The Ohio University Bobcats took advantage of strong performaces to grab a 10 point lead over Toledo after the third day of the 2008 MAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Eastern Michigan and Miami remained within striking distance heading into the final day of competition on Saturday. A link to each day's results can be accessed via REAL TIME link.
Story courtesy of University at Buffalo athletic media relations
BUFFALO, NY University at Buffalo women’s swimmer Andrea Lehner (Lockport, NY/Orchard Park) became the first UB athlete to win a MAC swim title since 2005 as she captured Friday’s 100-yard backstroke to highlight the Bulls’ efforts at the 2008 Mid-American Conference Championships at Alumni Arena Natatorium.
Lehner became UB’s first league champion since Jennefer Brankovsky’s three victories in the 2005 championships. Lehner caught two-time defending champion Emily Wylam of Ohio and morning heats record setter Alisha Yee of
Bowling Green in the final 10 yard to win the race, setting a UB school record. Lehner finished in 55.74 with Wylam second in 55.88 and Yee third in 55.94. Lehner set the school record in the morning heats (56.03) to qualify for the finals.
Yee broke the MAC, MAC Championship and UB pool records with her preliminary time of 55.50 on Friday morning. Eastern Michigan’s won her fourth consecutive 200-yard freestyle title on Friday night as the Eagles finished in the top three slots in the final.
Pilchard, who set MAC, MAC Championship and UB pool records with her NCAA automatic qualification mark of 1:46.33 in the morning preliminaries, lowered her time to 1:46.11 for the championship race. EMU’s Alissa Ricard (1:47.74) and Hannah Burandt (1:48.35) completed the sweep for the Eagles.
Miami’s Karen Frazier took home her second straight 100-yard breaststroke title. Frazier won the championship race in 1:03.18, earning an NCAA B cut and missing the UB pool record by eighth-hundredths of a second.
Toledo’s Meg Reissig won her second title in as many nights as she grabbed the 400-yard individual medley in 4:19.10. The clocking broke the MAC, MAC Championship and UB pool records and earned the Rochester, NY native an NCAA B cut. She won the 200-yard individual medley on Thursday night.
Ohio’s Rachel Heim won the 100-yard butterfly in 55.17 to help the Bobcats take the overall points lead away from Toledo who had led through the first two nights. Ohio teammate Amanda Cecere set the UB pool record of 55.06 in the preliminaries breaking a mark set in 1989 by future U.S. Olympian Jenny Thompson, when Thompson competed for the Seacoast Swim Association.
Eastern Michigan finished Friday’s portion of the meet with a UB pool record in their victory in the 400-yard medley relay in 3:44.63. The foursome consisted of Pilchard, Ashley Durand, Leeza Moser and Alissa Ricard. UB finished fifth in the race but also posted a school record time of 3:48.13. UB’s team included Lehner, Ashley Schaffert (Lockport,NY/Lockport), Sam Eckert (Eden, NY/Eden) and Sam Palma (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster).
Other UB entrants to score in the championship races included Eckert in the 100-yard butterfly, taking sixth in 55.91 and Rachel Sorg (Ottawa, Ontario/Canterbury) with her seventh-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke in 57.68. UB diver Meili Carpenter (Boulder, CO/Fairview) earned a spot in Saturday’s three-meter championship after finishing among the top eight competitors in Friday’s preliminaries. Competition concludes Saturday.
Team scores (after 13 events): Ohio 426.5, Toledo 416.5, Eastern Michigan 366, Miami 356, Buffalo 246, Bowling Green 244.5, Akron 166, Ball State 117.5.
