Women's Swimming Kicks Past CCSU, 165-94
Complete Results
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (Oct. 12, 2013) - Twelve first-place finishes, including three from senior
Tamara Garriock (Duncan, British Columbia, Canada), led to the LIU Post women's swimming team overwhelming Central Connecticut State, 165-94, Saturday afternoon at the Jack Suydam Natatorium in New Britain, Conn.
Along with her three individual wins, Garriock was also a member of the LIU Post 200-yard medley relay "A" team that took first place with a time of 1:47.85 in the first event of the afternoon. Also on the relay were junior
Johanna Pettersson (Kungalv, Sweden) and sophomores
Joyce Kwok (Middle Village, N.Y.) and
Meghan Brazier (West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).
The Pioneer "B" squad took second-place in the event with a time of 1:51.78. Members of this relay team were sophomores
Seren Jones (Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom) and
Marthe Soerensen (Stavanger, Norway), senior
Chelcee Hew (Savage, Minn.), and junior
Courtney Delehanty (Oceanport, N.J.).
In the other relay event of the day, the 400-yard freestyle relay, Soerensen, Delehanty, Jones, and Brazier teamed up to secure the first-place victory with a time of 3:40.97.
Garriock's three first-place finishes came in the 200-yard individual medley and 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes. In the 200 IM, Garriock slapped the wall after a time of 1:07.29, just barely edging out Pettersson, who finished with a time of 2:09.57, replacing Hew for fifth on the Pioneer Top-5 Times. Garriock's clockings of 1:07.29 and 2:26.46 in the breaststroke events bested Hew's second-place times of 1:10.30 and 2:33.63 in the events.
In the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events, Pettersson came out on top with times of 58.70, and 2:04.73, respectively. Brazier was second to Pettersson in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.62, while Kwok followed Pettersson in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:07.96.
Also registering two individual first-place finishes was Kwok in the butterfly events. In the 100-yard butterfly, she registered a NCAA 'B' cut time of 56.14, just ahead of her 'B' cut time of 56.20 she recorded at Wagner (Oct. 5). Her time of 2:04.39 was also good for a 'B' cut time in the 200-yard butterfly.
Brazier added a first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 54.02, while junior
Malin Hedberg (Vasteras, Sweden) captured the final first-place finish for the Pioneers with her time of 5:22.05 in the 500-yard freestyle.
Next up for the Pioneers is a trip to Flushing, N.Y. on Wednesday, Oct. 30 to take on Queens. The meet is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.