“I was literally breathless,” said senior Courtney Good as her and three other Cabrini Swimmers stepped foot onto the Naval Academy pool deck to compete in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC’s).
Up against Division l schools such as Navy, Harvard, Columbia, Bucknell and many more the relay squad of freshmen Christina Melchiorre, junior Morgan Griffith and seniors Bre Smith and Courtney Good placed 8th in the 200 yard freestyle relay finals with a time if 1:44.32. “Swimming against Dl schools was difficult,” said Griffith,” but competing against those teams pushed us to swim faster than we ever had.”
Griffith and Melchiorre competed in the 50 yard freestyle where Griffith placed 25th with a 25.30, just 0.32 seconds ahead of Melchiorre’s 26th place.
“I was incredibly impressed with how the girls carried themselves at the meet,” said head coach Cindy Ikeler, ” To compete against Division I athletes and hold your own is a true accomplishment.”
On Saturday Griffith made her second appearance, Placing 33rd in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:02.66.
Making her return to the pool on Sunday Melchiorre swam in the 100 yard freestyle, placing 36th with a time of 55.60.
After the 3 days of competition the ECAC’s came to a close and Cabrini placed 17th out 21 teams. “This was a great way to send off two seniors, Courtney and Bre, and a great experience for two returners, Christina and Morgan,” said head coach Ikeler. “These four girls have set the bar high for next season as far as getting more qualifiers to the ECAC meet.”
First photo is Christina Melchiorre on the Block at ECAC’s and the second is of the ECAC relay and Head Coach Ikeler.
