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Youth steals show at swimming PL Champs
By Anna Tuman on 2/25/08
It was the underclassmen who were the highlight of the Patriot League Swimming and Diving Championships by picking up multiple top five finishes as the men's and women's swimming teams headed to the U.S. Naval Academy to end its season.
It was the woman's team who Thursday took home the first points for the squad. Freshman Dorothy Isaacs and senior Meghan Thiel came out with strong finishes. The freshman took second place in the 50-yard free-stroke preliminaries in her first PL championship appearance with 23.79 seconds, a time strong enough to advance her on to the finals and set a new AU record.
Advancing on to the finals, Isaacs came in second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.96 seconds, a tad behind Navy swimmer Thuy-Mi Dinh, who finished the event in 22.37 seconds.
Thiel was able to advance to the 500-yard freestyle finals after finishing in second with 4:51.87 minutes in the preliminary heat. Moving on to the finals, Thiel took on the course in 4:52.04 minutes, a time strong enough for the senior to take third.
Thursday proved to be a struggle on the men's side. Senior Dan Nagelberg was the only AU men's swimmer in the top five of his events, placing third in both the 500-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley.
The men's and women's teams started in fifth and seventh place respectively on Friday morning, finishing the day with a combined six individual scorers and a solid second place finish from sophomore Matt Pelletier.
Pelletier scored one of AU's highest preliminary finishes in the 100-yard backstroke, placing second with 51.90 seconds on the clock. The time was strong enough to advance the sophomore to the finals and put his name on AU's all-time top 10 list.
Pelletier soon went on to swim to another second place finish, coming in 51.27 seconds in the finals. The sophomore was only a little over two seconds behind the first place finishing time that went to Mark Kawczenski of Bucknell.
It was the woman's team who Thursday took home the first points for the squad. Freshman Dorothy Isaacs and senior Meghan Thiel came out with strong finishes. The freshman took second place in the 50-yard free-stroke preliminaries in her first PL championship appearance with 23.79 seconds, a time strong enough to advance her on to the finals and set a new AU record.
Advancing on to the finals, Isaacs came in second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.96 seconds, a tad behind Navy swimmer Thuy-Mi Dinh, who finished the event in 22.37 seconds.
Thiel was able to advance to the 500-yard freestyle finals after finishing in second with 4:51.87 minutes in the preliminary heat. Moving on to the finals, Thiel took on the course in 4:52.04 minutes, a time strong enough for the senior to take third.
Thursday proved to be a struggle on the men's side. Senior Dan Nagelberg was the only AU men's swimmer in the top five of his events, placing third in both the 500-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley.
The men's and women's teams started in fifth and seventh place respectively on Friday morning, finishing the day with a combined six individual scorers and a solid second place finish from sophomore Matt Pelletier.
Pelletier scored one of AU's highest preliminary finishes in the 100-yard backstroke, placing second with 51.90 seconds on the clock. The time was strong enough to advance the sophomore to the finals and put his name on AU's all-time top 10 list.
Pelletier soon went on to swim to another second place finish, coming in 51.27 seconds in the finals. The sophomore was only a little over two seconds behind the first place finishing time that went to Mark Kawczenski of Bucknell.
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