Friday’s champions
400 individual medley: Meg Reissig (Toledo) 4:19.10
100 butterfly: Rachel Heim (Ohio) 55.17
200 freestyle: Maddy Pilchard (Eastern Michigan) 1:46.11
100 breaststroke: Karen Frazier (Miami) 1:03.18
100 backstroke: Andrea Lehner (Buffalo) 55.74
400 medley relay: Eastern Michigan (Maddy Pilchard, Ashley Durand, Leeza
Moser, Alissa Ricard) 3:44.63
Licensed to Univ. at Buffalo Athletics Hy-Tek's Meet Manager 2/22/2008 09:23 PM
Women's MAC Championship 2008 - 2/20/2008 to 2/23/2008
Results
Event 8 Women 400 Yard IM
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MAC: * 4:19.10 2/22/2008 Meg Reissig, Toledo
Pool: # 4:19.10 2/22/2008 Meg Reissig, Toledo
Meet Record: ! 4:19.10 2/22/2008 Meg Reissig, Toledo
4:15.63 AUTO
4:23.29 PROV
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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A - Final
1 Reissig, Meg SO Toledo-OH 4:24.78 4:19.10*PROV
28.13 31.85 31.69 31.60 37.56 38.21 30.25 29.81
2 Marion, Ashley JR Ohio-OH 4:27.49 4:23.08 PROV
28.91 32.73 33.00 33.21 37.14 38.09 30.17 29.83
3 Moser, Leeza SO EMU 4:28.68 4:24.36
27.80 31.91 33.78 33.10 38.83 39.05 30.46 29.43
4 Vehr, Kelsey FR Miami-OH 4:26.31 4:24.99
28.82 33.05 34.94 35.33 35.47 36.73 31.11 29.54
5 Hahn-Lawson, Michaela SR Ohio-OH 4:27.53 4:26.64
28.44 32.63 35.88 35.43 37.10 37.61 30.57 28.98
6 Albin, Kim SR Bowling Green 4:28.80 4:26.94
28.77 32.21 34.57 34.88 36.83 37.54 31.84 30.30
7 Cormack, Caitlin SO Toledo-OH 4:29.90 4:29.47
28.47 32.44 36.54 35.82 37.92 38.34 30.45 29.49
8 Salerno, Christa SR Toledo-OH 4:30.63 4:36.60
29.62 33.20 36.22 36.55 37.96 38.60 32.65 31.80
B - Final
9 Giancarli, Leah SO Ohio-OH 4:32.51 4:30.42
28.18 31.40 36.25 35.15 39.56 39.38 30.86 29.64
10 Ehresman, Mary SO Ball State 4:30.84 4:31.29
28.16 32.54 34.17 33.80 39.87 40.69 31.20 30.86
11 Dale, Kim SO Buffalo-NI 4:34.73 4:32.14
31.71 34.92 33.72 33.86 39.47 38.48 29.99 29.99
12 Huber, Stacey FR Ohio-OH 4:32.33 4:32.48
29.45 32.73 35.65 34.74 39.89 40.62 30.22 29.18
13 Traa, Hailee SO EMU 4:32.03 4:32.72
28.60 32.68 34.44 33.38 40.53 41.24 31.48 30.37
14 Brunn, Megan FR Miami-OH 4:34.56 4:33.26
29.68 34.32 35.42 35.12 38.30 37.81 32.17 30.44
15 Reynolds, Julie FR Akron-LE 4:35.58 4:33.47
29.92 33.44 35.18 34.95 38.52 38.78 32.07 30.61
16 Parr, Lauren SO Akron-LE 4:36.10 4:35.35
28.10 32.51 35.89 36.34 38.36 40.41 32.58 31.16
Preliminaries
17 Lonsdale, Chantelle JR EMU 4:37.28
18 Koopman, Alisa FR Buffalo-NI 4:38.78
19 Ploetz, Megan JR Ball State 4:38.94
20 Flaherty, Jennifer JR Miami-OH 4:39.33
21 Gingerich, Bekah JR Ball State 4:41.46
22 Robinson, Madelyn SO Akron-LE 4:43.57
23 Patterson, Meghan JR Ball State 4:44.01
24 Bullock, Sarah FR Miami-OH 4:45.69
25 Ingram, Catherine FR Ball State 4:45.80
