets (1-2) split the 16 events, but SMC picked up 12 secondplace showings to help the visitors to the victory.

For the second straight meet, Peter Bue, Joe Moeller and Simon Hugh led the way for Norwich as each swimmer had a hand in three victories in the pool.

Individually, Bue won the 50- yard backstroke in a clocking of 26.26, while Moeller took gold in both the 100-yard butterfly

56.13) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:09.08) events. Hugh, meanwhile, swept the two breaststroke events, winning the 50-yard discipline (29.35) and the 100-yard race (1:05.66).

The talented threesome teamed with Zander Fields to help the Cadets win the 400- yard medley relay (3:49.82). Bue, Mike Zemanek, Fields and Jake Schaefer later teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:28.47).

Zemanek rounded out NU's list of winners on the afternoon, taking first in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:00.84.

Norwich will not return to action until Saturday, Jan. 9, when the Cadets travel to Lewiston, Maine, to swim against Bates and University of New England.