February 21, 2010

Sunday sees Bears win another gold at Centennial Conference Championships

 

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Ursinus College swimming teams finished up the 2010 season on Sunday night in the third and final day of the 2010 Centennial Conference Championships hosted by Franklin & Marshall.

The women finished in fourth place with 409 points, just two points ahead of Swarthmore. The men finished in fifth place with a score of 388.

The Bears crowned another champion on Sunday night as sophomore Danielle Yentz (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) won the 200 back with a time of 2:10.17, just .78 seconds ahead of Elizabeth Schroll of Dickinson. Yentz had come into the event seeded first, after getting a 2:12.56 in the morning preliminaries.

The Bears started the night as senior Emily Herman (Glenside, Pa./Cheltenham Township) finished fifth in the 1650 free with a time of 18:12.34, followed by senior Lyndsay MacFeeters (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield) in 11th place with a score of 18:45.90.

In the 200 back, senior Elizabeth Gombosi (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro) finished eighth with a time of 2:17.50. In the 100 free, freshman Sarah Kolosky (Fishkill, N.Y./Our Lady of Lourdes) finished 14th with a time of 56.08 and freshman Lianna Foster-Bey (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax) was 16th with a time of 56.56.

In the 200 breast, junior Bridget Winn (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville) was sixth with a time of 2:29.70, Junior Jessica Saloky (Feasterville, Pa./Neshaminy) was ninth with a time of 2:29.67, while junior Kacie McCormick (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) was 16th with a mark of 2:40.66.

In the 200 fly, Herman finished eighth with a time of 2:19.67, while Yentz was 11th with a time of 2:22.21.

In the 400 free relay, the team of freshman Jeannie Weaver (Mays Landing, N.J./Oakcrest), Foster-Bey, senior Melissa Krupa and Kolosky was fifth with a mark of 3:43.44.

In the morning preliminaries,  Gombosi was eighth in the 200 back with a time of 2:17.64.

In the 100 free, Foster-Bey was 11th with a time of 55.93, with Kolosky in 13th place with a time of 56.02.

Wynn took fourth in the 200 breast prelims with a time of 2:30.79, while Saloky was ninth with a time of 2:33.45 and McCormick was 16th with a time of 2:38.67.

In the 200 fly prelims, Herman was sixth with a time of 2:16.13, while Yentz was 11th with a time of 2:22.98.