-- Koplow, Taylor FR Miami-OH 4:34.15 X
-- Wohl, Jessica SO EMU 4:40.84 X
-- Johnson, Stella FR Ohio-OH 4:38.33 X
-- Simmons, Katie FR EMU 4:42.40 X
Event 9 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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MAC: * 54.21 2004 Milla Kuarto, Marshall
Pool: # 55.06 2/22/2008 Amanda Cecere, Ohio
Meet Record: ! 54.21 2004 Milla Kurto, Marshall
53.75 AUTO
55.36 PROV
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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A - Final
1 Heim, Rachel FR Ohio-OH 55.35 55.17 PROV
26.48 28.69
2 Carriaga, Michael SR Bowling Green 56.16 55.41
26.32 29.09
3 Cecere, Amanda FR Ohio-OH 55.06 55.43
26.08 29.35
4 Roddenbery, Nicole FR Miami-OH 56.73 55.47
25.55 29.92
5 Thompson, Amanda FR Toledo-OH 56.51 55.53
25.73 29.80
6 Eckert, Sam SO Buffalo-NI 56.68 55.91
26.01 29.90
7 Stephens, Kathyrn SR Miami-OH 56.56 56.27
26.26 30.01
8 Way, Allison SO Miami-OH 56.50 56.82
26.16 30.66
B - Final
9 Burston, Sarah FR Bowling Green 56.75 56.75
26.58 30.17
10 Destefano, Lindsey SR Ohio-OH 56.98 57.05
26.94 30.11
11 Harper, Liz FR Bowling Green 57.03 57.06
26.95 30.11
12 Gramelspacher, Maria FR Ball State 56.76 57.20
26.78 30.42
12 Kloosterman, Rachael SO Ohio-OH 56.82 57.20
27.15 30.05
14 Zafir, Lauren SO EMU 56.94 57.29
26.81 30.48
15 Hazelton, Shannon JR Toledo-OH 57.55 57.60
26.98 30.62
16 Palma, Sam SO Buffalo-NI 57.18 57.62
26.51 31.11
Preliminaries
17 Scharf, Catherine FR Buffalo-NI 57.86
18 Bulkowski, Emily JR Akron-LE 58.03
19 Koltz, Jessie FR Buffalo-NI 58.24
20 Torres, Elisa FR EMU 58.27
21 Marsteller, Tenley JR Miami-OH 58.72
22 Houck, Frankie SO Bowling Green 58.87
22 Enright, Carrie FR Bowling Green 58.87
24 Del Rio, Addison SR Ball State 58.99
25 Bombrys, Kylie SO Akron-LE 59.15
26 Bader, Alanna FR Ball State 59.27
27 Paul, Erika JR Ball State 59.31
28 Wolf, Brigid FR Akron-LE 59.56
29 Hipp, Lisa SR Bowling Green 59.74
30 Cullen, Joan FR Ball State 1:01.16
31 Johnson, Kelly SO Ball State 1:01.60
-- Wood, Summer JR EMU 58.53 X
-- Scharf, Andrea SR Buffalo-NI 1:04.27 X
-- Long, Jenna SO Miami-OH 1:00.85 X
-- Oliveri, Cassy SR Buffalo-NI 1:01.62 X
-- Sloneker, Leila FR Miami-OH 1:00.64 X
Event 10 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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MAC: * 1:46.11 2/22/2008 Maddy Pilchard, EMU -
Pool: # 1:46.11 2/22/2008 Maddy Pilchard, EMU -
Meet Record: ! 1:46.11 2/22/2008 Maddy Pilchard, EMU -
1:47.09 AUTO
1:50.30 PROV
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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A - Final
1 Pilchard, Maddy SR EMU 1:46.33 1:46.11*AUTO
24.68 27.14 27.21 27.08
2 Ricard, Alissa JR EMU 1:49.31 1:47.74 PROV
