Miami Women Swimmers Continue Record Breaking Weekend
12/6/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Dec. 6, 2008
OXFORD, Ohio - A day after winning seven-of-nine events and setting numerous school, meet, pool and conference records, the Miami women's swimming and diving team picked up right where it left off, taking the top qualifying spot in four of the day's six events with two more record-breaking performances.
Junior Kasey Carpenter placed first in the 200-yard backstroke with a new school record of 1:58.85, replacing the mark set in 1994 by Camilla Johansson. Just two hours later, sophomore Megan Brunn joined the ranks of record-breaking RedHawks when she took the top spot in the 200-yard breaststroke in a meet and school record time of 2:15.53.
Miami looks to extend its overall meet record with myriad finals qualifiers in all of today's events.
Miami senior Malarie Schmidt (2:04.45) will join Carpenter in the top heat in tonight's finals after placing fifth. Also qualifying for finals in the event were Miami's Chelsey Bruington, Miranda Kaltenborn, Anne Golembeski, Tenley Marsteller, SHANIA COOPER and Katherine Reinmann.
Seven RedHawks then qualified for the finals in the 500-yard freestyle, including championship finalists Maggie French (5:01.78), Lauren Wallace (5:01.95), Bruington (5:02.11), and Kelsey Vehr (5:02.87) in third, fourth, fifth, and seventh, respectively. Sarah Bullock, Sarah Radke and JENNIFER FLAHERTY will swim in the consolation heats. (continued below)
Miami continued its trend of qualifying in bunches with five of the top nine times in the 100-yard butterfly. Sophomore Nicole Roddenbery (:55.95), Malarie Schmidt (:56.15), junior Allison Way (:56.31), Stevens (:56.76) and senior Alyson Schmidt (:56.85) qualified in the top heat behind event winner Ellie de Jong (:55.48) of Cincinnati. Other qualifying RedHawks were Carly Gibson, Kelsey Mallon, Taylor Koplow, Marsteller and Jordan Koletic.
Brunn's record breaststroke swim was next. Brunn's time netted her an NCAA championship "B" qualifying standard for the event. Joining her in finals will be Miami's Paige Iversen (2:19.72), Kelsey Vehr (2:21.35) and Claire Fogarty (2:21.40), who qualified second, fourth and fifth, respectively.
The 100-yard freestyle saw Alyson Schmidt taking the top spot with a time of :50.25. Stevens (:51.46), Radke (:52.07), senior Jennifer Nemeth (:52.29) and Bruington (:52.37) will swim in the championship heat with Schmidt, while Gibson, Wallace, Koletic, Carpenter and Margaret Eppright will also swim in finals.
Brunn won her second event of the morning in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:05.21. Malarie Schmidt (2:07.72) qualified third with Way (2:08.39) close behind in fifth. Miami sophomore Taylor Koplow also qualified for the event.
Action continues for Coach Dave Jennings's RedHawks Saturday at 6 p.m. with finals of the 200-yard medley relay, 200 backstroke, 500 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 breaststroke, 100 freestyle, 200 IM and 400 freestyle.
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