For Immediate Release
November 20, 2009
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley College Swimming & Diving Defeats Simmons
Complete Results
BOSTON, Mass. – Wellesley Swimming and Diving won a dual meet battle against Simmons College on Friday evening at the Holmes Sports Center. The visiting Blue took home a 161-128 decision, picking up their second dual meet victory of the year.
Wellesley won 10 of the evening's 16 events to take home the win. Wellesley was led by junior Dana Dutton (Anacortes, WA) and senior Alex Stark (Moorestown, NJ) who each picked up two wins for the Blue. Dutton won the 100-back in a time of 1:07.27 and took home the 200-back in 2:28.45. Stark was a winner in the 100-fly in 1:05.64 and also won the 200-fly in 2:26.12.
Also for Wellesley, Melanie Kaplan (La Jolla, CA) was a winner in the 1,000-free (11:50.08) while Savanna Johnson (Bloomington, IN) won the 100-breast (1:11.33). Hilary Gram (Hopkinton, MA) picked up a win in the 200-breast (2:43.33) and Emilie Mitten (Norwalk, CT) won the 200-free (2:06.15).
In the 200-Medley relay, the Wellesley team of Katherine Foley (Orono, ME), Carolyn Jackson (Leesburg, VA), Virginia Hung (Plainsboro, NJ) and Whitney Smith (Detroit, MI) took first place in a time of 1:58.98. The Blue also got strong individual performances from each of the relay members, Foley finished the 200-IM in a time of 2:19.30, while also taking second in the 100-free in 59.24. Hung picked up a win in the 100-free (57.82) and was just .19 seconds behind her teammate in the 200-free, taking 2nd in 2:06.34. Jackson took second in the 100 breast (1:12.29), while Smith took 2nd in the 50-free (27.34).
Rounding out the meet for the Blue, Stephanie Welch (Dedham, MA) swam a 5:40.67 in the 500-free and took second in the 200-fly in 2:29.79, while Maia Fitzstevens (Rochester, NY) recorded a second-place finish in the 200-breast (2:46.69).
Wellesley is back in action at home on Tuesday, December 2nd hosting Tufts University at 7:00pm.