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Fortin and Waters Add To Win Totals On Day Two of the Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Complete Results
PRINCETON, N.J. -- A veteran and a freshman
made the biggest splashes on day two of the 2011 Ivy League
Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, as Princeton
senior Megan Waters and Penn freshman
Shelby Fortin each won their second individual
championships in as many nights at the DeNunzio pool. Waters took
Friday’s 100 fly, while Fortin won the 200 free.
Through two days of swimming and diving, Princeton remains in
first with 1,054.5 points, followed by Harvard (955) and Yale
(600). Penn (596) closed the gap between third and fourth to a mere
four points, while Columbia made the biggest move in the standings,
moving from eighth to sixth.
Friday’s preliminary session saw two records set by a pair
of Tiger freshmen. In the 100 breast, Princeton’s
Andrea Kropp set a DeNunzio pool record with a
1:01.38. Then, in the final preliminary heat of the 100 back,
Lisa Boyce touched in at 54.19 to set a meet and
Ivy League record, breaking Cornell sophomore Chiara
Spinazzola’s record of 54.53, which she set as a
freshman at last year’s meet.
The evening session began with the 200 medley relay in which the
Princeton team of Boyce, Kropp, Carter Stephens
and Waters set the pool, meet and Ivy record with a winning time of
1:39.80. Cornell’s Spinazzola and Sadie
Ellison made up ground in the final two legs to lead the
Big Red to a second place showing in a time of 1:41.82. Yale was
third with a time 1:42.98.
Next up was the 1,650 free final in which a pair of freshmen
finished 1-2. Penn’s Kristi Edleson won with
a time of 16:38.19, while Princeton’s Maureen
McCotter finished second in 16:38.98. Harvard senior
Christine Kaufmann finished third in 16:43.95.
Edleson became the first Quaker to win the 1,650 at the Ivy
Championships.
In the 400 IM, the Harvard Crimson got a 1-2 finish from senior
Kate Mills and sophomore Laura
Evans. Mills touched in at 4:15.57, followed by
Evans’ 4:18.46. Penn’s Carey Stauder
finished third in a time of 4:18.95 to continue the Quakers’
strong evening.
Waters then won her second individual event in as many nights for
the Tigers, taking the 100 Fly in 53.43. Carter made it a 1-2
finish for the Tigers, taking second with a time of 54.00.
Yale’s Hayes Hyde finished third in 54.53, while Dartmouth
freshman Kendall Farnham was close behind,
finishing fourth in a time of 54.66.
Penn’s Fortin was the next swimmer to win her second event
in as many nights. After capturing the 500-free on Thursday, Fortin
won the 200 Free in 1:47.06 on Friday. Defending champion
Jillian Altenburger of Princeton finished second
in a time of 1:47.49, while Yale’s Molly
Albrecht finished third with a time of 1:48.43.
In the 100 Breast final, Kropp edged Brown freshman Briana
Borgolini for her first individual championship win,
posting a time of 1:01.48. Borgolini touched in at 1:01.56 to
finish second and Yale junior Athena Liao finished
third in a time of 1:02.13.
In the 100 Back, Boyce followed up her record-setting preliminary
swim from the morning session with a 54.76 to win the final. Boyce
was followed by her teammate Meredith Monroe, who
had a time of 54.94. Spinazzola finished third with a time of
55.66.
The three-meter diving finals were contested next. Princeton
senior Carolyn Littlefield finished atop the field
with a score of 278.25. Harvard sophomore Brittany
Powell finished second (264.15), followed by Princeton
freshman Rachel Zambrowicz (263.30) and Dartmouth
freshman Katie Feng (261.95).
The Harvard relay team of Sara Li,
Catherine Zagroba, Laura Evans
and Mills capped the night with a win in the 800 Free, winning in a
time of 7:18.00. Yale placed second in 7:20.23 and Princeton third
in a time of 7:21.28.
The third and final day of the 2011 Ivy League Women’s
Swimming and Diving Championship begins at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow,
Feb. 26 with the 200 back preliminaries kicking off the
festivities.
Complete Team
Standings (through day two // 14 events)
1. Princeton -- 1054.5
2. Harvard -- 955
3. Yale -- 600
4. Penn -- 596
5. Columbia -- 573
6. Cornell -- 513
7. Dartmouth -- 488.5
8. Brown -- 451
