2008 Woodie Awards
Ladies drop two meets before rallying at MIT
Sarah Poling-Luehrman
Issue date: 2/10/05 Section: Sports
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Williams proved to be the toughest competition the team has faced thus far, and although Middlebury lost 167-131. "The competition between the two schools was tighter than what the score might suggest," said Head Coach Peter Solomon. The Panthers won 7 of 16 events, and in some of those they lost, they finished behind by mere fractions of a second. "Had we been able to pull off just two more close wins," said Solomon, "the team scores would have come out 151-147 in our favor. To be only two wins away from dethroning a team that has only loss 1 dual meet in the past 120 competitions is something that I am very pleased about."
Marika Ross '08 had a particularly good meet against Williams, with three first place finishes in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 400 IM. Her time of 4:35.09 in the 400 IM broke a varsity record and qualified as an NCAA "B" standard, while her times of 57.87 in the 100 fly and 2:04.62 in the 200 fly broke the varsity record and the pool record and qualified as NCAA "A" standard. Her consistently strong swimming also contributed to the 200 free relay team's outstanding performance.
Barbara Van Der Veer '07, Pam Chatikavanij '08, Liz Rice '07 and Ross finished second to Williams, but their time of 1:39.28 earned the team another NCAA "B" standard recognition. Sara Cowie '08 also contributed a strong individual performance and took first place in the 500 free and the 1650 free. Her time of 17:44.46 in the 1650 free earning yet another NCAA "B" recognition.
At the other end of the pool, Middlebury divers stepped up to the board and performed outstandingly against Williams. Not only did Tessa Truex '05 deliver two more first place finishes in both the 1m and 3m diving categories, but Alana Hanson finished just behind her in the 1m category, both divers earning NCAA recognition.