Women’s Swimming Sets Two School Records at Terrapin Cup

Radloff Achieves Second NCAA Cut

11/17/06 9:59PM

COLLEGE PARK, MD - William and Mary’s women’s swimming and diving team set two new school records in the evening finals today at the Terrapin Cup Invitational, but slipped to seventh in the team standings. Events swum included the 200 medley relay, 800 free relay, 200 freestyle, 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke, and 100 backstroke.

Freshman Katie Radloff (Arlington, Va.) has been having the meet of a lifetime, and it continued tonight when she won the 200 freestyle with a school-record and NCAA “B” qualifying time of 1:49.30. It was Radloff’s second NCAA qualification and sixth school record (two relay, four individual) so far at the meet, with one day still left. Sophomore Marina Falcone (Potomac, Md.) also set a personal record in the 200 free, winning the bonus consolation race with a time of 1:51.34, behind only Radloff’s mark set this evening. At the end of the evening, Falcone and Radloff swam the last two legs of the 800 free relay that took ninth in a school record time of 7:36.14. They were preceded by Christina Monsees (Brewster, N.Y.) and senior captain Marnie Rognlien (Nokesville, Va.).

In the 100 back, Meredith David (Somerdale, N.J.) finished 11th with a time of 58.03. Radloff was 24th in the event, swimming an uncharacteristic 1:04.87 as she conserved energy for the three other races she was in. In the 100 breast, senior captain Kelly Reitz (Chesapeake, Va.) finished fifth with a time of 1:05.03, and freshman Suzanne Figuers (Cary, N.C.) was 22nd in 1:07.54.

In the 400 IM, Courtney Alles (Manassas Park, Va.) took 24th in 4:37.23. In the 100 fly, Whitney Pezza (Warrenton, Va.) was 20th in 58.15 seconds, and Erin Welshofer (Charlotte, N.C.) was right behind her in 21st with a time of 58.16 seconds. The 200 medley relay team of David, Reitz, Welshofer, and Radloff scored for the team in seventh, and their time of 1:46.92 is the third-fastest in school history.

The Terrapin Cup Invitational finishes tomorrow with the 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 1650 freestyle, and 400 free relay.

Terrapin Invitational Cup
Team Standings
1. West Virginia 478.5
2. Kansas 443
3. Villanova 244
4. Maryland 241.5
5. Connecticut 230
6. Richmond 185
7. William and Mary 179
8. Colgate 170
9. Yale 158
10. North Carolina State 149
11. Navy 148
12. West Chester 48
13. James Madison 40
14. Drexel 35
15. Mary Washington 18