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Jennie Lewis '08 continued her strong Championship performance with a silver medal in the 100 butterfly and 800 free relay to keep the Garnet in third place after Day two of the Centennial Conference Swim Championships.

Lewis captured two silver medals on the day to bring her count to four medals on the weekend. She placed second in the 100 butterfly in 59.69 and swam the first leg of the 800 free relay with Franny Zhang '08, Melanie Johncilla '05 and Whitney Nekoba '08 that finished in an NCAA "B Cut" time of 7:55.82.

The 200 medley relay team of Martyna Pospieszalska '06, Michele Hom '07, Kathryn Jantz '05 and Sarah Cotcamp '07 finished in fourth in 1:53.29 and Pospieszalska placed fifth in the 100 back in 1:02.44.

Katherine Reid '05 placed sixth in the 400 IM in 4:50.04, Veronica Medina '07 finished in eight place in the 100 butterfly (1:03.25) and Hom swam eighth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.48. Nekoba earned a sixth place finish in the 200 freestyle in 2:00.17.

The Garnet with 410.5 points trail only Franklin & Marshall 483 and Gettysburg 472.5.

The final day of action gets underway tomorrow with trials at 10:30 and finals at 6:30.

Day 2 Results - Day 2 Finals - Day 2 Trials

The Centennial Conference Swimming Championships begin today with trials getting underway at noon. The three-day championship is hosted by Franklin & Marshall College.

Schedule

Friday: Trials 12:00 Finals 7 p.m.
Saturday: Trials 10:30 Finals 6:30
Sunday: Trials 10:30 Finals 6:30

Centennial Conference Championship Site

Results at F&M's Web Site

With five events in the books, the Garnet are in fourth place with 142 points in the three day Centennial Conference Championships hosted by Franklin & Marshall College. Gettysburg leads the charge with 250 points with the host Diplomats are in second (244) and Dickinson is in third with 148 points.

The theme for the Garnet on the day was to take the fifth as the squad placed fifth in the 200 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle, and the 200 IM.

The 200 freestyle relay team of Andrew Frampton '08, Andrew Koczo '07, Jonathan Augat '07 and Jason Horwitz '07 started the evening with a fifth place finish in a time of 1:29.06. Frampton followed by taking fifth place in the 500 freestyle in 4:48.93 and Anders Taylor '07 followed suit with fifth in the 200IM in 2:01.95.

Not wanting to set a trend the Garnet closed out the evening with a bronze in the 400 medley relay as Taylor, Koczo, Mike Auerbach '05 and Horwitz touched the wall in 3:36.72.

Action continues tomorrow morning at 10:30 with trials in the 400IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, and 100 backstroke. Finals start at 6:30.

Day 1 Results

Day 1 Finals

Day 1 Trials

The Centennial Conference Swimming Championships begin today with trials getting underway at noon. The three-day championship is hosted by Franklin & Marshall College.

Schedule

Friday: Trials 12:00 Finals 7 p.m.
Saturday: Trials 10:30 Finals 6:30
Sunday: Trials 10:30 Finals 6:30

Centennial Conference Championship Site

Results at F&M's Web Site

With five events in the books, the Garnet are in third place with 184.5 points in the three day Centennial Conference Championships hosted by Franklin & Marshall College. The host Diplomats lead the pack with 221 points and Gettysburg is in second a point ahead of Swarthmore.

The 200 freestyle relay team of Franny Zhang '08, Kathryn Jantz '05, Sarah Cotcamp '07 and Jennie Lewis '08 got the Garnet off to a fast start by winning the first event of the Championship in a time of 1:40.20. Katherine Reid '05, the first seed after the trials, followed with a second place finish in the 500 freestyle in 5:16.17 and Whitney Nekoba '08 finished in fifth place in 5:19.47.

Melanie Johncilla '05 finished in fifth place in the 200IM in 2:14.75 and Lewis captured a bronze medal in the 50 freestyle in 24.95. Earlier in the day, Lewis set the school record in the event with a time of 24.79 to earn the top seed in the trials.

The 400 medley relay team of Martyna Pospieszalska '06 Michele Hom '07, Lewis, and Cotcamp placed fourth in 4:06.84 to close out the evening's events.

Trials in the 400IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, and 100 backstroke get underway tomorrow at 10:30.

Day 1 Results

Day 1 Finals

Day 1 Trials

Swarthmore improved to 6-0 on the season with a 4-1 PAIAW victory at Albright.

Candice Cherk '07 moved up to No. 1 singles and easily dispatched Teresha Miller, 11-1, 11-3 while Jessica Larson '06 posted an identical score in a No. 2 breezing by Daniella Regits.

Katie Crawford fell at No. 3 in a close match to Jackie Kocher 11-9, 11-5.

Cherk and Larson teamed up to post a 15-5, 15-5 win at first doubles and Crawford and Mu Yang '07 paired up for a 15-4, 15-3 victory at No. 2. Results

Laura Popovics '08 scored 11 points and classmate Karen Berk added 10 points as the Garnet defeated the Shorewomen 63-43 on Senior Night in Tarble Pavilion.

The Garnet had ten different players score in the first half, shooting a season-high 56% from the field. Seniors Ali Wolff, Lauren Kett, and Kristen Lee combined for fourteen points and ten rebounds as the Garnet used a 11-0 run midway in the middle of the half to take a 27-12 lead.

