Violets Churn Past Garnet
SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Visiting New York University swept the Swarthmore swim teams in the home opener for the Garnet Saturday afternoon. The Violets men (6-0) downed Swarthmore (1-3) 120-74 while the NYU women (8-0) picked up a 131-74 win over the Garnet women (3-1). Sophomores Anne Miller and Julia Wrobel picked up individual wins for the Garnet women while freshman Sterling Satterfield collected a win for the men.
Miller dueled with NYU’s Kacey McCaffrey in the 1000 freestyle, lowering her school-record time to 10:38.43. McCaffrey was just a hair better, out-touching Miller to pick up the victory in a Ware Pool-record time of 10:38.10. Miller came back later in the meet to lead a 1-2 Garnet finish in the 200 butterfly. She posted a time of 2:12.77 for the win while classmate Casey Osborn was close behind in second with a time of 2:13.78.
Wrobel had two victories on Saturday, winning the 100 freestyle with a time of 56.56 and then teamed with Franny Zhang ’08, Chelsea Brett ’11 and Jennie Lewis ’08 to capture the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:45.85.
Satterfield clocked in at 2:15.68 to win the 200 breaststroke for the Swarthmore men.
The Swarthmore swim teams return to Ware Pool this Tuesday, Nov. 20 when the Ursinus Bears come to campus for a 6:00 p.m. meet.