Stevens Takes Second at ECAC’s; Geyer Named Swimmer of the Meet
Rob Kulish
Complete Results
Team Scores
Day 1 Recap
Day 2 Recap
BRONX, N.Y. (December 8, 2013) – Junior
Brittany Geyer was the Swimmer of the Meet, leading the Stevens Institute of Technology women's swimming team to a second-place finish at the 2013 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships at Lehman College in the Bronx.
Geyer totaled 128 points to earn the Swimmer of the Meet honor, and was joined in the top-10 by freshman
Danielle Caruso who had 111 and sophomore
Elizabeth Heinbach with 96.
NYU won the event with 1,650.50 points, Stevens was second with 1,297.50 points and Division I Siena College was third with 949 as a total of 17 institutions competed at this year's ECAC's.
Junior
Sharon Rooker, Geyer, junior
Maria McClure and junior
April Lawson kicked off the Sunday action with a 3:54.39 and win in the 400-yard medley relay, picking up 64 team points.
Caruso was second in the 500-yard freestyle with a 5:05.76 which was good for 28 points, and Heinbach was ninth (5:14.47).
Sophomore
Jennifer Rutledge and Lawson were second and third in the 50-yard freestyle, racking up 55 team points with times of 24.37 and 24.50, while Geyer recorded a new meet-record with a 2:08.17 in the 200-yard individual medley. Sophomore
Elena Piper was fourth with a 2:11.52 as duo brought in 58 team tallies.
Caruso, junior
Nicole Miller, Lawson and Rutledge ended the championships with a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay, combining for a 3:35.19 and 56 points.
Stevens will now go in to the winter break before taking a team training trip in early January.