The Washington & Jefferson College women’s swimming and diving team became the third squad in school history to finish the dual-meet season with an undefeated record after knocking off Division II Wheeling Jesuit 143-111 on Saturday afternoon at the Henry Memorial Natatorium.
The W&J women (13-0) join the 1993-94 and 2004-2005 Presidents as the only undefeated teams in the 34-year history of the sport at the college.
On the men’s side, Wheeling Jesuit defeated the Washington & Jefferson men (7-4-1) by a 141-104 margin.
Leading the way for the Washington & Jefferson women were juniors C.J. Corcoran (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) and Brittany Vogel (Butler, Pa./Butler).
Corcoran started the day by swimming on the victorious 200 medley relay (1:53.98) and then adding wins in the 50 (25.37) and 100 (55.72) freestyles. She also helped the 200 freestyle relay notch the final race with a time of 1:44.42. Vogel also swam on the 200 medley relay before also capturing the 200 backstroke (2:15.41) and 400 IM (4:45.65).
Freshman Isabella Diaz (Walnut Creek, Calif./Las Lomas) won the 1650 freestyle in a pool record time of 18:45.33. Her time eclipsed the previous record which had stood since 1989.
Junior Bethany Haver (Akron, Ohio/Harvey S. Firestone) once again claimed both diving events (232.05 pts. - 1 meter; 253.15 pts. - 3 meters). Freshmen Zoe Levenson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Allderdice) and Rosemarie O’Connor (Staten Island, N.Y./Curtis) also swam legs on the winning 200 medley and claimed individual triumphs. Levenson notched the 100 butterfly (1:02.56), while O’Connor touched first in the 100 backstroke (1:02.71).
Senior Christian Larson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills) recorded the men’s lone swimming victory, racing to first place in the 50 freestyle (22.86). Junior Justin Weifenbach (Coraopolis, Pa./Montour) won both diving events with 221.65 points on the 1-meter board and 241.65 points at three meters.
W&J now has just under two weeks to prepare for the 2011 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships which will be held at Grove City College on Feb. 16-19.
