Miller Sets New Record, Women Take Down Diplomats
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Sophomore Anne Miller continued to re-write the Swarthmore record books, picking up three individual wins while setting another school record, leading the Garnet women to a 114-91 win over Centennial rival Franklin & Marshall Saturday afternoon. The Swarthmore men were not as fortunate, falling 129-76 at the hands of the Diplomats.
The Garnet women (3-0, 2-0 CC) remained undefeated in 2007-08, winning six individual races on Saturday. Miller has not been beaten to the wall in seven individual events in 2007, including her three victories on Saturday. Miller’s first victory of the day came in the 1,000 freestyle when she shaved over six seconds off her school record (10:53.45) with a time of 10:47.18. Garnet freshman Allison Bishop (Macungie, Pa. / Emmaus) claimed second in the event with a time of 11:03.92. Miller picked up top honors in two other events, the 100 butterfly (59.14) and the 500 freestyle (5:18.68).
Senior Jennie Lewis (Darien, Conn. / Darien) swam a time of 25.89 to win the 50 freestyle while classmate Franny Zhang (Piscataway, N.J. / Pasippany Hills) also picked up a win for the Garnet, finishing first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:16.02. The Swarthmore women made the rousing victory complete by winning the final relay event—Julia Wrobel ’10 (Lawrenceville N.J. / Lawrence), Chelsea Brett ’11 (Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Trinity), Claire Shelden ‘10 (Lewistown, Mont. / Fergus) and Lewis swam a time of 1:43.24 to win the 200 freestyle relay..
The Garnet men (1-2, 1-1 CC) picked up a win in the 50 freestyle when Douglas Gilchrist-Scott ’09 (Canton, Ohio / Hoover) clocked in with a time of 22.56. The second Swarthmore win came from Michael Ahn ’10 (Cupertino, Calif. / Monta Vista) who swam the 100 freestyle in a time of 50.02.
Swarthmore welcomes New York University to Ware Pool this Saturday, Nov. 17. The Garnet home opener is set to start at 2:00 p.m.