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Westminster Loses to Northfield Mt. Hermon
The team knew this was going to be a fast meet going in to the competition today, with the Northfield Mount Hermon team having large numbers and comparable swimming talent. The meet got off to a good start with Westminster taking 2nd place in the 200 Medley Relay due to many strong splits, including a personal best split of 33.65 in the breaststroke by Elsie Swank '07 and another personal best split of 26.97 in the freestyle by Sky Miers '07. Liza Winship '07 won the 200 free with a personal best time of 2:10.08 while Abby Pribble '09 bettered her season time by 3 seconds.
Swank took the win in the 200 IM while Kelly Cheng ’08 dropped 3 seconds off of her best time as well. Westminster continued to look strong in the 50 freestyle, with Miers, Haili Elwood '06, and Krissy Schultz '09 all swimming within the 27-second range, giving Elwood a season best time. In the second heat of the 50, Kelly Harrington '07 and Chi-Chi Okpalanma '08 swam their personal best times for the second meet in a row, with Abby Stevens '09 only .04 seconds off! Sky Biedron ‘07 dove very well, increasing her best score by 4 points while completing more challenging dives.
After the diving competition, the Westminster girls were leading the meet by 10 points. By the time the 200 Freestyle Relay was up, Westminster was still leading, but NMH was quickly closing in. Miers, Schultz, Elwood, and Winship all swam close to their best splits to combine for a season best time of 1:49.46, putting them within 2 seconds of the school record set in 2001. Ruth Planitzer '09, Pribble, and Harrington all had season best splits in the 200 Free Relay.
The final two individual events were very successful for the Martlets, but not enough to put them in the lead. Kelsey Murphy '09, Pribble, and Cheng all swam best times in the 100 back and Swank and Caroline Kokulis '07 both swam best times in the 100 breast. Swank, coming in second place by a touch, lowered her best time by .8 seconds which puts her within a half a second of the school record set back in 1983. Finally, the 400 free relay team of Winship, Elwood, Ellie Montanari '06, and Swank swam a 4:03.03 to drop their season best time by 2 seconds to end the meet. It was an impressive competition, with NMH coming out on top, 101.5 to 80.5. The girls next travel to Hotchkiss on Wednesday.
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Swank took the win in the 200 IM while Kelly Cheng ’08 dropped 3 seconds off of her best time as well. Westminster continued to look strong in the 50 freestyle, with Miers, Haili Elwood '06, and Krissy Schultz '09 all swimming within the 27-second range, giving Elwood a season best time. In the second heat of the 50, Kelly Harrington '07 and Chi-Chi Okpalanma '08 swam their personal best times for the second meet in a row, with Abby Stevens '09 only .04 seconds off! Sky Biedron ‘07 dove very well, increasing her best score by 4 points while completing more challenging dives.
After the diving competition, the Westminster girls were leading the meet by 10 points. By the time the 200 Freestyle Relay was up, Westminster was still leading, but NMH was quickly closing in. Miers, Schultz, Elwood, and Winship all swam close to their best splits to combine for a season best time of 1:49.46, putting them within 2 seconds of the school record set in 2001. Ruth Planitzer '09, Pribble, and Harrington all had season best splits in the 200 Free Relay.
The final two individual events were very successful for the Martlets, but not enough to put them in the lead. Kelsey Murphy '09, Pribble, and Cheng all swam best times in the 100 back and Swank and Caroline Kokulis '07 both swam best times in the 100 breast. Swank, coming in second place by a touch, lowered her best time by .8 seconds which puts her within a half a second of the school record set back in 1983. Finally, the 400 free relay team of Winship, Elwood, Ellie Montanari '06, and Swank swam a 4:03.03 to drop their season best time by 2 seconds to end the meet. It was an impressive competition, with NMH coming out on top, 101.5 to 80.5. The girls next travel to Hotchkiss on Wednesday.
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