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07-08 Women's Swim/Dive Team Gets Fan Vote As Team Of Decade
April 27, 2010 | Women's Swimming and Diving
The 2007-08 Princeton women's swimming and diving team completed a perfect season, routed the field at the Ivy League Championship meet and sent an incredible seven swimmers to the NCAA Championships, a brilliant number for a non-scholarship program. It also won a tight fan vote in the GoPrincetonTigers.com Team of the Decade competition.
The women's swimming and diving team earned 51.2% of the 7,448 votes cast between noon on April 20 and noon on April 27. The 2004 women's soccer team, which also won the Ivy League title and is the only Ivy League program — men's or women's — to ever advance to the Final Four of a 64-team tournament, finished as the runner-up with 48.8% of the votes.
With All-America sophomore Alicia Aemisegger leading a cast of talent
up and down the roster, the 2007-08 women's swimming and diving team cruised through the regular season.
The Tigers won nine meets and placed second to No. 11 Penn State in the
Big Al Open. That performance left Princeton battle-tested for the Ivy
League Championships, which would be held in DeNunzio Pool.
The
championship would belong to Princeton from the start. The Tigers won
12 of 21 events and placed second in eight of the nine others.
Princeton's depth was overwhelming; in seven of its 12 wins, another
Princeton swimmer finished either second or third. While Aemisegger
continued her dominance with three wins, four others won at least one
individual event.
Princeton sent seven to the NCAA
championships, an almost impossible feat for a non-scholarship program.
Aemisegger, who would go on to swim in a U.S. Olympic Trial final that
summer, earned four All-America honors, including three individual
ones. The 800 free relay, which included one swimmer from each class,
rallied to All-America honors; it was the first for a Princeton women's
relay since 1981. Freshman Meredith Monroe, junior Justina DiFazio and senior Brett Shiflett were also among the members of that relay; it was Monroe's strong anchor swim that clinched the All-America finish.
The voting totals for all weeks can be found below. Thank you for participating and remembering some of the great Princeton teams of the last decade.
Week One Results: 2006 Open Crew (66.7%); 2000 Men's Outdoor Track & Field (18.2%); 2003 Baseball (15.3%); 2004 Women's Golf (0.0%).
Week Two Results: 2007-08 Women's Swimming & Diving (56.1%); 2009 Field Hockey (21.1%); 2004 Men's Basketball (14.0%); 2005-06 Women's Ice Hockey (8.8%).
Week Three Results: 2004 Men's Water Polo (77.1%); 2001 Men's Lacrosse (16.8%); 2007 Men's Indoor Track & Field (3.6%); 2006 Women's Basketball (2.5%).
Week Four Results: 2009 Men's Lightweight Crew (40.2%); 2006 Football (33.3%); 2007 Women's Squash (12.6%); 2001 Men's Soccer (10.3%); 2001 Men's Fencing (3.4%).
Week Five Results: 2002 Women's Lacrosse (62.0%); 2000 Men's Golf (22.0%); 2007 Men's Cross Country (12.0%); 2009 Women's Tennis (4.0%).
Week Six Results: 2008-09 Men's Swimming and Diving (56.0%); 2000 Women's Water Polo (34.7%); 2007-08 Men's Ice Hockey (5.6%); 2008-09 Men's Squash (2.4%); 2003 Women's Lightweight Rowing (1.3%).
Week Seven Results: 2004 Women's Soccer (48.8%); 2009 Women's Outdoor Track & Field (23.2%); 2008 Women's Volleyball (16.3%); 2000 Women's Fencing (11.7%).
Week Eight Results: 2006 Heavyweight Rowing (41.7%); 2009 Women's Cross Country (27.1%); 2005 Softball (18.8%); 2008 Women's Indoor Track & Field (12.5).
Quarterfinal One Results: 2007-08 Women's Swimming & Diving (50.3%); 2006 Open Crew (49.7%).
Quarterfinal Two Results: 2004 Men's Water Polo (56.0%); 2009 Men's Lightweight Crew (44.0%).
Quarterfinal Three Results: 2008-09 Men's Swimming & Diving (70.3%); 2002 Women's Lacrosse (29.7%).
Quarterfinal Four Results: 2004 Women's Soccer (59.7%); 2006 Heavyweight Rowing (40.3%).
Semifinal One Results: 2007-08 Women's Swimming & Diving (63.0%); 2004 Men's Water Polo (37.0%).
Semifinal Two Results: 2004 Women's Soccer (66.8%); 2008-09 Men's Swimming & Diving (33.2%).
Championship Results: 2007-08 Women's Swimming & Diving (51.2%); 2004 Women's Soccer (48.8%).