For Immediate Release
November 7, 2009
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley College Swimming & Diving Wins 13th-Annual Betty Spears Relays
Complete Results
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wellesley College Swimming and Diving team picked up a season-opening win as the host of the 13th-annual Betty Spears Relays held at Wellesley's Chandler Pool.
Wellesley was led by several newcomers, winning eight events to post a team score of 180. Mount Holyoke took second place with 156 points, tallying four wins. Westfield State placed third with 144 points, totaling three wins in the event.
Blue first-years Virginia Hung (Plainsboro, NJ) and Carolyn Jackson (Leesburg, VA) were each a part of four winning relay teams. The rookies swam to top spots in the 200-yard Fly/Breast relay, the 300-yard Fly relay and the 200- and 400- Medley relays. Also for Wellesley, first-year Maia Fitzstevens (Rochester, NY) notched three relay wins while classmate Katherine Foley (Orono, ME) picked up two.
Wellesley also got solid performances from first-year Ashley Knight (Forest Hills, NY) who picked up a relay win and first-year Shaheen Rangwalla (Andover, MA) who was a part of three third-place relay teams. In addition, first-year Kathryn Goffin (Falmouth, ME) was Wellesley's top diver, taking fourth on both boards, while senior Laura Adamson (Silver Spring, MD).
Rounding out the excellent performances for the Blue, Karina Chung (Lexington, MA) competed on both ends of the pool. She notched eighth and ninth place finishes in diving and recorded a second place and a third place finish in relay events.
Mount Holyoke was led by sophomore Lydia Bowers (Scotland, CT) and first-year Nora Cunningham (Bronx, NY), each tallying three relay wins. The pair notched victories as part of the 200-yard back/free relay, and the 200- and 400- freestyle relays. Also for the Lyons, first-years Stephanie Roses (Chapel Hill, NC) and Joan Burton (Gross Point Farms, MI) picked up a pair of victories.
Westfield State swept both diving events on the afternoon. Sophomore Kim Schmidt (Longmeadow, MA) was a double winner, totaling 250.42 points to win the 3-meter event while picking up 227.55 points on the 1-meter board. Senior Ariana Mastro (Needham, MA) took second in both events, with 222.52 on the 3-meter and 223.80 on the 1-meter. Sophomore Hannah Rees (Framingham, MA) rounded out the successful diving performance by Westfield, posting third place finishes on each board.
Wellesley returns to the pool with a 1:00pm meet on November 14th as the Blue travel to Clark University. Mount Holyoke next participates in the Regis College Invitational on Friday at 7:00pm. Westfield State is back in action on Saturday at UMass-Dartmouth, swimming at 12:00pm.