Stevens in Second Place After Saturday’s Session
Rob Kulish
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Day 1 Recap/Results
BRONX, N.Y. (December 7, 2013) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's swimming team is in second place after two sessions at the 2013 ECAC Championships in the Bronx. Lehman College is the host school this year.
Saturday Morning Session:
Senior
Megan Lisbon was Stevens' top finisher in the first event of the day – the 200-yard backstroke – clocking a 2:09.74 and pocketing 28 team points for the Ducks. Junior
Maria McClure was fifth, sophomore
Katlyn Christenson was seventh and rookie
Claire Hendershot was ninth with times of 2:11.09, 2:11.89 and 2:13.55.
Junior
April Lawson was a winner in the 100-yard freestyle with a 53.03, tallying 32 points, while freshman
Danielle Caruso and sophomore
Jennifer Rutledge were fifth and seventh (53.64, 53.79).
Sophomore
Elizabeth Heinbach, McClure and junior
Sharon Rooker all placed in the top-10 in the 200-yard butterfly. Heinbach touched at 2:09.98 in third, McClure finished with a time of 2:12.95 in ninth and Rooker was 10th with a 2:13.24 as the trio combined for 63 points.
Junior
Brittany Geyer tallied Stevens' second win of the day with a meet-record and NCAA B-cut of 2:17.47 in the 200-yard breaststroke. The three-year veteran tallied 32 team points and was ahead of the field by more than nine seconds. Sophomore
Elena Piper took eighth and 22 points with a 2:28.06.
The 800-yard freestyle relay was the final event of the early session and Stevens was third (54 points) with a 7:50.39.
Saturday Evening Session:
The 200-yard freestyle relay was the first event of the evening session, and the Ducks placed second with a 1:37.57 (56 team points).
Rooker, sophomore
Katlyn Christenson and Lisbon were third, eighth and 10th in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking times of 59.08, 1:00.51 and 1:00.75 and earning 66 team points.
Caruso won the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:54.29, pocketing 32 points, as Geyer belted her second individual win of the day with a 1:05.42 in the 100-yard breaststroke. Geyer's time was good B-cut, and she was followed by Piper in sixth (1:07.50). The duo combined for 66 points.
Rooker's third place (58.46) led the Ducks in the 100-yard butterfly, and she was trailed by McClure in fifth (59.30) as the pair earned 52 points.
Geyer put an exclamation point on the Saturday action with a win, meet-mark and B-cut in the 400-yard individual medley in what was her second individual top-spot of the day (4:27.76). She was followed by Heinbach in fourth (4:37.45).
Stevens is currently in second place with 938.50 points. NYU is in first with 1,202.50 points as both teams will finish action Sunday.