For Immediate Release
January 12, 2010
Wellesley Swimming & Diving
Wellesley Swimming and Diving Goes 1-1 at Double Dual Meet
Blue Defeat Babson, Fall to Coast Guard
Complete Results
WELLESLEY, Mass. - Wellesley College swimming and diving hosted a double dual meet on Tuesday evening against NEWMAC opponents Babson and Coast Guard. The Blue defeated Babson, while falling to Coast Guard, who went 3-0 at the co-ed event.
The Blue posted 18 top-three finishes en route to a 206-93 victory over Babson. Wellesley also dropped a narrow 166-129 decision to Coast Guard.
Wellesley was led by senior
Hilary Gram (Hopkinton, MA) and first-years Virginia Hung (Plainsboro, NJ) and Kathryn Goffin (Falmouth, ME), who all notched individual wins at the event. Gram won the 200-fly in a time of 2:21.08, while taking second in the 200-breast (2:40.01) and third in the 200 IM (2:24.64). Hung took first place in the 200 IM with a time of 2:21.48, while also finishing second in the 100-fly (1:01.24). Goffin was a standout at the diving end of the pool, winning her first-career event with a score of 195 on the 1-meter. She also took third on the 3-meter with a 158.90.
Junior Dana Dutton (Anacortes, WA), sophomore Stephanie Welch (Dedham, MA), and first-year Katherine Foley (Orono, ME) were also strong for the Blue, all posting top-three performances in multiple events. Welch notched two runner-up finishes on the night, touching second in the 100-back (1:07.23) and the 200-back (2:22.66). Dutton took third in both the 200-free (2:03.58) and the 500-free (5:29.84), while Foley placed third in both the 100-back (1:07.30) and the 200-back (2:23.97).
Ffth-year Savanna Johnson (Bloomington, IL) missed a win in the 50-free by just .26 seconds, taking second place in the sprint with a time of 25.74. Rounding out the individual action for the Blue, sophomore Melanie Kaplan (La Jolla, CA) shaved nearly two seconds off of her career-best, finishing third in the 1000-free (11:32.62), while first-year Carolyn Jackson (Leesburg, VA) took third place in the 100-breast (1:13.56).
Wellesley also fared well in both relay events, posting first and second-place finishes. The Blue team of Dutton, Johnson, sophomore Whitney Smith (Detroit, MI) and senior Emilie Mitten (Norwalk, CT) touched first in the 200-medley (1:57.70), while in the 200-free, Foley, Jackson, Hung and Johnson came in second (1:57.70).
The Blue return to the pool on Saturday hosting a 1:00pm dual meet against Smith College.