February 21, 2009

Springfield Leads After Second Day of NEWMAC Women's Swimming and Diving Championship

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Springfield College continued to assert its dominance at the 2009 NEWMAC Women's Swimming and Diving Championships as the Pride swept both relays while snagging three individual victories to pull ahead by 101 points. With one day remaining in the three-day competition, MIT leap-frogged Wheaton for second place in the team standings and leads the Lyons by a narrow margin.

The Pride smashed a conference, meet, and pool record in the 200 medley relay during the first event of finals. The team of Megan Cooney, Moira Price, Kaitlin Reilly, and Caroline Kosciusko combined to swim 1:45.70 while picking up an NCAA "B" cut. Price snagged her second individual NCAA "A" cut in as many days as she swam 1:04.14 to win the 100 breast, while Cooney split 58.12 to take top honors in the 100 back. Both performances resulted in new meet records.

Springfield also secured a victory in the 400 IM by Meredith Trumbull and closed the meet with a victory in the 800 free relay.

Kimberly Shadwick of Coast Guard won her second event of the Championships with a meet record and NCAA "B" cut in the 200 free. MIT was the only other team to net a conference title as Amy Jacobi led a 1-2 finish for the Engineers in the 100 fly. Jacobi set NEWMAC open and meet records in the event during prelims.

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Team Standings
1. Springfield                         586
2. MIT                                    485
3. Wheaton                           439.5
4. Coast Guard                      303
5. Wellesley                           182
6. Clark                                  182
7. WPI                                   147
8. Babson                              139
9. Smith                                 110.5
10. Mount Holyoke                 61

Event Winners/First Team All-Conference
200 Yard Medley Relay                       Springfield                                             1:45.70 B+*#
                (Megan Cooney, Moira Price, Kaitlin Reilly, Caroline Kosciusko)
400 Yard IM                                          Meredith Trumbull, Springfield             4:42.78
100 Yard Butterfly                                Amy Jacobi, MIT                                   57.47 B
200 Yard Freestyle                               Kimberly Shadwick, Coast Guard        1:53.073 B*
100 Yard Breaststroke                         Moira Price, Springfield                       1:04.14 A*
100 Yard Backstroke                            Megan Cooney, Springfield                 58.12 B*
800 Yard Free Relay                             Springfield                                          7:49.25 B
                (Caroline Kosciusko, Aimee Doe, Jaclyn Van Waalwijk, Kallie Pottle)

Second Team All-Conference
200 Yard Medley Relay                       MIT                                                       1:50.15
                (Alli Alwan, Abby Clark, Jen Chao, Amy Jacobi)
400 Yard IM                                          Nicole O'Keeffe, MIT                           4:45.24
100 Yard Butterfly                                Jen Chao, MIT                                     57.80 B
200 Yard Freestyle                               Aimee Doe, Springfield                       1:54.18 B
100 Yard Breaststroke                         Nicole Zais, Wheaton                         1:05.23 B
100 Yard Backstroke                            Kallie Pottle, Springfield                      59.20 B
800 Yard Free Relay                             Coast Guard                                       7:51.99 B
                (Smantha Sworden, Sarah-Jane Otey, Heidi Gayman, Kimberly Shadwick)

A - NCAA "A" Standard
B - NCAA "B" Standard
+ - NEWMAC Open Record
* - NEWMAC Meet Record
# - Pool Record