FREDERICK, Md.--The Hood College men's and women's swimming teams opened their seasons with victories Saturday afternoon at the Hood Aquatics Center.

The Blazer women picked up a pair of Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference wins by defeating Wells 82-40 and Mary Baldwin 75-47. On the men's side, Hood routed Wells 83-7.

Sophomores Lenore Brown, Katie Hitchens and Amy Kaufman joined freshman Ashley Garyn to win the 200-yard medley relay in 2:04.19.

Kaufman later added victories in the 200-yard freestyle (2:10.91), the 200-yard butterfly (2:29.75) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:08.49), while Hitchens won the 50-yard freestyle (26.55) and the 100-yard freestyle (1:00.49).

Brown won the 200-yard backstroke (2:24.15), finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:16.01) and placed fifth in the 200-yard individual medley (2:57.28).

Garyn added runner-up effort in the 500-yard freestyle (6:28.79) and was third in the 100-yard backstroke (1:14.47) and the 100-yard freestyle (1:03.38).

Sophomore Chandra Fadoul won the 200-yard individual medley (2:29.41), was second in the 200-yard backstroke (3:05.32) and placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:25.30)

Freshman Katie Bergin was the runner-up in the 1,000-yard freestyle (14:10.21).

The men dominated the afternoon by winning all 13 events and adding four second-place finishes.

Sophomore Jason Kinder and freshmen Jimmy Shea, Matt Haynes and Eric Walton captured the 200-yard medley relay in 1:50.66, and all four later enjoyed strong individual performances.

Kinder won the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.31), the 200-yard butterfly (2:18.03) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:09.80), and Shea took home the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.96), the 200-yard breaststroke (2:29.76) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:08.30).

Haynes followed with victories in the 50-yard freestyle (22.87), the 100-yard freestyle (51.71), and the 100-yard butterfly (1:01.16), while Walton placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (2:29.31) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:14.44).

Junior Stu Kaufman won the 500-yard freestyle (5:45.42) and was second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:24.92) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:25.91).

Freshman Jeff Dickens won the 100-yard backstroke (1:28.20) and added third-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle (30.86) and the 100-yard freestyle (1:08.10).

Walton, Dickens, Kauffman and Kinder closed out the meet by winning the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:49.71).