Washington College Sweeps Salisbury

The Washington College women's swim team won its home opener tonight at the Casey Swim Center, defeating Eastern Shore rival Salisbury University for the 23rd consecutive time by a final score of 123-77. The Shorewomen (2-1) ran their non-conference dual meet winning streak to 54 with the victory, while the Sea Gulls slipped to 2-3 with the loss.

Four Washington swimmers had the top times in two individual events on the evening. Junior Rachel Glasser (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook) won the 200 freestyle in 1:58.95 and captured the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.85. Senior Kathy Gerhart (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville Area) took the 100 freestyle in 55.85 and the 200 individual medley in 2:18.21. Sophomore Jenna Moore (Catonsville, MD/Mount de Sales) recorded a first-place finish in the 50 freestyle (24.96) and netted the fastest time in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.25). Freshman Sarah Sykes (Haworth, NJ/Northern Valley-Demarest) garnered wins in the 500 (5:32.46) and the 1000 freestyle (11:17.36) events. Freshman Darcy Zink (Baltimore, MD/Towson) won the other individual event, the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:04.78.

The Shorewomen had season-best times in five different events in the win. Moore recorded season-best times in the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, Gerhart notched the season-best time in the 200 individual medley, Glasser tallied a season-best time in the 100 butterfly and Zink chalked up the season-best time in the 100 backstroke.

The 400 medley relay team of senior Amy Smith (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville Area), freshman Melanie Craig (Newtown, PA/Council Rock), Glasser and Moore won the relay with a time of 4:12.89. The 400 freestyle relay team of Zink, sophomore Mary Stroman (Bala Cynwyd, PA/Friends Central), Sykes and Gerhart recorded the best time with a time of 3:52.12.

The Shorewomen swam the 100 breaststroke and 400 freestyle relay events as exhibtions.

Washington recorded six second best times and two third place finishes, as the Shorewomen took the top three places in 200 and 1000 freestyle events. Second place finishers were Stroman in the 200 and 500 freestyle with times of 2:04.55 and 5:35.95 respectively. Craig was second in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:24.60 and registered the second best time in the 100 breaststroke at 1:12.95. Zink was second in the 1000 freestyle (11:26.67), while Smith was second in the 100 backstroke (1:05.61). In the 1000 freestyle, freshman Emma Jackovitz (Bel Air, MD/Bel Air) allowed Washington to take the top three in that event with a time of 11:55.00, while sophomore Morgan Phillips (Charlottesville, VA/Albemarle) recorded a time of 2:07.61 to give the Shorewomen the top three finishers in the 200 freestyle.

The Shorewomen return to action Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. non-conference home meet against St. Mary's (MD).



Host Washington College won all 11 events on the evening to top visiting Eastern Shore rival Salisbury, 123-82, in a non-conference men's swimming meet on Wednesday evening at the Casey Swim Center in the home opener for WC. With the victory, the Shoremen improve to 1-1 on the season, while the Sea Gulls fall to 2-3. The Shoremen have now won 19 consecutive dual meets over the Sea Gulls.

Freshman A.J. Feurer (Kingsville, MD/Archbishop Curley) won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:38.84. His time is the eighth fastest all-time at Washington College and is a season-best time. He also grabbed a second-place finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:19.98

Junior Matt Violette (Westbrook, ME/Westbrook), senior Chris Soper (Towson, MD/Loyola Blakefield) and sophomore Austin Auger (McLean, VA/Langley) all won two individual events each. Violette won the the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle with times of 2:07.34 and 5:08.11 respectively. Both times are season-bests for the Shoremen. Soper grabbed wins in the 50 freestyle (22.72) and the 100 freestyle (50.36), both season-best times for WC. Auger garnered wins in the 200 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke with Washington season-best times of 1:54.52 and 1:03.22 respectively.

Also recording first-place finishes were senior Dylan Pollock (Savannah, GA/Benedictine Military) in the 100 butterfly, with a WC season-top time of 55.26, and sophomore Nick Longworth (Media, PA/Strath Haven) in the 100 backstroke (57.53).
The relay teams won both events on the evening. The 400 medley relay team of Longworth, sophomore Johnny Helenek (Gaithersburg, MD/Gaithersburg), Pollock and Auger won the event with a time of 3:49.11, a season-best time. The 400 freestyle relay of Longworth, Pollock, Soper and Violette won the event with a season-top time of 3:26.07.

Washington tallied 10 season-best times out of 11 events in the triumph.
Helenek had a second-place finish in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:14.25.
The Shoremen return to action Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. non-conference meet against visiting St. Mary's (MD).



The Salisbury University men's and women's swimming programs each fell to Eastern Shore rival Washington (Md.) College in a dual meet on Wednesday night. The SU men lost 123-83, while the women's team lost 123-77.

On the men's side, the Sea Gulls had many second-place finishes, including the highly contested race in the 100-yard freestyle event. SU junior Joe Wisda (Rockville, Md.) and Shoreman Chris Soper stuck with one another through the entire race, before Soper finished just milliseconds before Wisda at 50.36 seconds compared to Wisda's 50.72 seconds. The Sea Gulls also received second-place finishes from junior Brian Allen (Laurel, Md.) in the 1,000-yard freestyle event (11:01.60) and Tim Metcalf (Baltimore, Md.) in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.07).

The women's side fared better on the individual side, as the Gulls picked up a pair of first-place finishes in two events. The women's 400-yard freestyle relay team made up of senior Maureen Gillespie (New Market, Md.), junior Katy Turner (Salisbury, Md.), sophomore Jenna Petrella (Marlton, N.J.) and freshman Christine Cooke (Rockville, Md.) finished with a time of 3:58.73 in the final women's event of the evening. Petrella, an All-CAC performer last season, also had a secondplace finish in the 50-yard freestyle at 26.64 seconds. The other first-place finish for the Gulls came in the 100-yard breaststroke event as freshman Meghan Donovan (Bowie, Md.) finished in 1:15.24 seconds, edging out teammate Kelly Closs (New Providence, N.J.) who came in second at 1:15.88.

The Sea Gulls swimming program will hit the road again for its next meet, when they travel to Kutztown, Pa. for the two-day Kutztown University Invitational on Nov. 20-21.