Popovics brought the crowd to life at the end of the half, swishing a half-court buzzer beater to send Swarthmore into the locker room leading 38-18.

The Shorewomen (5-18, 3-12 CC) roared out of the locker room, using a 9-2 run to cut the lead to 40-27 Swarthmore with 14:37 on the clock.

The Garnet called timeout and quickly got the game under control. Berk finished off a nice lob from Cara Tigue '06, Jennifer Stevenson drained a three-pointer, Berk put home another bucket, and Lee swished one from beyond the arc to push the Swarthmore lead to 50-27 with 11:28 remaining.

The trademark Garnet defense, surrendering a Conference-leading 52 ppg., limited the Shorewomen to 32% shooting for the game, with Swarthmore moving closer to clinching a berth in the Centennial Conference playoffs.

Popovics shot four for nine from the field, including two three-pointers, and made her one free throw for eleven points. Berk collected a career-high four steals in the game, shooting three for five from the field and a perfect four for four from the line for her ten points.

Wolff added eight points and five rebounds in her final regular season home game. Lee, Stevenson, and Walters all chipped in seven points, while Kett added four points and a team-high six rebounds in her final regular season appearence at Tarble Pavilion.

Regina Barrett and Jeremy Cook led Washington with nine points apiece, while Lauren Duckworth grabbed a game-high seven rebounds.

A Swarthmore win or a F&M loss on Saturday will clinch a playoff berth for the Garnet, the fifth such appearance in six years.

The Garnet travel to Gettysburg on Saturday afternoon in a 4:00 p.m. match-up of the fourth and fifth place teams in the conference. Swarthmore holds a one-game lead over the Bullets in the race to host the first round conference playoff game. Swarthmore concludes their regular season on Tuesday, February 22nd at Haverford.

The Garnet picked up a 4-1 PAIAW victory over a shorthanded Bryn Athyn on Monday night at Tarble Pavilion.

Lacking the required number of women on its squad, Bryn Athyn had to forfeit four of five matches to the Garnet.

After the match had been decided the squads faced off in mixed singles and doubles exhibition matches. In singles action, Jess Larson '06 defeated Justin Rose 11-4, 11-1 and Abe Howland knocked off Shalako Umbach 15-6, 15-7.

In doubles, Candice Cherk '07 and Katie Crawford '07 fell to Malcom Smith and Ryan Rose 15-11, 15-3 and Mu Yang '07 and Maisha Howard '08 dropped a 15-4, 15-4 decision to Glen Garner and Sonia Samvers.

In the only match that counted towards the score, Lindsay Roth and Patricia Kelly fell to Amanda Rose and Jen Longstaff 15-10, 15-8.

Howland and Kannie Chim '07 dropped a doubles decision to Smith and Ryan Rose 15-11, 15-10 to close out the evening.

The Garnet travel to Albright on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Results

Dana Johns sank five three-pointers in the second half on her way to a game-high 25 points and a 62-51 Diplomats victory over Swarthmore on Saturday afternoon in Tarble Pavilion.

The Garnet took a 37-31 lead following a lay-up by Radiance Walters '06 off a feed from Jessica Fuhr '07 with 14:33 left in the game.

Johns quickly erased that advantage, draining three-pointers on consecutive possessions to tie the score at 37. Swarthmore quickly called a time-out and responded with a bucket from freshman Karen Berk at 12:59 to make it 39-37.

Johns, the leading scorer in the Centennial Conference (16.2 ppg.) coming into the game, rained in two more treys to give the Diplomats the lead, 43-39.

Fuhr nailed a free-throw line jumper at 10:45 to cut the lead to 45-41, but Maura Lentz answered with a three of her own to ignite a 12-6 F&M run. It would be another nine minutes before Swarthmore would score another field goal, a three-pointer from Jen Stevenson '06 with 1:47 remaining. By that time F&M had built a comfortable 58-47 lead, one which they never relinquished.

The Garnet quickly cut the lead to seven on quick buckets from Walters and Cara Tigue '06, but the Diplomats sank four out of five from the line to capture the season sweep of Swarthmore.

Johns ended up six for eight from three point land, handing out four assists and recording five steals in the process. Lauren Dodrill chipped in 11 points and 10 boards for the Diplomats (10-12, 8-7 CC), accumulating her Conference-leading 14th double-double of the season.

Walters led a balanced Garnet attack with nine points and five rebounds, while Fuhr, Berk, and Ali Wolff '05 added eight points apiece. Fuhr registered a career-high five assists as Swarthmore (13-9, 9-6 CC) slipped into a fourth-place tie with Gettysburg, a 70-65 winner over Washington College on Saturday afternoon.

The Garnet will host Washington on Wednesday night, the final regular season home game for Swarthmore's three seniors: Wolff, Kristen Lee, and Lauren Kett. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

Sarah Hobbs '06 broke her own record in the indoor mile crossing the finish line in a time of 5:16.67 at the Boston University Invitational. The time is the second fastest mile in the Centennial Conference this season.

Hobbs only trails Bryn Mawr's Joanna Simonis who posted a mile mark of 5:04.36.

Elizabeth Gardner '05 ran 1:01.70 in the 400 to post the second fastest Centennial Conference time this season. Gardner trails Muhlenberg's Danielle Seiler who posted a 1:01.43 last weekend. Gardner's time is the ninth best in school history.

The Garnet travel to Haverford for a meet on Monday at 6:30.