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January 27, 2008
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Wellesley Wins Seven Sisters Swimming and Diving Championship

Northampton, MA: For the eleventh consecutive year the Wellesley Blue took home the championship with a team total of 1126.5. The Blue were able to win 9 of the 20 events of the championship. Vassar College and Smith College battled hard for third place, with Vassar edging out the Pioneers by a score of 891.5 to 715. Mount Holyoke College finished in fourth place with a score of 407 and a young Bryn Mawr College squad came in fifth place with 344 points.

Day two of the championship featured seven events, three of which had new meet records set. Shanti Freitas, of Smith College, began the day winning the 3-meter diving event in route to setting a new meet record of 511.45. The previous record had been 422.55, set in 1996. Marly Pineda, also of Smith, began the swimming session of the day by winning the 1650 free with a time of 18:12:32, breaking the meet record she had previously set. Additionally, Pineda took the 200 fly with a time of 2:13:13. In the 200 back, Emily Love of Vassar, took home first place with a time of 2:10:68 edging out her previously set meet record of 2:10:98.

Wellesley took first place in the three other events of the day. Cathy Poon won the 100 free with a time of 55:53. The 200 breast was won by Jenny Wu, with a time of 2:31:44. The Blue also won the last event of the championship, the 400 free relay, with a time of 3:46:94. The relay team consisted of Wu, Dana Dutton, Poon, and Savanna Johnson.

Seven Sisters Swimming and Diving All-Tournament Team
(*Asterisk denotes meet record)

200 Free Relay    Cathy Poon, Becky Hanna, Dana Dutton, Savanna Johnson
                               Wellesley 1:43:41

500 Free               Marly Pineda
                               Smith 5:16:29

200 IM                  Jenny Wu
                              Welleseley 2:16:42

50 Free                Cathy Poon
                              Wellesley 25:06

400 Medley Relay  Jenny Wu, Savanna Johnson, Hilary Gram, Dana Dutton
                              Wellesley 4:13:94

1 meter diving      Shanti Freitas
                               Smith 438.00*

200 Medley Relay  Emily Love, Allison Koenker, Jess Lentner, Jordana Jantze
                                Vassar 1:58:91

400 IM                  Marly Pineda
                             Smith 4:46:96

100 Fly                 Lily Seidman
                            Smith 1:02:05

200 Free             Emily Love
                            Vassar 1:58:12

100 Breast          Savanna Johnson
                            Wellesley 1:10:00

100 Back            Emily Love 
                            Vassar 1:01:27

800 Free Relay   Alex Simas, Emilie Mitten, Dana Dutton, Jenny Wu
                            Wellesley 8:17:41

3 meter diving   Shanti Freitas
                            Smith 511.45*

1650 Free         Marly Pineda
                           Smith 18:12:32*

200 Back           Emily Love
                           Vassar 2:10:68*

100 Free          Cathy Poon
                          Wellesley 55:53

200 Breast      Jenny Wu
                          Wellesley 2:31:44

200 Fly            Marly Pineda
                         Smith 2:13:13

400 Free relay   Jenny Wu, Dana Dutton, Cathy Poon, Savanna Johnson
                         Wellesley 3:46:94



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