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.: Virginia Tech Wins 129-73 Over Radford

BLACKSBURG, Va. , October 21st, 2006

Meet Results

The Virginia Tech women's H2Okies defeated Radford, Friday, 129-73. The team won all 13 events of the meet, held in Radford's Dedmon Center Natatorium.

Tech's Courtney Walsh swam a pool-record-breaking 100-yard freestyle during the meet. She clocked in first at 55.16, smashing the previous record of 56.69. It was the second individual-event win of the night for Walsh, who also took home the top spot in the 200-yard freestyle.

Rebecca Horning also had a two-event night for Tech. The junior touched the wall in 25.30 for the win in the 50-yard freestyle, while also taking the 100-yard butterfly in 59.22. Julia Bradford was the third Hokie with a double-event win for the evening. Bradford swept both boards, winning the 1-meter with 206.92 points, followed by the 3-meter with 200.40 points.

Tech was the fastest team in both relay events. The relay squad of Jordan McHorney, Morgan Kowalchuk, Horning and Walsh pooled their talents for a 1:51.29 win in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Julie Sablik, McHorney, Claire Dickey and Sara Shapiro combined in the 200-yard freestyle rely for the top spot. Their time totaled 1:42.14.

Other event winners for the night were Lauren Dillon in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:55.11), Dickey in the 200-yard individual medley (2:11.36), Sarah Ameen in the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.21), Beth Byrum in the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.38) and Kowalchuk in the 100-yard breaststroke event (1:09.03).

Nine members of the women's swimming and diving squad continue to compete in the SMU Swim Classic tomorrow, while the entire team will rejoin for the Virginia Quad Meet, Oct. 27-28.