Garnet Flood Cavaliers
SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- The Garnet swim teams opened up the second semester with a splash, sweeping both sides of a non-conference dual meet Saturday afternoon in Ware Pool. The Swarthmore men topped Cabrini, 106-68 while the Garnet women posted a 157-93 victory over the Cavaliers.
Naomi Glassman ‘12 (Palo Alto, Calif. / Henry Gunn) and Allison Bishop ‘11 (Macungie, Pa. / Emmaus) led the Garnet women (4-2 overall) with two individual victories.
The Garnet men (3-3 overall) posted the top time in nearly every race, with both Stephen Shymon ’09 (Encinitas, Calif. / University of San Diego HS) and Sterling Satterfield ’11 (Durham, N.C. / Charles E. Jordan) recording top times in two individual events.
Chelsea Brett ’11 (Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Trinity) picked up the first win of the day for the Garnet women, taking the 1000 freestyle in 11:18.47. Teammate Sarah Bedolfe '11 (Dana Point, Calif. / Dana Hills) finished second with a time of 11:32.79. Bishop and Casey Osborn '09 (Albany, Calif. / Albany) rang up another 1-2 Swarthmore finish, this time coming in the 200 freestyle, with times of 2:07.85 and 2:09.55, respectively.
All-American butterflier Anne Miller ’10 (Buffalo, N.Y. / Buffalo Seminary) returned from an early-season injury, winning the 200-yard event in 2:14.34. The talented Garnet butterfliers also won the 100-yard race with Glassman (1:01.65) and Osborn (1:02.74) finishing 1-2. Glassman later claimed a victory in the 100 freestyle (57.92), and was followed home by Claire Shelden ’10 (Lewiston, Mont. / Fergus) in 58.17.
An exciting intra-squad race developed in the women’s 200 back as three Swarthmore women finished within one-half second of each other: Jessica Pritchett ‘09 (Burke, Va. / Lake Braddock) was first (2:25.08), just beating Laura Rainey ’09 (Arlington, Va. / Yorktown) (2:25.21) and Jacqueline Scala ’12 (Pequannock, N.J. / Newark Academy) (2:25.50).
Stephanie Su ’11 (Parsippany, N.J. / Parsippany Hills) won the 200 breaststroke (2:35.87) while the Garnet take top four places in 500 freestyle: Bishop (5:30.62), Miller (5:34.76), Brett (5:35.07) and Bedolfe (5:38.44 in exhibition).
The men enjoyed an easy transition after the winter break. Derrick Kao ’11 (Santa Monica, Calif. / Havard-Westlake) led a Swarthmore sweep in the 1000 free style (10:44.72) and Shymon followed by winning 200 free (1:51.60) by half a second over Cabrini’s Kyle Teliszewski. Shymon would later break the 5-minute mark in the 500 freestyle, swimming a time of 4:59.34 in exhibition.
Santiago Lombo ’11 (Houston, Texas / Strake Jesuit) led a 1-2 Garnet finish in the 100 back (56.01), followed closely by Doug Gilchrist-Scott ’09 (Canton, Ohio / Hoover) with a time of 56.81. Gilchrist-Scott flipped over later in the afternoon, winning the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 22.33, clinching the team victory for Swarthmore.
Satterfield earned his first victory in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.50), leading Lance Liu ’12 (Paoli, Pa. / Conestoga) home in second (1:03.14). Satterfield later swam a 2:16.58 in the 200 breaststroke, posting the race’s fastest time in exhibition.
Freshman Dante Fuoco ’12 (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Mt. Lebanon) wins the 200 fly, uncontested by Cabrini, in a time of 2:14.75.
The Garnet women have a second consecutive home meet scheduled for Wednesday night at 6:00 p.m. Swarthmore will host Bryn Mawr before both teams travel to Gettysburg College on Saturday, January 31 for a crucial 2:00 p.m. Centennial dual meet.
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