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Saturday, January 30
DeNunzio Pool
5 p.m.
Princeton University
191
vs
107
Yale
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/ Women's Swimming and Diving
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/ Women's Swimming and Diving
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/ Women's Swimming and Diving
DIVE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
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FR, IM
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DIVE
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Women's Swimming/Diving Dominates Field In 2010 HYP Meet
January 31, 2010 | Women's Swimming and Diving
With four school records broken and a team full of lifetime bests, the Princeton women's swimming and diving posted its top effort of a season full of strong showings. Princeton remained undefeated during the 2009-10 season with wins of 196-102 over Harvard and 191-107 over Yale during the annual HYP competition.
Sophomore Meredith Monroe set records in both the 100 and 200 back, while senior co-captain Courtney Kilkuts broke an 18-year-old record in the 100 breast. Those two joined Alicia Aemisegger and Megan Waters to break the Princeton record in the 200 medley relay.
“Over half the team had lifetime bests tonight,” said head coach Susan Teeter. “Its tough to focus on one particular person because it was a total team effort. We had people fighting for fifth or sixth, which is awesome. I think they know that we still have about seven to ten days of hard work before resting for the conference meet. Our goal all season has been to keep going faster, and that won't change now.”
A good indication for how the meet would go came in the first event, when Princeton set its first school record; while the Monroe-Kilkuts-Aemisegger-Waters quartet won the race in 1:40.00, the Tiger B team of Alexa Powers, Sarah Furgatch, Arlene Douglas and Emily Trautner placed second overall in 1:43.51.
The first individual event of the evening was the 1000 free, and it turned into two different races: One involved Aemisegger, and the other involved the field. Aemisegger won the race in 9:37.27; more than 18 seconds later, Princeton's Aislinn Smalling topped the rest of the field in 9:55.85. Princeton also got a fourth-place finish from Ming Ong (9:58.23), a fifth-place finish from Lauren Shanley (10:03.75) and a sixth-place finish from Nicole McAndrew (10:04.02).
One of the big showdowns happened in the 200 free, as Princeton's Jillian Altenburger took on Harvard's Katherine Mills. Altenburger took the race in 1:48.05, 1.5 seconds faster than her Crimson rival.
Monroe took down the first of her two Princeton records when she won the 100 back in 54.68, nearly three seconds faster than anybody else. Princeton also got 3-4-5 finishes from Mary Killian (57.75), Julie Kochman (57.83) and Alexa Powers (57.94).
The oldest record on the Princeton board belonged to Carwai Seko prior to the fifth event, the 100 breast. A little more than one minute later, it was the newest record, and it belonged to Kilkuts. Princeton's co-captain broke a record from 1992 when she won the event in a DeNunzio record time of 1:02.03, while Furgatch (1:03.10) and Kerry Gruendel (1:04.53) placed third and fourth.
Aemisegger set a pool record and an 'A' cut time in the 200 fly, which she won in 1:54.84, while Waters swam a blistering 23.36 in the 50 for Princeton's seventh win in as many events.
Harvard earned its first win when Jennifer Reese won the three-meter diving competition with 273.55 points. Princeton's Carolyn Littlefield finished third with 253.90 points.
Yale followed with its first win, as freshman Alex Forrester won a dual with Waters and Altenburger in the 100 free. Forrester just missed an A cut in 49.92, while Waters took second in 50.16 and Altenburger placed third in 51.39.
The 200 back would be the fourth Princeton record to fall, as Monroe won the event in 1:55.58; her time was more than six seconds faster than the rest of the field. Ong added a third-place finish in 2:03.24.
Yale's Susan Kim won the 200 breast in a DeNunzio record time of 2:12.64, but Kilkuts (2:14.36), Furgatch (2:14.52) and Caitlin Baran (2:20.29) finished second, third and fourth in the event. Aemisegger got Princeton back on the winning track by taking the 500 free in 4:41.15, more than 13 seconds faster than any of her opponents.
Forrester won her second event for Yale in the 100 fly, while Waters was Princeton's top finisher in 55.33. Reese completed a sweep on the boards by winning the one-meter competition with 254.85 points; again, Littlefield placed third with 248.05 points, while Bryna Tsai took fourth with 240.15 points.
Kilkuts is the three-time reigning Ivy League champion in the 200 IM, so she didn't exactly need to establish herself as the favorite in the event. Regardless, she reminded the league of her ability in the event by winning in 2:00.92, more than two seconds faster than any of her rivals.
