Results
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Behind a 103-63 victory over McDaniel, the Ursinus College women's swimming team collected their sixth straight dual-meet victory on Saturday afternoon from Elliot Pool.
With the victory, the Bears improved to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in Centennial Conference action. Meanwhile, the Green Terror fell to 1-7 on the season and 0-5 in conference play.
Ursinus opened the meet with the two fastest times in the 200-yard medley relay as the quartet of first-year
Morgan Valeriano, junior
Katie Barlow, junior
Molly Stevens, and senior
Morgan Grabowski finished with a time of 1:57.00.
Senior
Erica Locke carried the momentum into the 1000-yard freestyle, winning the race with a time of 12:15.59. She later finished third in the 100 free touching the wall at 1:02.64. In the 200 free, the Bears earned the fastest two times as senior
Melissa Leonard (1:56.97) finished first and first-year
Mimi Norris took second with a time of 2:04.14. During the 500 free, Leonard earned the best time touching the wall at 5:12.33.
Ursinus also swept the top-two times in the 50-yard freestyle as sophomore
Sara Bozzomo (25.83) placed first and Grabowski (26.73) earned second. Bozzomo later added a first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle ending with a time of 56.58. Valeriano collected an event victory in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:47.89, while classmate
Melanie Hahn placed first in the 100-yard butterfly touching the wall at 1:02.33.
Junior
Molly Stevens tallied an event victory in the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.76), while Norris placed second in the event with a time of 1:04.92. During the 100-yard breaststroke, Ursinus swept the top-three times as Valeriano (1:11.25), Hahn (1:14.89), and Grabowski (1:12.24) outpaced McDaniel's Tori McArthur (1:31.03).
The Bears will return to action on Friday, December 1
st as they gear for the Swarthmore Invitational against the Garnet and Salisbury University starting at 5 p.m.
Top Finishes:
Erica Locke – 1000 free (1
st, 12:15.59), 100 free (3
rd, 1:02.64)
Melissa Leonard – 200 free (1
st, 1:56.97), 500 free (5:12.33)
Mimi Norris – 200 free (2
nd, 2:04.14), 100 back (1:04.92)
Sara Bozzomo – 50 free (1
st, 25.83), 100 free (1
st, 56.58)
Morgan Grabowski – 50 free (2
nd, 26.73)
Emily Carkhuff – 50 free (4
th, 27.99), 500 free (5:34.04)
Morgan Valeriano – 400 IM (1
st, 4:47.89), 100 breast (1:11.25)
Katie Barlow – 400 IM (2
nd, 4:52.22)
Melanie Hahn – 100 fly (1
st, 1:02.33), 100 breast (1:14.89)
Mia Tamburrino – 100 fly (2
nd, 1:05.53)
Molly Stevens – 100 back (1
st, 1:02.76)