ROCHESTER, N.Y. -The Hobart swimming and diving team opened its season this afternoon as it took on Nazareth in a nonconference matchup. The Statesmen dropped its season-opener 124-116 to the Golden Flyers.
 
Junior Christopher Woody led Hobart with two first-place finishes against Nazareth. Woody won the 100-yard breaststroke after stopping the clock at 1:14.37 and the 200-yard Individual Medley after touching the wall at 2:35.45. He also collected two second place finishes after stopping the clock at 33.20 in the 50-yard breaststroke and 2:05.11 in the 200-yard Medley Relay with sophomore Payton Owens, first-year Joseph Thompson and sophomore Gerard Humiston.
 
Owens also impressed for the Statesmen as he won the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 35.95. He came in second in the 400-yard freestyle after stopping the clock at 5:16.88 and the 800-yard freestyle with a time of 11:09.44.
 
Humiston added a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:14.88 and the 100-yard freestyle after stopping the clock at 1:00.37. He added another second-place finish in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:37.95 for the Statesmen.
 
First-year Steven Nolte led Hobart from the diving board, securing his first collegiate win from the 1-meter board with a score of 102.50.
 
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Hobart will be back in action tomorrow, Oct. 25, when it travels to Ithaca, New York, to take on Ithaca and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Action is set to begin at 1 p.m. in Ithaca's Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium.