The Emory University swimming and diving teams split their dual
meet at Division II Wingate University on Saturday, as the
top-ranked Emory women defeated the 15th-ranked Bulldogs
127-99, while Emory’s second-ranked men suffered a 131-90
loss to 11th-ranked Wingate.
Emory freshman Sadie Nennig recorded the only NCAA
Division III qualifying time of the meet, swimming a
‘B’ cut mark of 58.73 seconds and finishing first in
the 100-yard backstroke. Nennig would also finish first in
the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:10.54.
The Eagles would finish strong in the 50-yard freestyle, as junior
Claire Pavlak claimed first-place, followed by
freshman Ellen Schafer and senior Morgan
Klinzing in second and third, respectively. Other
first-place finishers for the Emory women included senior
Amy Minowitz in the 1,000-yard freestyle, junior
Anne Culpepper in the 200-yard freestyle, junior
Jennifer Aronoff in the 100-yard butterfly,
sophomore Renee Rosenkranz in the 100-yard
freestyle and freshman Jennifer Pak in the
500-yard freestyle.
The Emory women would also claim first in two relays, as the
200-yard medley relay team of sophomore Jacqueline
Schneider, Aronoff, Klinzing, and freshman Suzanne
Lemberg won the event with a time of 1:50.72, while the
200-yard freestyle relay team of Lemberg, Schafer, Pak and
Culpepper claimed a victory with a time of 1:39.06. In total,
the Emory women finished first in 10 of the 13 events.
The men received two first-place finishes in swimming events at the
meet, one coming from freshman Ross Spock in the
100-yard backstroke with a time of 52.20 seconds. Spock was
also part of Emory’s winning 200-yard freestyle relay team,
joining freshman Abhijan Khosla, freshman
Ryan Bass, and junior Sean
Ransenberg for a time of 1:26.33.
Junior Paul Weinstein recorded the best time by an
Eagle this season in the 1,000-yard freestyle, swimming a time of
9:47.51 and finishing second in the event. Junior
Patrick Augustyn (100 fly), sophomore
Peter O’Brien (100 breast) and the
Eagles’ 200-yard medley relay team of junior Jared
Dubnow, O’Brien, sophomore Stephen
Czaja and Khosla all had second-place finishes as well
during the meet.
With the win, the Emory women improved to 4-3 in dual meets this
season, while the Wingate women fell to 8-2. The Emory men
dropped to 3-4 on the season with the loss, while the Wingate men
raised their record to 8-2.
Emory will return to Atlanta for its final home meet of the season
next weekend, as the Eagles will host NCAA Division I Clemson
University at the Woodruff P.E. Center on Saturday, Febuary
5th, starting at 1:00 PM.
Emory Women’s Swimming and Diving Wins at Wingate; Men Suffer Loss
Posted: Jan 29, 2011