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Women's Swimming Gets Pair Of A's In Saturday Session Of Big Al Open
December 06, 2008 | Women's Swimming and Diving
A pair of A's, Alicia Aemisegger and Jillian Altenburger, both picked up individual wins for Princeton during the Saturday session of the Big Al Open, which ends Sunday. Aemisegger set a DeNunzio Pool record in the 400 IM while Altenburger topped the field in the 200 free.
As a team, Princeton currently stands in third place with 471 points. Florida leads the field with 815 points, while Utah holds second with 574 points. Princeton leads the likes of Columbia, Brown, Rider and Rutgers.
The session opened with the 200 medley relay, where Princeton took third with the team of Megan Waters, Aemisegger, Justina DiFazio and Courtney Kilkuts (1:43.18). Without much rest, Aemisegger got right back in the water and topped the pool record of former Olympian Christina Teuscher when she went 4:06.48 to win the 400 IM. Besides setting the DeNunzio record, Aemisegger made her A-cut time for the NCAA championships.
Princeton did not place anybody in the 100 fly finals, but the Tigers did have four in the consolation finals. Monika Friedman led the way with a 12th-place finish (57.03), while DiFazio, Waters and freshman Kerry Gruendel all finished between 13th and 16th.
Altenburger followed with a win in the 200 free by finishing in 1:49.06. Youth was served for Princeton in the event, as fellow freshman Aislinn Smalling took sixth in 1:50.57.
Kilkuts (4th, 1:03.09) and Gruendel (8th, 1:05.57) both reached the finals of the 100 breast, while Waters won the consolation final of the 100 back.
Princeton got a second-place finish in the 1-meter diving competition when 2007 Ivy League Championships Diver of the Meet Katie Giarra placed second with 287.35 points. The night ended with the team of Aemisegger, DiFazio, Smalling and Altenberger finishing the 800 free relay in a second-best and B-cut time of 7:18.39.
Sunday will have a preliminary session at 10 a.m. and a finals session at 6 p.m. The finals will be streamed live on TigerZone, which you can sign up for through GoPrincetonTigers.com. Admission to both sessions is free. The following is Sunday's order of events:
W 200 back
M 200 back
W 100 free
M 100 free
W 200 breast
M 200 breast
W 200 fly
M 200 fly
W/M 1650 free (all but
fastest heat), to begin
around 4 p.m.
finals session will open with 1650 free finals