Washington College Splits With Widener

The Washington College women's swim team improved to 6-2
this season with a 114-68 win over visiting Widener (1-4) on Tuesday
evening at the Casey Swim Center. The Shorewomen won eight of nine
contested events on the evening to extend their non-conference meet
winning streak to 51.

Junior Kathy Gerhart (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville Area), sophomore
Rachel Glasser (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook) and freshman Kelly Dunbar
(Williamsburg, VA/Lafayette) swam the fastest times in two events each for
Washington.

Gerhart won the 100 and 200 freestyle events with times of 56.71 and
2:04.77 respectively. Glasser captured the 200 butterfly (2:11.60) and the
500 freestyle (5:22.95). Dunbar had the top times in the 200 individual
medley (2:19.34) and the 200 breaststroke (2:34.53).

Other first place finishers for Washington were senior Cara Choplin (West
Deptford, NJ/Bishop Eustace) in the 1000 freestyle (12:04.24) and senior
Kimber Shoemaker (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) in the 200 backstroke (2:21.68).
The 200 medley relay team of Shoemaker, Dunbar, Glasser and freshman Laura
Risell (Collegeville, PA/Perkiomen Valley) won the event with a time of
1:59.63.

Choplin finished second in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:29.53, while
freshman Ellen Liebenow (Sellersville, PA/Pennridge) was second in the
1000 freestyle with a mark of 12:34.02.

The Pride captured victory in the 50 freestyle for their lone contested
event win of the evening and had the top time in the 200 freestyle relay.

The Shorewomen, who have downed the Pride on 15 consecutive occasions,
return to action January 3, 2009, at the Orange Bowl Classic in Key Largo,
FL at 10:00 a.m.

Visiting Widener University won seven of the eight
contested events en route to a 101-87 non-conference men's swimming
victory over host Washington College this evening at Casey Swim Center.
The Pioneers improved to 4-1 with the win, while the Shoremen fell to 2-3
with the loss.

Junior Dylan Pollock (Savannah, GA/Benedictine Military) won the 200
butterfly for the Shoremen in a Washington College season-best time of
2:06.43. Swimming as an exhibition, freshman Nick Longworth (Media,
PA/Strath Haven), junior Chris Soper (Towson, MD/Loyola Blakefield),
sophomore Matt Violette (Westbrook, ME/Westbrook), and senior Dan Wentzel
(Exton, PA/Henderson) posted the fastest time in the 400 freestyle relay,
turning in a WC season-best mark of 3:24.47.

Longworth was second in both the 200 freestyle (1:53.08) and 200
backstroke (2:03.03). Violette was second in the 200 individual medley in
a WC season-best time of 2:07.90, while Wentzel was second in the 1000
freestyle (10:46.28) and Soper was second in the 50 freestyle (23.14).

Wentzel's time in the 500 freestyle, which was the third-fastest in the
race and earned first-place points as Widener entered the event as
exhibitions only, clocked in at a WC-season best of 5:09.74. Freshman
Johnny Helenek (Gaithersburg, MD/Gaithersburg) time of 2:25.21 in the 200
breaststroke moved him up to ninth-fastest in school history in that
event.

The Shoremen return to action Saturday, January 3rd, at the Orange Bowl
Swim Classic in Key Largo, FL