School Record in the 800 Free Relay Leads W&M on First Night of CAAs

Women’s Team Sixth After First Night of Conference Championships

02/27/08 9:31PM

FAIRFAX, VA - The 800 free relay took second with a school record performance Wednesday night to open the CAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships for William and Mary. With three events in the book, George Mason holds the clubhouse lead with 109 points, 30 clear of UNC Wilmington. W&M stands tied with Drexel for sixth with 69 points.

Complete Wednesday Results

Behind the lead-off of sophomore Lindsay Guers (Orwigsburg, Pa.), who set a personal-record with her 200-yard time of 1:50.78, third-best in school history, the team of Christina Monsees (Brewster, N.Y.), Marina Falcone (Potomac, Md.), and Katie Radloff (Arlington, Va.) claimed the silver medal with a time of 7:23.65. Impressively, Guers’ performance was her second swim of the evening after anchoring the 200 medley relay of Meredith David (Somerdale, N.J.), Carolyn Royce (Midlothian, Va.), and Whitney Pezza (Warrenton, Va.) to a fifth-place finish with a time of 1:45.61, second-best in school history.

On the 3-meter diving board, freshman Sarah Cannon (Watkinsville, Ga.) finished 11th with a score of 203.45, and classmate Jean Rodini (Midlothian, Va.) claimed 16th with a score of 166.80.

UNC Wilmington won the 200 medley relay in 1:44.28, and Towson claimed the gold in the 800 free relay with a conference-record and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 7:20.88. Drexel’s Kate Hynes won the 3-meter title, setting a conference record in the preliminaries with her score of 364.15.

The CAA Championships continue tomorrow with preliminaries starting at 10 AM.

CAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
1. George Mason 109
2. UNC Wilmington 79
3. Northeastern 75
T4. Delaware 74
T4. Towson 74
T6. WILLIAM AND MARY 69
T6. Drexel 69
8. James Madison 64
9. Old Dominion 50