NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass.--The Keene State College men's swimming and diving team won 14 events at the first ever LEC Invitational at the Tripp Athletic Center on Saturday afternoon.

Keene State racked up 569 points, blowing past second placed UMass Dartmouth, which finished with 454 points.  Western Connecticut State (172 points) and Eastern Connecticut State (37 points) finished out the rest of the competition.

Andrew Daur, JT Barth, Patrick Doyle, and Michael Morman began the meet with a second place finish in the 200 medley relay, in 1:42.58, less than a half-second out of first place.  Quint Kimmel won the 1,650 free in 17:27.20, while Zach Payne won the 200 free in 1:51.68.

Eric King took the 100 back in 54.90, with Daur right behind in 56.88, while Barth won the 100 breast in 1:01.45.   Tyler Young added another victory, this time in the 200 fly, in 2:03.21, and King nabbed another win in the 50 free in 22.89.  

George Colarullo swept both diving events, winning the 1-meter board with a score of 213.75, and scoring 236.60 on the 3-meter.   Payne scored his second win of the day in the 100 free, in 50.10, and Daur won the 200 back in 2:03.52.   King's third win of the day came in the 200 breaststroke, in 2:17.15, narrowly edging Barth, who was second in 2:17.37.    Young and Patrick Doyle went 1-2 in the 100 fly, with Young touching in first in 55.19, and Doyle next in 55.44.  

Payne grabbed a third individual win of the afternoon in the 200 IM in 2:02.93, with Young in second in 2:04.40.  King, Kimmel, Jacob Peters, and Payne finished out the meet with a seven second win in the 400 medley relay in 3:23.42.