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Women's Swimming Swats Swarthmore
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Franklin & Marshall swept the first
nine events before going into exhibition-mode to pick up a 130-65
Centennial Conference win over Swarthmore on Saturday. The
Diplomats (2-2, 2-0 CC) logged the best time in all 11 events,
avenging last year’s defeat and handing the Garnet (2-1, 1-1
CC) their first loss of the season.
Olivia Hill won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a ten-second edge on
teammate, Emily Zacherl. Hill touched at 11:01.92 in the first of
her pair of individual wins. She edged out fellow frosh, Garland
Bartlett and Zacherl in the 500-yard free. The trio of Diplomats
delivered nine points in the race with Hill setting the benchmark
at 5:26.41, followed by Bartlett (5:28.64) and Zacherl
(5:29.81).
Bartlett delivered first place points in the 200-yard freestyle
swimming to a 2:02.76 to edge out F&M’s Meghan Karanian
who touched at 2:03.51. Karanian squeezed out a .59-second win over
teammate Katherine DeCrosta in the 100-yard free with a 56.42. That
pair of swimmers combined with Brittany McCabe and Jennie Payne to
start the Diplomats on a strong note, easily winning the 400-yard
medley relay.
For McCabe, the afternoon was business as usual. She cruised to
first place in the 200-yard backstroke with nearly eight seconds
over F&M’s Denie Kossuth, and 12 seconds over the closest
Swat swimmer. She also gathered the first place points in the
50-yard free with a 25.27 to best Swarthmore’s Naomi Glassman
at 26.13. Payne took third at 26.14.
Payne joined Bartlett, Lindsey Todd and Lauren Seigel for the best
time in the 400-yard free relay. Their 3:51.86 was almost 20
seconds better than Swarthmore’s entry.
Laura Bassford won both of her individual races. The Diplomats
swept the top three spots in the 200-I.M. with Bassford touching
first (2:17.06), followed by DeCrosta (2:19.28) and Samantha
Sweeney (2:19.94).
With the win, the Diplomats improve to .500 on the season at 2-2,
and are unbeaten in the Centennial at 2-0. F&M returns to the
pool on Friday evening when the Diplomats host Washington in a CC
meet.
