Swimming drops meet at Swarthmore

By Anthony Hypolite
January 31, 2013

The Cabrini College swim team fell to Swarthmore on Saturday, Jan. 26. Despite valiant efforts from both the men’s and women’s team, the Cavs fell short again.

The men’s team suffered an unfortunate loss with a score of 127-85, which also brought our record down to 4-9 for the season. The women’s team fell 119-74 with their record dropping to 1-13.

Sophomore Evan Strickland continued his strong season with two wins on the day. Strickland’s first of the day was a 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.27. The second race he was in was a 100-yard butterfly in which he completed with a time of 54.88.

The team excelled in the 50-yard freestyle coming up with second and third-place finishes in the event. Junior Keith Marr scored with a second-place time of 23.82. Right behind Marr was junior Tim McCann with a time of 26.03.

Freshman Chris Ryan placed fourth. Right behind Chris was freshman Sean Tallon placing fifth in the competition. Sophomore Nick Platt placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle and sophomore Cody Kunze finished that event in fifth.

A race that included four swimmers – Platt, Strickland, Marr, and Ryan – had a led to a second place finish in the 200-yard relay medley. The team finished with a time of 1:47.63.

The women’s highlights included a fourth-place finish for Breaghann Smith in the 200-yard freestyle, a second and third-place finish for sophomore Becki Barrett and freshman Alexis Drew in the 100-yard backstroke and a fourth-place finish for junior Courtney Good in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Smith finished the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:12.25. Barrett posted a time of 1:08.93 in the 100-yard backstroke with Drew finishing three seconds later. Good posted a time of 1:18.26 in the 100-yard breaststroke.

The two teams return to the pool for a meet against Ocean County College on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m. It is the final meet for the teams before competing in the AAMC Championships in a three-day tournament from Feb. 14 to Feb. 16.

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