The women fought a tough field this year at the New England Men's and Women's Conference Swimming Championships. They finished third behind MIT, Springfield and US Coast Guard. Some of the highlights include -
Day 1
The first event of the competition was the 200 Freestyle Relay. The women finished 3rd 1:37.14 (Steph Perkins, Dania Piscetta, Elle Van Cott, Nicole Zais)
There were 3 scores in the 50 freestyle (Dania Piscetta 2nd 24.07, Nicole Zais 11th 25.04, Steph Perkins 13th 25.11)
The womens 400 Medley Relay team finished 2nd 3:59.52 (Elle Van Cott, Nicole Zais, Taryn Brosnan, Dania Piscetta)
Day 2
The women started the evening with a 3rd place finish in 200 Medley Relay 1:49.18 (Elle Van Cott, Nicole Zais, Sara Hollar, Steph Perkins)
The 400 IM found Caroline Isaacs breaking her own school record by 4 seconds to finish 5th 4:43.31 and Alisha Wilson dropping 3 seconds from her preliminary swim to finish 13th 4:52.54
Sara Hollar broke a minute in the 100 fly to finish 10th 59.86
Nicole Zais grabbed 2nd in the 100 breaststroke 1:06.82, Steph Perkins was 9th, Kirstie Parkinson 10th 1:09.94 and Nina Lanctot 15th 1:10.15 (prelims)
Elle Van Cott snagged the school record in the 100 backstroke on Day 1 of competition in the Medley Relay 1:00.31 and Dana Auger was right by her with a blistering 1:01.70 on the B Relay team. In the individual event they finished 5th and 12th
Day 3
The final day of competition was highlighted with three amazing swims. Elle Van Cott finished 12th in the 200 backstroke 2:13.65, Nicole Zais chased down her title in final leg of the 200 breaststroke, out touching MIT for the win 2:22.96. Sara Hollar then went on to finish 7th in the 200 fly with a smoking-fast-2:12.71
It was a great weekend. Congratulations ladies!
Stay tuned for NCAA results.
Wheaton College Swimming and Diving
