Miami University
Kenyon/Cincinnati/Louisville
Women's Swimming Wins Quadrangular, Beats Two Big East Foes
1/13/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 13, 2006
OXFORD, Ohio - In its first meet of 2006, the Miami University women's swimming and diving team (6-1, 4-0 MAC) showed no signs of rust after a six-week break from competition as the RedHawks beat a pair of Big East schools and finished first in its quadrangular home meet.
On Friday afternoon at the Nixon Aquatic Center, Miami placed first with 189 points and bested two Big East foes, the second-place Louisville Cardinals (167 points) and the third-place Cincinnati Bearcats (101). The Kenyon Ladies, a Division III powerhouse, finished fourth with 79 points.
The RedHawks posted wins in six events as junior swimmer Margaret Patrick (Marietta, Ga.) and senior diver Christin Eberst (Clifton Park, N.Y.) each tallied a pair of wins. Patrick upped her individual win total to eight with her sweep of the freestyle sprint events, while Eberst's pair of wins on the boards gave her a team-leading 12 first-place finishes on the season.
Miami's "A" relay team started the meet with a third-place finish in the 400 medley relay, clocking in at 3:54.37, and freshman Jenn Flaherty (Scarborough, Maine) followed with Miami's first win of the meet in the 1,000 free. Flaherty finished nearly four seconds ahead of the second-place swimmer, touching the wall in 10:20.76, and the individual win was her eighth of the season and fifth in the 1,000 free.
After senior Katie Forster (Centerville, Ohio) and junior Maggi Bulla (Cincinnati, Ohio) finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 free, Patrick was the top finisher in the 50 free with a first-place time of 23.75. Miami then placed a pair of swimmers among the top three of the 200 IM as senior Katie Unger (Hartland, Wis.) and freshman Malarie Schmidt (Batavia, Ill.) finished second and third, respectively.
The RedHawks won two of the next three events as Eberst and Patrick each posted their second wins of the afternoon. Eberst was the top finisher in the one-meter dive with a season-best score of 305.8, while Patrick was the first-place swimmer in the 100 free in 52.26. Patrick's time was a season-best and a new Miami unshaved record in the event.
After a third-place showing by Bulla in the 200 back and a second-place finish by Forster in the 500 free, Miami closed the meet with wins in both the three-meter dive and 400 freestyle relay. Eberst led a trio of RedHawk divers who placed in the top three spots on the three-meter board, and Miami's "A" relay team posted a first-place time of 3:32.85 in the 400 free relay.
Miami resumes Mid-American Conference dual meet action next weekend when it travels to face the Toledo Rockets on Jan. 21. Against the Rockets, the RedHawks will be looking to extend their streak of 36 consecutive conference dual meet wins which dates back almost five years.
MEET NOTES: The meet, which was originally scheduled for Saturday at Cincinnati, was moved to Oxford because Cincinnati's new pool was not ready for competition ... JR Margaret Patrick posted her fourth sweep of the freestyle sprint events, winning both the 50 and 100 free ... SR Christin Eberst swept the one- and three-meter boards for the sixth time this season, extending her team-leading win total to 12 ... Miami, which is ranked No. 2 in the Division I Mid-Major Poll, continued to show it can hang with the power conference schools, defeating a pair of Big East foes in Cincinnati and Louisville. The RedHawks also have defeated Illinois (Big Ten) and Marshall (Conference USA) this season ... Miami head coach Dave Jennings is two wins shy of his 200th career dual meet win with the Miami women's swimming and diving program.
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