W&L and R-MC Win Three Events Each, Babington Qualifies for Nationals

Full Meet Results thru Saturday
ODAC-only Results thru Saturday

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. --- Washington and Lee University extended its lead at the ODAC/Atlantic States Swimming Championships on Saturday, winning three events to help open up a 156-point advantage over Randolph-Macon College.  The Yellow Jackets also won three events, while Greensboro College claimed the remaining top finish.

The swim of the day came from Randolph-Macon’s Tracilyn Babington on Saturday morning during the preliminaries of the 100-yard breaststroke.  Babington placed first in the overall preliminary with a time of 1:06.05, good enough to eclipse the NCAA B-cut qualifying mark of 1:06.57 and set a new ODAC record in the event.  She went on to the win the event in the finals that evening with a time of 1:06.60.  Teammate Kellianne Mullin finished third (1:10.45).  W&L’s Dana Fredericks (1:07.94) and Erin Schwartz (1:12.07) placed second and fourth, and Sweet Briar College’s Marian Huber (1:13.27) touched out in fifth.  Bridgewater College, which took home the most points in the event, saw Jeni Zeiler (1:14.78), Jennifer Lutz (1:17.15) and Laura Aldstadt (1:20.94) grab places 6-8.

Saturday’s finals began with W&L’s Jocelyn Cassada, Fredericks, Brittany Ross, and Izzy Brassfield claiming the 200-yard medley relay title with a time of 1:50.90.  Randolph-Macon (1:52.17) finished second with Sweet Briar (2:00.89) coming in third. 

Greensboro’s Emma Phillips out-paced the field by 10.3 seconds in winning the 400-yard individual medley with at time of 4:39.16.  The Generals’ Miche Szymczak, who won the preliminary round, touched the wall in 1:49.46 to place second.  Teammate Krista Camp (4:53.66) came in third and Randolph-Macon’s Brianna Lovell (4:55.82) finished in fourth.

Washington and Lee dominated the 100-yard butterfly by posting the top five times in the finals.  Ross (59.85) won the event, and was followed by Lauren Kasoff (1:01.45), Rebecca Guynn (1:02.58), Stephanie Krasnov (1:02.98) and Rebecca Lawrence (1:03.54).

Randolph-Macon and Washington and Lee commanded the first 10 places in the 200-yard freestyle, with the Yellow Jackets securing three of the top four.  Sarah Almond won her second event of the meet with a time of 1:57.24, and was joined by fellow Jackets Rebecca Stevenson (1:58.54) and Lizzy Buckley (1:59.70) in third and fourth place, respectively.  The Generals’ Delaney Rolfe (1:58.30) finished second, while Brassfield (2:00.73) placed sixth and Joan Hudak (2:01.53), Lauren Starnes (2:02.20), Kelly Ross (2:01.97) and Ann McCampbell (2:02.28) sat 7-10.  R-MC’s Ellie Shea (2:00.98) collected the remaining top-10 spot in sixth place.

Cassada and Tess Hayden recorded the top two times in the 100-yard backstroke with marks of 59.71 and 1:00.65, respectively.  R-MC’s Elizabeth Plowman (1:01.06) finished third, while Bridgewater’s Carrie Crowther (1:04.02) and Sweet Briar’s Melissa Simpson (1:04.37) placed fourth and fifth, sequentially.

The 800-yard freestyle relay marked the final event of the day.  Randolph-Macon’s Buckley, Stevenson, Plowman and Almond teamed to win the event in a time of 7:58.04.  The Generals (8:06.89) came in second and the Vixens (8:33.34) finished third.

Preliminaries for the final set of six events begin at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday morning.  The finals for those events begin at 5:30 that evening.  To follow along as events finish, click on the Meet Results button on the ODAC Swimming Championship website.

For more information, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the ODAC's home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com.

TEAM STANDINGS (thru Saturday)