Swimming: Men 2nd, Women 5th at Notre Dame
December 05, 2004 04:12 PM | General
December 5, 2004
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The West Virginia University men’s swimming and diving team finished second and the women climbed one spot to finish fifth at the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind., on Saturday, Dec. 4.
The Mountaineer men ended the three-day meet with 1,116 points putting them ahead of nine teams and only behind host Notre Dame in the final standings. The women used a strong effort on the final day of competition to finish with 864 points.
“Tonight the Mountaineers showed a lot of heart,” said head coach Sergio Lopez. “We had breakthrough performances from our upperclassmen and underclassmen alike."
One swimmer who had a huge day was freshman Erin Tudor. Tudor won the 100-free event in a time of 52.16 seconds. The time marked a career best for her.
Tudor also led off the 400-free relay that finished third on the evening. Tudor, Livia Cascao, Bonnie Sutton and Tina Gabrilo combined to finish the race in 3:40.31, which was eight seconds faster than their previous season best.
Although the men did not win any events on the final day of competition several Mountaineers put up several impressive performances.
Freshman Pablo Marmolejo finished second in the 200 fly with a season best time of 1:48.46.
Two men finished third in events. Senior Matt Drozd took third in the 100 free with a time of 45.91 seconds and senior Arda Kostem took third in the 200 breast with a time of 2:06.23.
Through Saturday’s swimming 22 Mountaineers have already qualified to participate in the BIG EAST Championship.
Both teams return to action on Saturday, Jan. 8, when they travel to Pittsburgh, Pa., to face BIG EAST rival Pitt at 11 a.m.
Final Standings
Men:
1. Notre Dame, 2709.5
2. West Virginia, 1,116
3. Columbia 964
4. Denver, 939
5. Denison, 727.5
6. Truman State, 668.5
7. Indianapolis, 521
8. Wisconsin-Green Bay, 469.5
9. Shippensburg, 224
10. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 139
11. Saint Louis, 54
Women:
1. Truman State, 1709
Denver, 1,443.5
3. Bowling Green, 1,186
4. Denison, 915.5
5. West Virginia, 864
6. Indianapolis, 591.5
7. Wisconsin-Green Bay, 573
8. Saint Louis, 514
9. Hillsdale, 250.5
10. Shippensburg, 230
11. Northern Michigan, 225
12. Notre Dame (divers only), 216
13. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 195
