Saturday, February 16, 2013

NESCAC's Day 2: New 100 Fly, 100 Breast, 200 Free, & 800 Free Relay Records

Shelby Friel '13 finished 7th in the 100 butterfly.

Sophomore Audrey Butler, Junior Emily Johnson, and Senior Shelby Friel, all reached the podium on day two of the women's NESCAC Championship meet. Butler swam a lifetime best by over a second in the 100 breaststroke. Her time of 1:06.14 was a new varsity record and earned her a spot in the A Final where she took 8th place. This was improvement from her 11th place finish last season. The 100 breaststroke also marked Butler's third trip to the podium after finishing 6th in the 50 breaststroke, and 8th as part of the 400 medley relay on Friday night. Senior Shelby Friel also made it into the A Final for the 100 butterfly. Her time of 58.06 established a new varsity record and earned her 7th place in the NESCAC, an improvement from her 9th place finish a season ago, and the highest finish of her career. Her finals time was a lifetime best by over 7 tenths.
 
Bantams cheer Senior Shelby Friel to a new 100 fly record.

The bantams closed out the second day of competition with another varsity relay record. The women's 800 free relay shaved exactly 5 seconds off of the previous record. The relay team of Friel, Moroney, Jensen, and Haron had a time of 7:54.53. This improved the previous record of 7:59.53 set in 2010 by the relay team of Friel, Haron, Albino, and Cote. Friel's lead off leg of the 800 relay was also a new varsity record. Her time 1:56.29 in the 200 shattered the the previous record, which she held, by almost two full seconds. Other highlights of the day included Chloe Miller, Daisy Letendre, and Joanna Wycech all making finals in the 400IM. Letendre and Wycech both achieved life time best times in the evening finals.  Way to go Bants!

Audrey Butler '15 finished 8th in the 100 breaststroke.



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