The Emory University swimming and diving teams returned home in
triumphant fashion for the first meet at the Woodruff P.E. Center
since November 14th, as the Eagles defeated both Darton
College and the Savannah College of Art & Design on
Saturday.
The second-ranked Emory men defeated Darton 193-50 and SCAD
151-111, while the Emory women earned a 173-68 win over Darton and
a 170-87 win over SCAD. Also, the SCAD men defeated Darton
198-52, while the SCAD women earned a 193-65 win over
Darton.
On the men’s side for Emory, junior Patrick
Augustyn recorded an NCAA Division III ‘B’ cut
time in the 200-yard butterfly, winning the event with a time of
1:52.96. The Eagles also received a pair of qualifying scores
in the one-meter dive, as junior Daniel Kolb
finished first with a score of 282.45, while sophomore
Kolin Smialek claimed second with a score of
278.85. Kolb also won the three-meter dive with a score of
275.25.
Sophomore Peter O’Brien was the first-place
finisher in three events, winning the 100-yard breaststroke,
200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley. Other
first-place finishers for the Emory men included junior
Paul Weinstein in the 1,650-yard freestyle,
freshman Ross Spock in both the 100-yard
backstroke and 100-yard freestyle, and junior Jared
Dubnow in the 200-yard backstroke. The Eagles also
received first-place finishes from their men’s 400-yard
medley relay team of Spock, Peter O’Brien, Augustyn and
junior Sean Ransenberg, and their 400-yard
freestyle relay team of Spock, Ransenberg, Dubnow and senior
Mark Bernstein.
Meanwhile, five Emory women recorded ‘B’ cut times in
swimming events for Emory, including junior Anne
Culpepper in the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:36.12), freshman
Jennifer Pak in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.68),
freshman Sadie Nennig in the 100-yard backstroke
(58.12 seconds), senior April Whitley in the
100-yard breaststroke (1:06.31) and junior Claire
Pavlak in the 50-yard freestyle (23.75 seconds). All
five recorded first-place finishes in their respective events,
while Culpepper added a second top-finish in the 200-yard
backstroke, and Pak also claimed first in the 100-yard
freestyle. Sophomore Ann Wolber, freshman
Suzanne Lemberg, Pak and Pavlak combined to win
the 400-yard freestyle relay as well, with a provisional qualifying
time of 3:33.25.
Emory freshman diver Sarah Greene notched a
qualifying score during the meet, winning the one-meter dive with
256.65 points, while freshman Annabel Enquist won
the three-meter dive with a score of 236.25.
Other first-place finishers for the Emory women included senior
Liz Horvat in the 200-yard butterfly, senior
Amy Minowitz in the 500-yard freestyle, sophomore
Leslie Hackler in the 100-yard butterfly, and
junior Jennifer Aronoff in the 200-yard individual
medley. The Eagles also received a first-place effort from
their 400-yard medley relay team of Nennig, Aronoff, freshman
Kylie McKenzie and Lemberg.
With the pair of victories for each squad, both the top-ranked
Emory women and second-ranked Emory men improved to 3-3 on the
season in dual meets. Both the Darton men and women dropped
to 0-5 on the season with the loss, while the SCAD men’s
record moved to 9-3 and the women’s to 6-7.
Emory will return to the road next weekend, as the Eagles will face
Wingate University in a dual-meet matchup on Saturday, January
29th at 2:00 PM.
Emory Swimming & Diving Sweeps Darton & SCAD
Posted: Jan 22, 2011