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
