The William and Mary women's swimming team won 13 of 14 events Friday night against Mary Washington, riding a wave of strong performances to a 205-56 victory. The Tribe improves to 1-1 on the year, while the Eagles fall to same record.
Complete Results
200 Medley Relay
The wins started early in the evening, with the team of
Jessie Ustjanauskas (West Hartford, Conn.),
Liz Collins (Alexandria, Va.),
Courtney Mizerak (Manassas, Va.), and
Noelle Klockner (Marlboro, N.J.) posting an aggregate time of 1:51.38 to seize the victory.
Megan Howard (McLean, Va.),
Sara Shaner (Clarendon Hills, Ill.),
Jenny Lomicka (Henrico, Va.), and
Emily Bart (Cherry Hill, N.J.) were right behind them in 1:51.87, claiming the silver medal.
1000 Free
Freshman
Elena Marsilii (Falls Church, Va.) won her first collegiate victory with a time of 10:37.67 to take first in the 1000 free. Senior
Meghan Baker (New Rochelle, N.Y.) was second in 10:45.71, and junior
Jen Bentley (Jamestown, N.Y.) completed the podium sweep in 10:46.94.
200 Free
Senior
Caylyn Tate (Sterling, Va.) won the first of her two events on the night in the 200 free, swimming 1:56.99 to out-touch freshman teammate
Hannah Vester (Cincinnati, Ohio). Vester finished second in 1:57.01, and
Sara Shaner picked up the bronze medal in 1:58.18.
100 Back
Megan Howard also won a pair of races against the Eagles, with her first coming in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.55.
Jessie Ustjanauskas was right behind her in 1:00.86, and sophomore
Katie Thomas (Virginia Beach, Va.) kept the monopoly of the top-three spots going with a third-place time of 1:01.60.
100 Breast
Mary Washington's only win of the night came courtesy of All-American Amber Kerico in the 100 breast. For the Tribe,
Liz Collins was second in 1:10.10, and fellow sophomore
Greta Schneider (Moorestown, N.J.) was third in 1:10.63.
200 Fly
Freshman
Rachel Cortwright (Ridgewood, N.J.) was one of five freshmen to record victories in the meet, and picked up hers in the 200 butterfly after timing 2:13.93. She led classmates
Jenny Lomicka and
Courtney Mizerak in the event, with Lomicka taking second in 2:14.49 and Mizerak rounding out the trio in 2:17.28.
50 Free
Noelle Klockner's first of two wins came in the 50 free, where she powered through the finish in 25.01 seconds. Fellow rookie
Amanda Weidner (Evanston, Ill.) finished third overall, stopping the clock at 25.44.
100 Free
The first intermission proved just the right length for
Sara Shaner, who fired out of the blocks in the 100 free and led wire-to-wire in a 53.26 win.
Greta Schneider was the silver-medalist in 54.51 seconds, and
Jen Bentley earned her second bronze medal with a time of 54.76 seconds.
200 Back
Klockner's second win of the night came in the 200 back, where she stretched out at the wall and tapped the pad in 2:09.22. Freshman
Lindsey Winston (Henrico, Va.) was second in 2:10.43, just .5 seconds ahead of
Katie Thomas's third-place effort.
200 Breast
Senior
Emily Bart picked up her first win of the season in the 200 breast, timing 2:26.74 to finish comfortably ahead of the field.
Jenny Lomicka was third in the race, touching the wall in 2:33.98.
500 Free
Caylyn Tate and
Hannah Vester repeated their finish from the 200 free in the 500, going 1-2 once again. Tate's second win came in 5:10.91, while Vester took 5:12.69 to complete the 20 lengths of the pool.
100 Fly
Jessie Ustajanauskas added her name to the winner's pile in the 100 fly, swimming a very impressive 59.22 for the victory. Sophomore
Rebecca Spicher (Chesapeake, Va.) finished third, with a time of 1:01.27.
200 IM
After two weeks of close calls,
Lindsey Winston finally broke through with a win in the 200 IM, stopping the clock in 2:08.92. Junior
Devin Henry (Roanoke, Va.) won the silver in 2:11.58, and
Megan Howard completed the event sweep in 2:13.46.
400 Free Relay
the Tribe's freshman foursome of
Hannah Vester,
Sara Schad (North Yarmouth, Maine),
Jessie Ustjanauskas, and
Noelle Klockner put the punctuation mark on the victory with a win in the 400 free relay, combining to pass the metaphorical baton in 3:38.34. The junior class also swam together, with
Sara Shaner,
Gabby Famularo (Virginia Beach, Va.),
Jen Bentley, and
Devin Henry combing to finish second in 3:40.11.
William and Mary has two weeks off before its next meet, hosting Richmond on Homecoming Weekend. The women's-only meet will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26.