Women’s Swimming and Diving Clips Seahawks, 157-143

Tribe Wins Fifth in a Row

01/19/08 8:55PM

WILLIAMSBURG - William and Mary’s women’s swimming and diving team pinioned the Seahawks of UNC Wilmington Saturday afternoon as the snow fell in Williamsburg, 157-143. Winners of five in a row, the Tribe improves to 5-3, 3-1 CAA, while the Seahawks fall to 4-8, 1-3 CAA.

Complete Results

Sophomore Katie Radloff (Arlington, Va.) won four events to lead the Tribe, swimming anchor on both winning relays while also chipping in a pair of individual titles. She opened the meet teamed with senior captain Meredith David (Somerdale, N.J.), freshman Carolyn Royce (Midlothian, Va.), and sophomore Erin Welshofer (Charlotte, N.C.) to win the 400 medley relay in 3:55.23, the seventh-best performance in school history. Victories in the 50 free (23.88) and 100 free (51.38) followed, moving her into fifth all-time at the College with 46 career victories. Radloff closed the meet by anchoring the 400 free relay of Lindsay Guers (Orwigsburg, Pa.), Marina Falcone (Potomac, Md.), and Christina Monsees (Brewster, N.Y.) to a winning time of 3:31.58, the fifth-best performance ever at W&M.

David cruised to her 42nd career victory by claiming the 100 back in 59.03 seconds, tying former teammate Carrie Gerloff ’05 for seventh on the Tribe’s all-time victories list. Guers won the 200 free in 1:53.73, and Royce was victorious in the 100 breast with a time of 1:08.41. Welshofer took first in the 200 fly, touching the wall in 2:08.04, and freshman Sarah Cannon (Watkinsville, Ga.) won the required-list 1-meter diving event with 163.50 points.

William and Mary travels to the University of Richmond next Sunday, January 27, for the final non-conference meet of the year. The first event is scheduled for 1 p.m.