25.45 27.18 27.25 27.86
3 Burandt, Hannah JR EMU 1:49.22 1:48.35 PROV
25.43 26.90 27.47 28.55
4 Stevens, Allison JR Miami-OH 1:49.27 1:50.27 PROV
25.57 27.56 28.13 29.01
5 Woodard, Leah SR Toledo-OH 1:50.30 1:50.89
25.28 27.97 28.92 28.72
6 Petersen, Ilse SR Ohio-OH 1:50.75 1:50.90
25.90 27.88 28.57 28.55
7 Wright, Jen SR Bowling Green 1:51.65 1:51.58
26.19 28.03 28.72 28.64
8 Dyer, Jacy FR Toledo-OH 1:50.76 1:51.72
26.00 28.61 29.05 28.06
B - Final
9 Traylor, Amanda FR Ohio-OH 1:52.10 1:51.38
25.98 28.11 28.68 28.61
10 Bower, Chelsey SO Ohio-OH 1:52.29 1:52.12
25.47 28.33 29.11 29.21
11 Bezier, Kristen SR Miami-OH 1:52.32 1:52.19
26.39 28.68 28.43 28.69
12 French, Maggie JR Miami-OH 1:53.45 1:52.74
26.65 28.25 28.71 29.13
13 Sharkey, Renae FR Buffalo-NI 1:54.28 1:53.20
26.60 28.88 28.86 28.86
14 Heckroth, Laura FR Toledo-OH 1:53.39 1:53.42
26.04 28.35 29.46 29.57
15 Kehe, Sarah SO Ball State 1:53.66 1:53.94
43.35
16 Cholyk, Steph SO EMU 1:54.52 1:55.88
26.92 29.03 29.56 30.37
Preliminaries
17 Gary, Melissa SO Akron-LE 1:54.62
18 Bylsma, Katie FR Ball State 1:55.05
19 Telljohann, Sam SR Toledo-OH 1:55.23
20 Deren, Jordan FR Buffalo-NI 1:55.59
21 Olsen, Ashley FR Buffalo-NI 1:55.62
22 Hinkleman, Liz SR Toledo-OH 1:55.99
23 Huang, Michelle SR Ball State 1:56.41
24 Dominique, Brittany SR Toledo-OH 1:56.55
25 Lafferty, Meghan SR Buffalo-NI 1:56.77
26 Drozin, Caitlin SO Ohio-OH 1:57.02
27 Day, Emily SO Buffalo-NI 1:57.48
28 McCaulley, Karan SR Akron-LE 1:58.94
29 Rhoades, Erin FR EMU 1:59.29
30 Gregos, Julia SO Akron-LE 2:00.16
-- Slight, Laura FR Ball State 2:07.27 X
-- Gibson, Carly FR Miami-OH 1:56.66 X
-- Henry, Jensen FR Miami-OH 1:56.24 X
-- Carey, Jacky SR EMU 1:55.94 X
-- Kowalski, Sarah FR EMU 1:54.10 X
-- English, Hallie JR Ohio-OH 1:57.66 X
-- Friedli, Megan FR Toledo-OH 1:54.88 X
-- Swank, Katie FR Miami-OH 1:56.18 X
-- Souza, Carine JR Ohio-OH 1:57.05 X
Event 11 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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MAC: * 1:02.19 2007 Karen Frazier, Miami
Pool: # 1:03.10 1993 Carwai Seto, Princeton
Meet Record: ! 1:02.86 1997 Line Nyman, Ohio
1:01.85 AUTO
1:03.70 PROV
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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A - Final
1 Frazier, Karen SO Miami-OH 1:03.26 1:03.18 PROV
29.31 33.87
2 Gamelier, Kylie JR Toledo-OH 1:03.44 1:03.56 PROV
29.75 33.81
3 Carson, Sheila SO EMU 1:04.37 1:04.45
30.10 34.35
4 Durand, Ashley JR EMU 1:04.44 1:04.80
30.36 34.44
5 Vehr, Kelsey FR Miami-OH 1:04.56 1:04.86
30.75 34.11
6 Allard, Chelsea FR EMU 1:04.84 1:04.92
30.76 34.16
7 Zielinski, Steph SO Akron-LE 1:05.36 1:05.51
30.60 34.91
8 Brunn, Megan FR Miami-OH 1:05.79 1:06.10
