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Wildcats Finish Second in 800 Freestyle Relay on Second Day of Competition at Big Al Open
Dec. 4, 2011
Saturday's Preliminary Results
PRINCETON, N.J.--In the final event contested on Saturday night Villanova raced to a second place finish in the 800 yard freestyle relay and the Wildcats stand in fifth place out of nine teams entering the final day of competition in the Big Al Open at DeNunzio Pool, a three-day meet being hosted by Princeton this weekend.
In the 800 free relay the lineup of freshman Katrin Heider (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), juniors Natalie Elphick (Durban, South Africa) and Roxy Tammadge (Durban, South Africa) and freshman Sara Jurek (Gilbert, Ariz.) registered a time of 7:30.70 and finished less than 1.5 seconds off the winning time set by a Princeton quartet. Heider led off the relay with the fastest split for Villanova with a time of 1:51.59.
Heider swam the 200 free three times on Saturday and had a range of less than half a second in the times she registered. She placed fourth in the "A" final of the individual 200 free with a time of 1:51.48 in the finals after earlier placing second in the preliminaries, when she touched the wall in 1:51.14. Elphick and Tammadge reached the "B" final of the 200 free and placed 10th (1:53.03) and 14th (1:54.34), respectively. Meanwhile, Jurek (19th, 1:54.21) and junior Hayley Edwards (Pilesgrove, N.J.) advanced to the "C" final. Edwards came in 23rd with a time of 1:57.04 in the finals.
Both Edwards and junior Leigh Anne Patterson (Cherry Hill, N.J.) qualified for the "A" final in the 400 individual medley. Edwards came in third (4:27.95) and Patterson fifth (4:28.98) and they each moved up from their standing following the preliminaries. Edwards stood in fourth place and Patterson in eighth after their first swims on Saturday morning.
Senior Yolana Du Plessis (Boksburg, South Africa) came in sixth in the "A" final of the 100 backstroke. She recorded times of 57.13 in the finals and 56.81 in the preliminaries, when she placed fourth overall.
The Wildcats also recorded a fifth place finish in the 200 medley relay, in which the quartet of Du Plessis, junior Erin Malone (Sydney, Australia), Edwards and Heider had a time of 1:46.47. Malone was making her season debut for Villanova and also registered an 11th place individual finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.09 in the finals.
The one-meter diving competition was also held on Saturday and senior Amanda DiMarco (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) scored team points for the Wildcats with a 13th place finish and a score of 222.45 points. Sophomores Lauren Brown (Schnecksville, Pa.) and Michelle Hall (North Andover, Mass.) also competed and placed 29th and 35th, respectively.
The schedule on Sunday at DeNunzio Pool features preliminaries beginning at 10 a.m. and finals starting at 5 p.m. Events to be contested on Sunday are the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and the 400 free relay.
NOTES: In the individual swimming events the top 24 competitors in the preliminaries advance to the finals and are grouped into eight entries each in an "A", "B" or "C" level final.
COMPLETE VILLANOVA RESULTS
Team Scores
Villanova 5th of 9 316 Points 200 Yard Medley Relay
Villanova `A' 5th of 18 1:46.47 Yolana Du Plessis 27.06 Erin Malone 29.11 Hayley Edwards 26.64 Katrin Heider 23.66 400 Yard Individual Medley
PRELIMINARIES Hayley Edwards 4th of 33 4:28.48 Leigh Anne Patterson 8th 4:31.63 Lindsey Hagens 11th 4:32.49 Summer Cook 15th 4:34.41 Kate Koch 29th 4:44.23 FINAL "A" Hayley Edwards 3rd of 8 4:27.95 Leigh Anne Patterson 5th 4:28.98 FINAL "B" Lindsey Hagens 10th 4:32.26 Summer Cook 12th 4:33.11 100 Yard Butterfly
PRELIMINARIES Kate Koch 27th of 41 59.22 Clara Bracy 28th 59.44 Kayra Zsiga 33rd 1:00.00 Claire Aksamit 37th 1:01.05 200 Yard Freestyle
PRELIMINARIES Katrin Heider 2nd of 45 1:51.14 Natalie Elphick 12th 1:53.82 Roxy Tammadge 14th 1:53.96 Sara Jurek 17th 1:54.09 Hayley Edwards 20th 1:55.06 Sarah Aemisegger 31st 1:57.94 Claire Aksamit 33rd 1:58.64 Clara Bracy 40th 2:01.20 Mikah Schlesinger 41st 2:01.33 Kayra Zsiga 42nd 2:02.25 FINAL "A" Katrin Heider 4th of 8 1:51.48 FINAL "B" Natalie Elphick 10th 1:53.03 Roxy Tammadge 14th 1:54.34 FINAL "C" Sara Jurek 19th 1:54.21 Hayley Edwards 23rd 1:57.04 100 Yard Breaststroke
PRELIMINARIES Erin Malone 9th of 37 1:05.18 Laura McGlaughlin 11th 1:05.95 Yolana Du Plessis 17th 1:06.60 Lindsey Hagens 30th 1:10.09 FINAL "B" Erin Malone 11th 1:05.09 Laura McGlaughlin 12th 1:05.28 100 Yard Backstroke
PRELIMINARIES Yolana Du Plessis 4th of 33 56.81 Mikah Schlesinger 20th 1:00.30 FINAL "A" Yolana Du Plessis 6th of 8 57.13 FINAL "C" Mikah Schlesinger 22nd 1:00.13 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
Villanova `A' 2nd of 14 7:30.70 Katrin Heider 1:51.59 Natalie Elphick 1:52.49 Roxy Tammadge 1:53.19 Sara Jurek 1:53.43 1 Meter Diving
PRELIMINARIES Amanda DiMarco 13th of 37 222.45 Lauren Brown 29th 179.85 Michelle Hall 35th 139.00 |
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