(Swimming) Emory University sophomore Anne Culpepper won an individual National Title in the 200-yard backstroke as part of Emory’s team championship effort at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. Culpepper won the event with a time of 1:59.74, a personal-best time.
(Swimming) Emory University seniors Ruth Westby and Lillian Ciardelli, sophomore Claire Pavlak, and freshman Ann Wolber were part of two National Championship relays, helping the Eagles to a team title at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. The four set a NCAA Division III record in the 200-yard freestyle relay, winning the event with a time of 1:31.80. The four Eagles also topped the standings in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:22.44.
(Swimming) Emory University junior Marie Kim recorded NCAA ‘B’ cut times in the two breaststroke events at the Bulldog Last Chance Meet. Kim recorded a time of 1:06.06 in the 100-yard breaststroke time trials, good for a provisional mark.
(Swimming) Emory University sophomore Eileen Shi was part of two NCAA ‘B’ cut performances during the top-ranked Eagles’ dual meet against eighth-ranked Division I Auburn University. Shi recorded a NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 59.36 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke, her best time of the season in the event and good for a third-place finish.
Emory University sophomore Claire Pavlak was part of two first-place finishes and three NCAA ‘B’ cut performances during the Eagles’ dual meet against NCAA Division I Georgia Tech on Saturday. Pavlak finished first in the 50-yard freestyle, swimming a NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 23.86 seconds. She swam the anchor leg of Emory’s first-place 200-yard freestyle relay team (1:34.92) and third-place 200-yard medley relay team (1:47.88), which both turned in ‘B’ cut times.
(Diving) Emory University’s Chelsea Murphy recorded two top finishes and an NCAA qualifying score while competing in the diving events during the top-ranked Eagles’ meet against Delta State University and Wingate University. Murphy finished first in the one-meter dive with an NCAA qualifying score of 258.75 in the event.
(Swimming) Emory University’s Theresa Gallagher recorded two top-three finishes and a NCAA ‘B’ cut time during the top-ranked Eagles’ dual meet victory over the Division I College of Charleston. Gallagher finished first in the 400-yard individual medley with a ‘B’ cut time of 4:36.87.
(Swimming & Diving) Emory University senior Ruth Westby was a part of six NCAA ‘A’ cut performances during the Miami (Ohio) Invitational last weekend. Competing against mostly Division I opponents, Westby recorded a first place finish with an ‘A’ cut time of 1:50.67 in the 200-yard freestyle, after recording an ‘A’ cut time of 1:50.00 in the preliminaries.
(Swimming) Emory University’s Anne Culpepper finished the Emory Fall Invitational with three NCAA ‘B’ cut times and four top-10 finishes, helping the team to a first place finish out of eight teams. Culpepper finished second out of 62 swimmers in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:03.34, an NCAA ‘B’ cut time. The sophomore recorded another second-place finish and provisional qualifying time in the 200-yard backstroke, besting 72 other swimmers with a time of 2:05.30.
(Swimming) Emory University senior Ruth Westby recorded two first-place finishes and three NCAA ‘B’ cut times during the Eagles meet against the Division I University of Georgia. Westby won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.47 seconds, and finished third in the 50-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 24.10 seconds.
(Swimming) Emory University’s April Whitley was part of three NCAA ‘B’ cut performances during the Eagles split performance against Division I opponents UNC Wilmington and the University of Houston. Whitley finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a ‘B’ cut time of 1:06.83 in the event.
(Swimming) Emory University’s Lillian Ciardelli recorded four ‘B’ cut performances during Emory’s season-opening win over Division I Davidson College. Ciardelli finished second in the 50-yard freestyle in a provisional qualifying time of 24.10 seconds and fourth in the 100-yard freestyle with a ‘B’ cut time of 52.89 seconds.
(Swimming & Diving) Emory University’s Leslie Hackler recorded two ‘B’ cut performance during the Eagles’ season-opening Blue/Gold meet on Friday. Hackler’s time of 58.76 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly was good for first place in the event, and three-hundredths of a second better than the NCAA ‘B’ cut time.
Anne Culpepper
March 22, 2010(Swimming) Emory University sophomore Anne Culpepper won an individual National Title in the 200-yard backstroke as part of Emory’s team championship effort at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. Culpepper won the event with a time of 1:59.74, a personal-best time.
