Swat Men Second, Women Third at 2007 CC Swim Championships
LANCASTER, Pa.-- Swarthmore freshman Anne Miller set a meet record in the 200 butterfly and the Garnet men set a school record in the 400 freestyle relay as the Swarthmore swim teams completed participation in the 14th annual Centennial Conference Swimming Championships at the Kunkel Aquatic Center on the campus of Franklin & Marshall College Sunday evening.
The Swarthmore men had their best finish since 1999, taking second place with 740 points. Franklin & Marshall won its fifth CC Championship with 847 points--Gettysburg was third with 472.5 points, followed by Dickinson (449.5), Washington (412), McDaniel (253) and Ursinus (212).
The Garnet women finished in third place with 604.5 points, behind champion Gettysburg (759) and Franklin & Marshall (659). Dickinson was fourth (510), followed by Washington (490.5), Ursinus (201), McDaniel (191) and Bryn Mawr (146).
In the first men's event, Stephen Shymon '09 and Andrew Frampton '08 won silver and bronze, respectively, in the 1650 freestyle. It was the fourth medal of the championships for Shymon, who touched in with a time of 16:45.83. Frampton was right behind him with a time of 16:51.94, taking in his second medal of the meet.
Swarthmore sophomore Douglas Gilchrist-Scott swam to a bronze medal in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:59.50. Senior Jonathan Augat collected his fourth medal, this time silver, with a 47.77 time in the 100 freestyle, just .10 off the school record--senior Jason Horwitz was close behind in fourth position, posting a time of 48.34.
Senior Andrew Koczo swam to a bronze in the 200 breaststroke, his fifth medal of the meet, by posting a time of 2:12.32. Freshman Kyle Skolfield was close behind in sixth place with at time of 2:16.21.
The Swarthmore men picked up their final medals of the competition with a bronze in the 400 freestyle relay, setting a school record with a time of 3:12.47. Gilchrist-Scott, Augat, freshman Michael Ahn, and Horwitz bested the previous mark of 3:14.23 set in 1997.
Allie Jordan '09 picked up the first medal of the night for the women, swimming another strong race, picking up the bronze medal in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:11.40.
Miller won her third gold medal of the meet and set a second school record with a time of 2:06.79 in the 200 butterfly. The old mark was 2:08.33, set in 1996 by Jill Belding '99. The time is also Centennial Conf. Championship record (set by Allison Simons from Washington in 2004) and only .01 shy of the NCAA A cut standard. Classmate Casey Osborn picked up the bronze medal with a time of 2:11.15 while Jennie Lewis '08 was sixth in a time of 2:15.89.
The Swarthmore women picked up points in the 100 free as Franny Zhang '08 swam fourth in a time of 54.57 and Sarah Cotcamp '07 was fifth in 54.85.
Senior Michele Hom earned her first medal of the 2007 Championships, a bronze in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:32.37.