Virginia Quad Meet Day 2
After winning six events on the first night of the weekend quad meet at Virginia, the Penn State women's swimming and diving team picked up five more first-place finishes on day two on Saturday and won all three of the dual meets with the other three teams at the meet. Over the two-day event at Virginia, the Nittany Lion women finished first in 11 out of the 19 events that were contested and swept Clemson (245.5-107.5), Virginia (192-161) and Virginia Tech (243-110). . The Virginia women recorded conference wins over Clemson 226-127 and Virginia Tech 217-136. The Tech women got by Clemson 156-197.
The Virginia men defeated ACC rivals Clemson 202-149, and Virginia Tech 206.5-146.5 and Penn State 229-124. Clemson's men defeated Virginia Tech 191-162 and Penn State 201-152.
Day two of the meet started off with the 200 medley relay team of Penn State winning in 1:44.94, which gave the women a sweep in both medley relay events after also winning the 200 medley relay last night. Myers, Nelson and Crispell both swam on both medley relay first place teams while Hoisington replaced Lyndsey Smith in the 200 this morning.
The Cavalier women's team won two events on the day. Stephanie Glover (Raleigh, N.C.) won the 100 Butterfly in a time of 56.17. Virginia also won the 400 Free Relay, as the team of Katy Bland (Raleigh, N.C.), Glover, Amber Bialas (Virginia Beach, Va.), and Jess Lewis (Allentown, Pa.) won in 3:27.17
PSU's Nikki Collins won her second event of the quad meet as she came in first in the 1000 freestyle in 9:56.89. It was her third first place finish of the year and her second in the 1000.
After winning the 200 IM last night, Kaitlin O'Brien won two more events on Saturday, making it a clean sweep in the individual medley events by winning the 400 IM and also adding the 200 breaststroke as a win. O'Brien won the 400 IM in an NCAA 'B' provisional time of 4:19.81 and her winning time in the 200 breast was 2:18.05. O'Brien's NCAA 'B' cut was the fifth NCAA 'B' time of the weekend for the Nittany Lion women. Kailey Morris finished second behind O'Brien in the 400 IM in 4:24.79 and in the 200 breast, Clare Clemens placed fourth in 2:19.77.
In the 200 freestyle, Molly Crispell captured first place in 1:51.12, giving her three first place finishes in the meet as well after she was also a part of both first place medley relay teams. Nikki Collins, Jessica Barnes and Sarah Baker finished fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, behind Crispell in the 200 free.
In the final women's event of the day, the 400 freestyle relay team of Nelson, Crispell, Karie Haglund, and Myers finished second in 3:28.31. Other highlights for the women included a strong performance in the 100 backstroke as freshmen Daphne Skelos and Myers finished third and fourth, respectively, with Erin Morris taking sixth. The Nittany Lions took second and third place in the 100 butterfly as Nelson placed second in 56:28 and Haglund took third in 56:43.
The Cavalier men's team won five of the day's nine events. Virginia opened the meet by winning the 200 Medley Relay. The team of Bryan Stahl (Woodlands, Texas), Vanja Rogulj (Zagreb, Croatia), Lee Robertson (Waynesboro, Va.), and Greg Imboden (Chattanooga, Tenn.) won in a time of 1:32.25. Virginia finished first and second in the 1000 Free, as John Millen (Lilburn, Ga.) won in 9:19.30 and Darren Ankokso (East Brunswick, N.J.) placed second in 9:24.79. The Cavaliers also placed first and second in the 200 breaststroke, with Ryan Hurley (Potomac, Md.) winning in 2:01.57 and Rogulj finishing in 2:03:33. In the 200 Free, the Cavaliers went one-two with Millen recording his second win of the day in a time of 1:39.31 and Stefan Hirniak (Highland Park, Md.) placing second in 1:40.39. Robertson added a third place finish in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 50.87. Pat Mellors (Pittsburgh, Pa.) won the 400 I.M. in a time of 3:59.45, while Hurley finished third in a time of 4:02.80.
Schirk made it a sweep in the backstroke events as he won the 100 back in :50.77 after capturing first in the 200 back last night. Other high points for the men included a third place finish by David Kraft in the 1000 free in 9:27.33. Freshman Ben Ryan also took fifth in the 1000 free in 9:34.32. Kyle Miranda placed third in the 200 breaststoke after also finishing third in the 100 breaststroke last night. Sean Biedermann took sixth in the 200 free. The 400 free relay team of Dan Kaiserian, Schirk, Vincent Reydams and Sean Swanepoel placed fourth.
