The Emory University Swimming and Diving teams split the opening meet of the 2014 portion of their campaign, with the top-ranked Emory women defeating Florida Southern College 195-67, and the third-ranked Emory men suffering a 165-97 loss to the Moccasins. Both Florida Southern squads are currently ranked fourth among NCAA Division II teams.
The Emory women now stand at 3-2 for the season, while the men dropped to 2-3. Meanwhile, the Florida Southern women dropped to 4-1, while the men improved to 5-0.
Sophomore Andrew Wilson paced the Emory men in Lakeland, Florida on Friday afternoon, winning a pair of events with NCAA 'B' cut times. Wilson swam to a victory in the 100-yard breaststroke with a mark of 57.53 seconds, and followed with a win in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:06.57. Emory senior Ross Spock also registered a 'B' cut time, finishing second in the 100-yard backstroke with a mark of 51.43 seconds.
The Emory women combined to win 11 of the 14 events on Friday, led by three individual victories from McKenna Newsum-Schoenberg. The junior won the 200-yard butterfly in a 'B' cut time 2:07.81, in addition to victories in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:21.61) and 500-yard freestyle (5:08.05). Freshman Annelise Kowalsky added a pair of event victories, winning both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.23) and 200-yard individual medley (2:10.13).
The Eagles' final 'B' cut time of the meet came from sophomore Elizabeth Aronoff, who notched a time of 2:24.07 in the 200-yard breaststroke. Other individual first-place finishes for the Eagles came from freshman Marissa Bergh in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.54), freshman Marcela Sanchez-Aizcorbe in the 100-yard butterfly (59.91 seconds), and junior Dana Holt and freshman Kristine Rosenberger, who each tied for first in the 50-yard freestyle (25.01 seconds).
The Emory women also swept the two relays on Friday, opening the meet with a win from sophomore Ellie Thompson, Kowalsky, Rosenberger and junior Nancy Larson in the 200-yard medley relay (1:46.19) and closing it with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle from senior Jennifer Pak, sophomore MacKenzie Brosnahan, Rosenberger and Holt (1:40.16).
Next up for the Eagles will be a meet against Georgia Tech, as the NCAA Division I program will make the short trip from Midtown to take on Emory at the Woodruff Physical Education Center on Saturday, January 18th at 11:00 AM. The Eagles will also hold their annual 'Senior Day' ceremony prior to the start of the meet, honoring the squad's 20 members scheduled to graduate in May.
Eagles Split Dual Meet at D-II Florida Southern
Posted: Jan 10, 2014