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Aemisegger Sets Another Ivy Mark, But Women's Swim/Dive Stands In Deep Hole
February 28, 2009 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Despite another Ivy League record-setting swim by junior All-America Alicia Aemisegger, the Princeton women's swimming and diving team ended the second day of the 2009 Ivy League championship meet in a deep hole against Harvard. The 19th-ranked Tigers trail No. 24 Harvard by 203 points with one day remaining.
Harvard, which ended up winning Thursday's 200 free relay after five teams, including Princeton, were disqualified, leads the field with 1,068 points, while Princeton, the three-time defending champion, has 865 points. Third-place Yale has 675 points.
Princeton opened Friday's championship session by winning the 200 medley relay in an Ivy League championship- and Princeton-record time of 1:41.62, which also qualified as an NCAA B-cut time. The winning relay team of Megan Waters, Courtney Kilkuts, Alicia Aemisegger and Justina DiFazio cut into Harvard's lead by 10 points, as the Crimson finished third. The Tigers defeated Columbia, which also set an Ivy record, by less than half a second.
Harvard built its lead back up with a 1-2-3 finish in the 1000. Junior Alexandra Clarke won the event in 9:43.09, a time that was more than eight seconds faster than the rest of the field. Princeton placed two in the top 10, led by sophomore Ming Ong, who placed sixth in 10:07.11. Freshman Lauren Shanley added a 10th-place finish in 10:13.23, while sophomore Nicole McAndrew placed 13th in 10:17.57.
Aemisegger won her eighth individual Ivy League in her personal specialty, the 400 IM. After qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Trial finals in the same event, Aemisegger easily won the event with an NCAA A-cut and Ivy League championship-record time of 4:06.15. That time defeated Harvard's Katherine Pickard by more than 13 seconds, but the Crimson managed four of the top six spots to again build on its lead. Princeton got an 11th-place finish from McAndrew (4:28.65) and a 14th-place finish by Shanley (4:32.35).
Princeton wasn't able to make up much ground in the 100 fly, as senior Monika Friedman was the lone Tiger who qualified for the championship final. Friedman, the defending champion in both fly events, placed eighth in a time of 56.62, while DiFazio took 10th in 56.58. The event was won by Columbia's Allsion Hobbs in a time of 54.92.
The showdown in the 200 free final between Harvard sophomore Kate Mills and Princeton freshman Jillian Altenburger went the Crimson's way; both recorded NCAA B-cut times, but Mills won the event in 1:46.29, which topped Altenburger's time of 1:47.75. Fellow Princeton freshman Aislinn Smalling also picked up a championship final finish, as she took seventh in 1:50.93.
Princeton picked up another second-place finish when Kilkuts was edged out in a strong battle with Yale's Susan Kim in the 100 breast. Kim recorded an NCAA A-cut time of 1:02.05 to win the event, while Kilkuts followed closely in 1:02.69. A trio of Tiger freshmen made their way into the consolation finals, led by Hannah Cody, who finished 12th in 1:05.36. Kerry Gruendel took 13th in 1:05.48, while Caitlin Baran placed 16th in 1:06.52.
Waters picked up a third consecutive third-place finish in the 100 back, and this one would be excruciatingly close. Harvard's Katy Hinkle won the event in 55.50, just .01 of a second in front of Waters' runner-up time of 55.51. The Tigers sent two to the consolation finals, as freshman Mary Killian finished 10th in 56.90 and senior co-captain Meghan Capparell placed 16th in 57.90.
Harvard ended the day with a win in the 800 free relay; the Crimson quartet finished in 7:13.71, topping the team of Altenburger, DiFazio, Smalling and Aemisegger, which finished second with a time of 7:14.03.
Harvard, which ended up winning Thursday's 200 free relay after five teams, including Princeton, were disqualified, leads the field with 1,068 points, while Princeton, the three-time defending champion, has 865 points. Third-place Yale has 675 points.
Princeton opened Friday's championship session by winning the 200 medley relay in an Ivy League championship- and Princeton-record time of 1:41.62, which also qualified as an NCAA B-cut time. The winning relay team of Megan Waters, Courtney Kilkuts, Alicia Aemisegger and Justina DiFazio cut into Harvard's lead by 10 points, as the Crimson finished third. The Tigers defeated Columbia, which also set an Ivy record, by less than half a second.
Harvard built its lead back up with a 1-2-3 finish in the 1000. Junior Alexandra Clarke won the event in 9:43.09, a time that was more than eight seconds faster than the rest of the field. Princeton placed two in the top 10, led by sophomore Ming Ong, who placed sixth in 10:07.11. Freshman Lauren Shanley added a 10th-place finish in 10:13.23, while sophomore Nicole McAndrew placed 13th in 10:17.57.
Aemisegger won her eighth individual Ivy League in her personal specialty, the 400 IM. After qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Trial finals in the same event, Aemisegger easily won the event with an NCAA A-cut and Ivy League championship-record time of 4:06.15. That time defeated Harvard's Katherine Pickard by more than 13 seconds, but the Crimson managed four of the top six spots to again build on its lead. Princeton got an 11th-place finish from McAndrew (4:28.65) and a 14th-place finish by Shanley (4:32.35).
Princeton wasn't able to make up much ground in the 100 fly, as senior Monika Friedman was the lone Tiger who qualified for the championship final. Friedman, the defending champion in both fly events, placed eighth in a time of 56.62, while DiFazio took 10th in 56.58. The event was won by Columbia's Allsion Hobbs in a time of 54.92.
The showdown in the 200 free final between Harvard sophomore Kate Mills and Princeton freshman Jillian Altenburger went the Crimson's way; both recorded NCAA B-cut times, but Mills won the event in 1:46.29, which topped Altenburger's time of 1:47.75. Fellow Princeton freshman Aislinn Smalling also picked up a championship final finish, as she took seventh in 1:50.93.
Princeton picked up another second-place finish when Kilkuts was edged out in a strong battle with Yale's Susan Kim in the 100 breast. Kim recorded an NCAA A-cut time of 1:02.05 to win the event, while Kilkuts followed closely in 1:02.69. A trio of Tiger freshmen made their way into the consolation finals, led by Hannah Cody, who finished 12th in 1:05.36. Kerry Gruendel took 13th in 1:05.48, while Caitlin Baran placed 16th in 1:06.52.
Waters picked up a third consecutive third-place finish in the 100 back, and this one would be excruciatingly close. Harvard's Katy Hinkle won the event in 55.50, just .01 of a second in front of Waters' runner-up time of 55.51. The Tigers sent two to the consolation finals, as freshman Mary Killian finished 10th in 56.90 and senior co-captain Meghan Capparell placed 16th in 57.90.
Harvard ended the day with a win in the 800 free relay; the Crimson quartet finished in 7:13.71, topping the team of Altenburger, DiFazio, Smalling and Aemisegger, which finished second with a time of 7:14.03.
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