31.39 34.71
B - Final
9 Schaffert, Ashley SO Buffalo-NI 1:05.93 1:05.03
30.70 34.33
10 Vaca, Christina SR Bowling Green 1:06.05 1:05.65
30.51 35.14
11 Breen, Amanda JR Toledo-OH 1:06.44 1:06.06
31.63 34.43
12 White, Katie SO Toledo-OH 1:06.71 1:06.13
30.95 35.18
13 Hayden, Lindsey JR EMU 1:06.55 1:06.53
31.67 34.86
14 Kolar, Lindsey FR EMU 1:06.31 1:07.05
31.15 35.90
15 Baratto, Cheri JR Akron-LE 1:06.46 1:07.37
31.74 35.63
16 Jackson, Katie FR Toledo-OH 1:06.90 1:07.38
31.47 35.91
Preliminaries
17 Harger, Lauren JR Ball State 1:06.93
18 Iversen, Paige JR Miami-OH 1:06.99
19 Kravitz, Molly SR Ohio-OH 1:07.25
20 Schaefer, Allison SO Ohio-OH 1:07.34
21 Hurst, Emily SO Ball State 1:07.42
22 Richardson, Meg SO Bowling Green 1:07.44
23 Ingram, Catherine FR Ball State 1:08.15
24 Craft, Jasmine FR Akron-LE 1:08.22
-- Wulf, Ashley SO Ohio-OH 1:07.15 X
-- Vaughn, Sarah JR Ohio-OH 1:06.40 X
-- Johnson, Christine FR Buffalo-NI 1:09.71 X
-- Parker, Jennifer SR Toledo-OH 1:13.02 X
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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MAC: * 55.30 2/22/2008 Alisha Yee, Bowling Green
Pool: # 55.30 2/22/2008 Alisha Yee, Bowling Green
Meet Record: ! 55.30 2/22/2008 Alisha Yee, Bowling Green
54.38 AUTO
56.01 PROV
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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A - Final
1 Lehner, Andrea SO Buffalo-NI 56.03 55.74 PROV
27.29 28.45
2 Wylam, Emily SR Ohio-OH 55.96 55.88 PROV
27.20 28.68
3 Yee, Alisha JR Bowling Green 55.30 55.94 PROV
26.11 29.83
4 Jordan, Sami JR Bowling Green 57.19 56.33
27.50 28.83
5 Rico, Mallory SR Ohio-OH 56.87 56.97
27.55 29.42
6 Heim, Rachel FR Ohio-OH 57.92 57.43
28.34 29.09
7 Sorg, Rachel JR Buffalo-NI 57.47 57.68
28.11 29.57
8 Karchner, Kendall SO Akron-LE 57.82 58.32
28.87 29.45
B - Final
9 Schmidt, Malarie JR Miami-OH 58.28 57.56
27.90 29.66
10 Schmidt, Alyson JR Miami-OH 58.26 57.84
28.25 29.59
11 Hazelton, Shannon JR Toledo-OH 58.04 57.86
27.88 29.98
12 Ballard, Jessica SO Buffalo-NI 58.05 58.16
28.07 30.09
13 Simsolo, Sigal SR Ohio-OH 58.20 58.52
28.65 29.87
14 Wichert, Lauren SR Akron-LE 58.87 58.63
28.46 30.17
15 Cusak, Ashley SO Toledo-OH 58.99 59.34
28.30 31.04
16 Roddenbery, Nicole FR Miami-OH 58.93 59.96
28.92 31.04
Preliminaries
17 Frohman, Cara SO Toledo-OH 59.07
18 Morgan, Tracy FR EMU 59.53
19 Paul, Erika JR Ball State 59.62
20 Nemeth, Jennifer JR Miami-OH 59.81
21 Marsteller, Tenley JR Miami-OH 59.82
22 Lee Ha, Cat JR EMU 59.85
23 Del Rio, Addison SR Ball State 59.89
24 Reilly, Caitlin SO Buffalo-NI 1:00.06
25 O'Connor, Brit SR Bowling Green 1:00.11
26 Bader, Alanna FR Ball State 1:00.74
27 Rowan, Catherine SR Buffalo-NI 1:00.90
28 Davidson, Kimi SR Akron-LE 1:01.92