Princeton picked up one more win in the final event of the day. Although it didn't count toward the overall team score, the quartet of Trautner, Carter Stephens, Altenburger and Monroe won the 400 free relay in 3:25.87.
Princeton's final home swim will come this Friday against Columbia; it will also be Senior Day for Princeton and a final opportunity to watch, among others, co-captains Aemisegger and Kilkuts swim at DeNunzio Pool.
Sophomore Meredith Monroe set records in both the 100 and 200 back, while senior co-captain Courtney Kilkuts broke an 18-year-old record in the 100 breast. Those two joined Alicia Aemisegger and Megan Waters to break the Princeton record in the 200 medley relay.
“Over half the team had lifetime bests tonight,” said head coach Susan Teeter. “Its tough to focus on one particular person because it was a total team effort. We had people fighting for fifth or sixth, which is awesome. I think they know that we still have about seven to ten days of hard work before resting for the conference meet. Our goal all season has been to keep going faster, and that won't change now.”
A good indication for how the meet would go came in the first event, when Princeton set its first school record; while the Monroe-Kilkuts-Aemisegger-Waters quartet won the race in 1:40.00, the Tiger B team of Alexa Powers, Sarah Furgatch, Arlene Douglas and Emily Trautner placed second overall in 1:43.51.
The first individual event of the evening was the 1000 free, and it turned into two different races: One involved Aemisegger, and the other involved the field. Aemisegger won the race in 9:37.27; more than 18 seconds later, Princeton's Aislinn Smalling topped the rest of the field in 9:55.85. Princeton also got a fourth-place finish from Ming Ong (9:58.23), a fifth-place finish from Lauren Shanley (10:03.75) and a sixth-place finish from Nicole McAndrew (10:04.02).
One of the big showdowns happened in the 200 free, as Princeton's Jillian Altenburger took on Harvard's Katherine Mills. Altenburger took the race in 1:48.05, 1.5 seconds faster than her Crimson rival.
Monroe took down the first of her two Princeton records when she won the 100 back in 54.68, nearly three seconds faster than anybody else. Princeton also got 3-4-5 finishes from Mary Killian (57.75), Julie Kochman (57.83) and Alexa Powers (57.94).
The oldest record on the Princeton board belonged to Carwai Seko prior to the fifth event, the 100 breast. A little more than one minute later, it was the newest record, and it belonged to Kilkuts. Princeton's co-captain broke a record from 1992 when she won the event in a DeNunzio record time of 1:02.03, while Furgatch (1:03.10) and Kerry Gruendel (1:04.53) placed third and fourth.
Aemisegger set a pool record and an 'A' cut time in the 200 fly, which she won in 1:54.84, while Waters swam a blistering 23.36 in the 50 for Princeton's seventh win in as many events.
Harvard earned its first win when Jennifer Reese won the three-meter diving competition with 273.55 points. Princeton's Carolyn Littlefield finished third with 253.90 points.
Yale followed with its first win, as freshman Alex Forrester won a dual with Waters and Altenburger in the 100 free. Forrester just missed an A cut in 49.92, while Waters took second in 50.16 and Altenburger placed third in 51.39.
The 200 back would be the fourth Princeton record to fall, as Monroe won the event in 1:55.58; her time was more than six seconds faster than the rest of the field. Ong added a third-place finish in 2:03.24.
Yale's Susan Kim won the 200 breast in a DeNunzio record time of 2:12.64, but Kilkuts (2:14.36), Furgatch (2:14.52) and Caitlin Baran (2:20.29) finished second, third and fourth in the event. Aemisegger got Princeton back on the winning track by taking the 500 free in 4:41.15, more than 13 seconds faster than any of her opponents.
Forrester won her second event for Yale in the 100 fly, while Waters was Princeton's top finisher in 55.33. Reese completed a sweep on the boards by winning the one-meter competition with 254.85 points; again, Littlefield placed third with 248.05 points, while Bryna Tsai took fourth with 240.15 points.
Kilkuts is the three-time reigning Ivy League champion in the 200 IM, so she didn't exactly need to establish herself as the favorite in the event. Regardless, she reminded the league of her ability in the event by winning in 2:00.92, more than two seconds faster than any of her rivals.
Princeton picked up one more win in the final event of the day. Although it didn't count toward the overall team score, the quartet of Trautner, Carter Stephens, Altenburger and Monroe won the 400 free relay in 3:25.87.
Princeton's final home swim will come this Friday against Columbia; it will also be Senior Day for Princeton and a final opportunity to watch, among others, co-captains Aemisegger and Kilkuts swim at DeNunzio Pool.
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