29 Records Broken, 13 Performances Qualify for NCAA Championships

GREENSBORO, N.C. --- Washington and Lee University captured its 24th overall and seventh straight ODAC swimming title after racking up 953 points over three days of competition in the 2014 ODAC Swimming Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.  The Generals won 10 events over the weekend, including two on Sunday during the meet’s final six races.

Emory & Henry College took home two major awards as Allison Fowler was tabbed the ODAC Swimmer of the Year and Michaela Nolte earned ODAC Rookie of the Year honors.  Sweet Briar College mentor Jason Gallaher was tabbed the ODAC Coach of the Year.  W&L’s Stephanie Foster earned ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year recognition, and Guilford College’s Morgan McKinnon garnered the Bonnie Kestner Sportsmanship Award.

Women’s Results     Men’s Results

Over the course of three days, 29 ODAC overall or meet records were set and/or reset as the 2014 championships proved to be arguably the fastest in conference history.  Additionally, 13 performances qualified underneath the NCAA Division III provisional “B” cut time.

Sunday’s preliminary and final rounds brought about eight record swims and four national qualifying finishes.  Emory & Henry figured in seven of those new standards. Nolte was individually responsible for three records as her efforts in the 200-yard breaststroke preliminary (2:23.10) and final (2:22.81) rounds twice established new ODAC overall benchmarks.  Her finals time marked a new championship record, while both swims eclipsed the B-cut.

Fellow Wasp Fowler twice set new championship records in the 200-yard butterfly.  In the prelims, she posted a time of 2:09.98, but her finals time of 2:22.81 bettered her morning effort and proved quicker than the NCAA B-cut.

E&H secured two more records in the meet’s final event.  The Wasps posted a time of 3:31.94 in the 400-yard free relay, snapping new ODAC overall and championship records in the process.

The day’s remaining record signaled a return to the winner’s circle by Sweet Briar College.  Megan Monahan out-paced the field in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:05.07, which marked the Vixens first event win since 2005.  Monahan’s time set a new ODAC meet record and bettered the NCAA B-cut.

Both of Washington and Lee’s event victories came via the freestyle stroke.  Elisabeth Holmes powered thru the long-distance 1,650-yard free in a time of 17:50.36, more than 22 seconds faster that the second place time.  In the 100-yard free, Elizabeth Hardy touched the wall first in 52.95 seconds, which came in less than a second shy of the NCAA B-cut standard.

Read the first day recap of the 2014 ODAC Swimming Championships
Read the second day recap of the 2014 ODAC Swimming Championships

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