Women’s Swimming and Diving Falls to Delaware

Matthews, Gerloff and 400 Free Relay Team All Claim Victories

10/24/03 11:59PM

NEWARK, DE - Despite three event wins and a number of strong performances, William and Mary women’s swimming and diving fell to CAA foe Delaware by a score of 134-109. Leading the Tribe’s charge were sophomore Bryanne Matthews (Rumson, NJ), junior Carrie Gerloff (Virginia Beach, VA) and the members of the 400 free relay team: senior co-captain Katie Hiles (Stafford, VA) and freshmen Allison Cameron (Vienna, VA), Anna Blount (Newport News, VA) and Marnie Rognlien (Nokesville, VA). Matthews led a sweep of the top-two positions in the 200 breast after clocking a 2:28.01, as freshman Kelly Reitz (Chesapeake, VA) took second. Gerloff led the Tribe’s domination of the 3-meter dive with her winning total of 209.70. The College took the remaining spots in the top-four as sophomore Yukari Nakamura (Alexandria, VA) snared second, senior Meg Patterson (Wayland, MA) placed third and sophomore Laura Hodulik (Mt. Laurel, NJ) finished fourth. The squad also performed solidly in the 1-meter dive with Nakamura capturing runner-up honors with Patterson placing third. The Tribe’s other event win of the meet came in the 400 free relay as a group of freshmen were led by one of the team’s most seasoned performers. The combination of Hiles, Cameron, Blount and Rognlien paced the field with a time of 3:40.88, nearly four seconds clear of second place.

In the 400 medley relay the team of Hiles, Reitz and sophomores Michelle Calanog (Gainesville, VA) and Kristi Borkowski (Norristown, PA) led the Tribe’s effort by snaring runner-up honors. Youth continued to be served in the competition as Blount edged out a second place finish in the 200 free by .01 seconds and Cameron, third, and Reitz, fourth, joined Borkowski, second, in a solid showing in the 50 free. Sophomore Paige Capro (Dumfries, VA) led the College’s effort in the 200 IM with by capturing second as freshman Alyson Fletcher (Newport News, VA) and junior Elizabeth Barrett (Midlothian, VA) followed in third and fourth, respectively. Borkowski again led her team in the 100 free with Rognlien taking third and Blount fourth. The Tribe took two more runner-up finishes as Calanog snared second in the 200 fly and freshman Callie Hopkins (Midlothian, VA) captured second in the 500 free.

The loss drops the College to 0-2 for the young season. The Tribe is back in action on Saturday at the Drexel/Lehigh Relay in Philadelphia, PA.

Team Scoring
1. Delaware: 134
2. William and Mary: 109

Full results are available at the Delaware Athletics website.