Tribe Swimming and Diving Downed by George Mason

11/02/02

FAIRFAX, VA - The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams lost to George Mason today, bringing the women’s record to 1-1 while the men fell to 0-2. The lady Patriots, last year’s Colonial Athletic Association’s champions, beat the Tribe by 41 points, while the Tribe men were defeated by 60 points.

Senior Ruth Anne Miller (Williamsburg, VA) saw two individual first-place finishes, the first coming in the 200 IM, where Miller and sophomore Elizabeth Barrett (Midlothian, VA) finished in first and second place, respectively with times of 2:06.02 and 2:13.41. Miller was also the top finisher in the 200 breaststroke, touching the wall in a time of 2:20.45. Freshman Kristi Borkowski (Norristown, PA) finished first in the 100 freestyle for the second week in a row, achieving a time of 54.40. A pair of freshmen, Erin Clark (Williamsburg, VA) and Paige Capro (Dumfries, VA) finished first and second in the 500 freestyle. Clark saw her first win of the year, swimming a time of 5:15.37, while Capro swam the race in 5:18.10. Clark and Capro also finished second and third, respectively in the 1000 freestyle. Freshman Katie Doggett (Woodbridge, VA) finished second in the 200 backstroke, despite swimming an impressive time of 2:07.55, which moves her to sixth on the Tribe’s all-time top performers list. Senior Liz Koch (Pittsburgh, PA) finished second in the 200 butterfly (2:10.78).

The men saw two individuals finish first in the meet, the first coming from senior Mark Sinder (Champaign, IL) in the 50 freestyle. Sinder finished the sprint event in 21.90. Junior Clark Noble (Gainesville, GA) took top honors in the 500 freestyle (4:47.51), beating out the second-place finisher by two seconds. Noble also finished second in the 1000 freestyle. The men’s 400 freestyle relay took top honors, as sophomore Scott Rhodes (Norfolk, VA), Thomas, senior David Hildebrand (Philadelphia, PA) and Sinder finished the race in 3:13.87. Hildebrand handed in a time of 1:45.09 in the 200 freestyle, nearly a second and a half faster than his time from last week. The 200 IM was also a strong event for the Tribe. Thomas finished second (1:59.48), while Noble and junior Noah Laurence (Mt. Pleasant, SC) finished third (2:00.10) and fourth (2:00.57), respectively. Sophomore Eric Druker (Wildwood, MO) saw a second-place finish in the 200 butterfly (1:59.28), while freshman Matt Wolff (Annandale,VA) finished second in the 200 backstroke (1:59.53).

The William and Mary swimming and diving teams will compete again on November 8 in a dual meet at Towson University.


Team Scoring

Men
GMU 150, W&M 89
Women
GMU 142, W&M 101