Women swimmers defeat West Virginia Wesleyan
10/30/2009 10:03:20 PM
Complete Results
MEADVILLE, Pa. – The Allegheny women’s swimming and diving team won seven out of 13 events, sweeping two and winning four straight events to defeat West Virginia Wesleyan 111-77 in non –conference action on Friday night in the home opener for the Gators.
Christine Smith led a 1-2-3 finish in the 1000 yard freestyle to sweep the points and take an early 22-14 lead. Smith swam in 11:12.46 and Lauren Karl came in second with 11:16.43, while Gaby Zinobile clocked in at 11:38.79 for third.
Allegheny returned to take the top three spots in the 200 yard freestyle. Megan Knox was the leader of the pack to earn her first out of two individual wins on the night. Knox swam 2:00.71 and Molly Durot was five seconds behind in 2:05.01. Tara Stein was the last Gator to touch in 2:05.16.
In the 50 freestyle, Ariana Lyons and Ashley Whitehead were tenths of a second apart from first and second place. Lyons swam in 24.68 to edge Whitehead, who touched in 24.74. Joanna Wieckowska and Rachelle Barrett battled it out in the 200 yard IM. Wieckowska used her second lap to take a lead on Barrett to finish in 2:21.02 and Barrett was second in 2:22.29.
Durot won the 100 butterfly in 1:03.06, before Whitehead won her first event in the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.64. In the 100 backstroke, Weickowska clocked in the fastest time for Allegheny (1:04.81) for a second-place finish. Knox’s other victory came in the 500 freestyle. She edged teammate Smith with a time of 5:26.63.
The Gators returns to action tomorrow against Grove City. Meet begins at 12 p.m.