Towson Women Sweep James Madison, Loyola (Md.); Men Fall to Loyola
Towson Women
Led by a pair of individual victories by junior Brooke Golden (New Windsor, Md.), the Towson University women’s swimming and diving team extended its win streak to four straight meets with a pair of dual meet victories over Loyola (Md.) and James Madison at the Tigers’ Burdick Pool on Saturday afternoon.
The Tigers, who improved to 12-1 in dual meets this season, defeated the Greyhounds by a 251-49 margin while posting a 169-131 victory over the Dukes. James Madison defeated Loyola by a 244-56 margin.
Golden finished first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:59.69 as the Tigers took the top four places in the event. She also recorded a first place effort in the 200-yard butterfly, completing the event in 2:03.75.
Junior Meredith Budner (Walter Johnson H.S./Rockville, Md.) finished first in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:14.67 while placing second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.24 seconds. She also helped the Tigers earn a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay by swimming the anchor leg.
Junior Erica Hall (Martin H.S./Rockville, Md.) won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:51.79 as the Tigers swept the top three places in the event. She also won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.24 seconds.
Senior Robin Glaser (Easton H.S./Easton, Pa.) finished second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:53.11 while sophomore Tana King (Paul VI Catholic H.S./Howell, N.J.) followed in third place, touching the wall in 1 minute, 55.05 seconds.
Sophomore Maggie Macedonia (Bishop O’Connell H.S./Annandale, Va.) won the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:06.39 while freshman Lee Ingram (Red Bank Catholic H.S./Howell, N.J.) followed in second place (2:06.53). Macedonia also earned second place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.54 seconds.
Meanwhile, junior Megen Donovan (Archbishop Wood H.S./Southampton, Pa.) took second place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.75) by barely finishing ahead of sophomore Maegan McLaughlin (New Brunswick, N.J.), who was third with a time of 1:06.81.
While Golden won the 200-yard butterfly, sophomore Cari Czarnecki (Cocalico H.S./Denver, Pa.) earned second place in the event with a time of 2:04.28. Czarnecki also won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:11.58.
Senior Kathryne Chalikis (Hunterdon Central H.S./Flemington, N.J.) led the Tigers in the 50-yard freestyle by finishing first with a time of 24.06 seconds while King was second with a time of 24.13 seconds.
Senior Ivy Wimberley (Red Bank Catholic H.S./Farmingdale, N.J.) took second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.36) while sophomore Jenny Nevin (Mount de Sales Academy/Finksburg, Md.) followed in third place with a time of 2:26.72.
Senior Jordan Crosby (Middletown H.S. North/Monmouth, N.J.) finished the 100-yard butterfly in second place with a time of 57.98 seconds.
Sophomore Caroline Baker (Tuscarora H.S./Adamstown, Md.) led the Tigers in the three-meter diving event with a third place effort, scoring a career-high 297.50 points. She also placed fourth in the one-meter event by scoring 278.65 points.
The Tigers also placed first in both relay events.
The Tigers will finish the regular season on Friday afternoon when they host Johns Hopkins at Burdick Pool at 1 p.m.
Towson Men
Senior T.J. Farley (Westminster H.S./Westminster, Md.) won a pair of individual events, but a strong effort by visiting Loyola (Md.) allowed the Greyhounds to escape Burdick Pool with a 165-123 victory over Towson University on Saturday afternoon.
Farley finished first in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:11.05 before winning the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:11.70.
Freshman Wade Boarman (Kent Island H.S./Queenstown, Md.), who won a pair of events against George Mason last Saturday, earned a victory in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 53.35 seconds. Meanwhile, senior Devin Kirby (Hammonton H.S./Atco, Pa.) won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:58.87. Kirby also
placed second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:02.62.
Sophomore Wesley Foltz (Chapel Hill H.S./Chapel Hill, N.C.) earned a second place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 53.12 seconds.
Senior Bradley Bolin (Temple City H.S./Covina, Calif.) swept both diving events for the Tigers. He tallied 201.55 points in the one-meter event before scoring a season-high 287.55 points in the three-meter event.
The Tigers will finish the regular season next Friday when they host Johns Hopkins in a non-conference dual meet at Burdick Pool at 1 p.m.
James Madison
Junior Jessie Everett (Arlington, Va./Yorktown) shattered both diving school records and vaulted to the top seed in the Colonial Athletic Association in both events as James Madison defeated Loyola 244-56 and fell to host Towson 169-131 in a double-dual meet on Saturday afternoon at Towson’s Burdick Pool.
JMU is now 6-2 for the season overall, 2-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association with the loss to conference mate Towson.
Everett became the first JMU diver in program history to top 300 points in the one-meter board in a six-dive event with her score of 323.60. Her score was 42.65 points better than her previous personal record and 35.6 points better than the previous school record of 288.00 set last year by sophomore teammate Nicole Jotso (Suffern, N.Y./Suffern).
Everett also made a big jump in the three-meter dive as her new school record of 325.50 blasted her previous personal best of 293.75 while besting Jotso’s school mark from last year of 312.38.
With a two-month break since their last competition, the Dukes’ training efforts were particularly evident in the diving events as seven of the eight diving scores posted by JMU resulted in personal records.
In addition to Everett, Jotso also topped each of her previous school records with a 292.35 in the one-meter dive and 317.45 in the three-meter. Sophomore Chelsea Savage (Bedford, Texas/L.D. Bell) was fourth in the three-meter in 285.85 and fifth in the one-meter in 249.85. Her three-meter score means that all four JMU divers have now qualified this season for the NCAA Zone Meet. Freshman Kimberly Helfrich (Fort Belvoir, Va./West Springfield) was third in the one-meter in 282.25.
Junior Lisa Colapietro (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) factored into three wins as she swept the breaststroke races, winning the 100 in 1:05.76 and taking the 200 in 2:22.36. She also swam the breaststroke leg of the 200 medley relay that won in 1:47.42, the seventh-best time in program history. She was joined by freshman Caroline Burns (Severna Park, Md./Severn School), junior Carly Gibson (Bethesda, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross), and senior P.J. Naber (Chantilly, Va./Chantilly).
Burns also picked up a solo victory in the 100 backstroke in 59.21 seconds. JMU’s other victory came from freshman Andrea Criscuolo (Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant) with a time of 57.92 seconds in the 100 butterfly to improve her eighth-best mark in school history.
In the double-dual format, several Dukes also picked up wins in the head-to-head scoring against Loyola. Criscuolo topped the Greyhounds and was third overall in the 200 butterfly in 2:08.08. Naber was third in the 100 freestyle in 52.71 seconds and also swam the anchor leg of the 400 free relay that finished second in 3:34.19. She was joined by Gibson, sophomore Christina Lepore (Charlotte, N.C./Providence), and sophomore Becca Hunt (Glen Allen, Va./J.R. Tucker).
Hunt was third in the 50 free in 24.19 seconds. Junior Jackie Hartman (Williamsburg, Va./Bruton) was second in the 200 individual medley in 2:11.58. Sophomore Emily Vance (Moraga, Calif./Campolindo) placed third in the 1,000 free in 10:37.36. Other wins over Loyola came from sophomore Melissa Helock (Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains Fanwood) in the 200 free in 1:55.94 and freshman Anna Susko (Roxbury, N.J./Roxbury) in the 200 backstroke in 2:09.65.
After five consecutive meets on the road, the Dukes will suit up in Savage Natatorium next Saturday, Jan. 30, for a noon meet against Richmond.
