We had a pretty solid night against Canisius and Siena. The women picked up their first win of the season, taking down Canisius but dropping a close one to Siena. Leading the way for the Lady Dukes was Freshman Meghan Smith placing first in the 400-yard individual medley with a season-best time of 4:35.35. Meghan also followed that up with a victory in the 200 breaststroke with a DU season-best time of 2:26.46.
Junior Kristi Magee secured two second place showings with a season-best time of 1:59.29 in the 200 freestyle and a time of 55.56 in the 100 free.
Junior Hannah Kondrotas also turned in a pair of top three finishes with a second place showing in the 200 butterfly in 2:12.16 and a third place finish in the 200 breast in 2:31.96.
Also winning races for the Red and Blue were senior Angela Majkut with a time of 10:57.67 in the 1,000 free and sophomore Miriam McGeath with a time of 2:09.65 in the 200 butterfly.
Other second place finishers were senior Brooke Mangis with a season-best time of 2:12.28 in the 200 back and sophomore Christine Rosebaugh with a DU season-best time of 5:15.19 in the 500 free.
On Saturday we headed over to ECC (the home of our conference championships) to take on two tough teams in St. Bonaventure and LaSalle. Despite dropping both decisions, the team swam very well.
Meghan Smith continued her winning ways, securing first place in the 200-yard butterfly, winning by six seconds with a time of 2:07.49. She also grabbed first in the 100 fly with a season-best time of 58.57 and finished second in the 200 freestyle in 1:56.19.
Sophomore Miriam McGeath placed second in the 200 IM in 2:10.89 and turned in team season-best times in the 200 breaststroke in 2:25.30 and the 100 breast in 1:07.97, placing third in both events.
Junior Hannah Kondrotas set the team standard in the 1,650 free, placing third in 18:07.58, while fellow junior Morgan Claycomb turned in a second place showing in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.24.
Overall I was happy with the effort of the team this weekend. The second
half of Saturday we came back strong and raced hard. I really liked that.
Although the score does not show it, we swam well. Swimming is not a
sport of wins and losses but of adaptation and consistency.....the ladies
are being very consistent with our practices (in the pool and in the
weight room). We now have to be patient as they begin to adapt to our
changes in training.
We head home now for our home-opener against The University of Akron, Friday at 5 PM.
See you around the pool,
Dave
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