29 Torres, Elisa FR EMU 1:01.93
30 Bankovich, Brittany FR Akron-LE 1:01.96
-- Zuchowski, Anna FR Ball State 1:01.09 X
-- Kanpol, Maia FR Ball State 1:01.53 X
-- Oliveri, Cassy SR Buffalo-NI 59.84 X
-- Powalski, Laura SO Buffalo-NI 1:01.85 X
-- Connor, Lindsey SR Ohio-OH 1:00.02 X
Event 13 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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MAC: * 3:44.15 2000 Ohio
Pool: # 3:44.63 2/22/2008 Eastern Michigan University, EMU -
M Pilchard, A Durand, L Moser, A Ricard
Meet Record: ! 3:44.15 2000 Ohio
3:38.02 AUTO
3:44.56 PROV
School Seed Finals
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1 Eastern Michigan University 3:53.04 3:44.63#
1) Pilchard, Maddy SR 2) Durand, Ashley JR
3) Moser, Leeza SO 4) Ricard, Alissa JR
26.86 55.43 29.63 1:04.00 25.68 55.55 23.34 49.65
2 University of Toledo-OH 3:50.19 3:45.00
1) Reissig, Meg SO 2) Gamelier, Kylie JR
3) Thompson, Amanda FR 4) Dyer, Jacy FR
27.12 55.28 29.45 1:03.62 24.79 55.20 24.32 50.90
3 Ohio University-OH 3:51.94 3:46.04
1) Wylam, Emily SR 2) Hahn-Lawson, Michaela SR
3) Cecere, Amanda FR 4) Petersen, Ilse SR
27.35 56.07 30.48 1:04.36 25.25 54.73 24.12 50.88
4 Miami University-OH 3:48.68 3:46.68
1) Schmidt, Malarie JR 2) Frazier, Karen SO
3) Roddenbery, Nicole FR 4) Stevens, Allison JR
27.65 57.24 29.02 1:03.13 25.11 56.04 23.66 50.27
5 University at Buffalo-NI 3:53.96 3:48.13
1) Lehner, Andrea SO 2) Schaffert, Ashley SO
3) Eckert, Sam SO 4) Palma, Sam SO
27.45 56.20 30.24 1:04.83 25.72 55.83 23.83 51.27
6 Bowling Green State Univ. 3:56.48 3:48.22
1) Yee, Alisha JR 2) Vaca, Christina SR
3) Carriaga, Michael SR 4) Wright, Jen SR
27.10 56.20 16.62 1:04.98 25.92 56.06 24.24 50.98
7 The University of Akron-LE 3:56.75 3:53.07
1) Karchner, Kendall SO 2) Baratto, Cheri JR
3) Bulkowski, Emily JR 4) Zielinski, Steph SO
28.77 58.20 31.35 1:07.45 26.20 56.68 23.86 50.74
8 Ball State University 3:57.68 3:58.71
1) Del Rio, Addison SR 2) Harger, Lauren JR
3) Gramelspacher, Maria FR 4) Huang, Michelle SR
28.90 59.88 30.46 1:06.57 27.02 59.09 25.21 53.17
Event 311 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke Time Trial
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1:01.85 AUTO
1:03.70 PROV
Name Year School Seed Finals
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- Time Trial
1 Kravitz, Molly SR Ohio-OH NT 1:07.79
32.15 35.64
Event 312 Women 100 Yard Backstroke Time Trial
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54.38 AUTO
56.01 PROV
Name Year School Seed Finals
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1 Morgan, Tracy FR EMU NT 58.24
27.96 30.28
2 Souza, Carine JR Ohio-OH NT 59.30
28.60 30.70
3 Connor, Lindsey SR Ohio-OH NT 59.95
28.69 31.26