Garnet Place Fifth in First Day of Events at F&M
LANCASTER, Pa. -- The Swarthmore swim teams raced in the first day of the Franklin & Marshall Invitational on Saturday scoring 194.5 (men's) and 259 (women's) respectively and both finished fifth.
Sophomore Anne Miller added 20 points for the Garnet women (4-1, 3-0 CC) when she won the 100 butterfly with a 58.94 race time; also placing in the event were classmates Casey Osborn (1:01.61) and Jennie Lewis (1:02.03).
Miller picked up a bronze medal for the Garnet women in the 500 free style with a 5:17.63 finish time. Andrew Frampton placed fourth in the 500 freestyle for the Garnet men (2-3, 2-1 CC) with a race time of 4:56.61.
Both the men’s and women’s 400 medley relay teams placed fifth in their races. Allie Jordan ’09, Stephanie Su ’11, Miller and Lewis put in a strong effort for a 4:13.90 finish. The men posted a 3:45.47 with Douglas Gilchrist-Scott ’09, Sterling Satterfield ’11, Brian Roth ’09 and Michael Ahn ’10 as their relay team.
The Garnet men’s 200 medley relay team Gilchrist-Scott, Roth, Kyle Skolfield ’09, John Heagy ’08 clocked in at 1:41.41 for a fifth place finish.
In the final event of the evening, 800 free style relay Casey Osborn ’10, Franny Zhang ’08, Chelsea Brett ’11 and Miller placed fourth with a 8:14.35 race time. The men’s relay team; Heagy, Satterfield, Frampton and Ahn finished the night with a fifth place finish with a time of 7:32.76.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 24
1. Kutztown University 461
2. Rowan University 368
3. Franklin & Marshall College 292
4. St. Mary's College of Maryland 263
5. Swarthmore 259
6. Marymount University 211
7. Widener University 185
8. McDaniel College 90
8. Elizabethtown College 90
10. Juniata College 9
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 24
1. Rowan University 483
2. Franklin & Marshall College 441
3. Kutztown University 353.5
4. Widener University 248
5. Swarthmore 194.5
6. Marymount University 169
7. McDaniel College 147
8. St. Mary's College of Maryland 126
9. Elizabethtown College 76
The Franklin & Marshall Invitation concludes Sunday with the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay, and 1650 free.