The William & Mary women's swimming team was firing on all cylinders again on Friday night, scoring 11 new all-time marks and surging ahead in the team standings at the West Virginia Invitational. With 14 of 21 events scored, the Tribe continues to lead the now-10 team event with 1,059.5 points, just over 100 points ahead of the host Mountaineers (923) and Villanova (919.5).
200 Medley Relay
First up was the 200 medley relay, where both of the Tribe's scoring relays finished in the top-seven. The top relay of
Anna Kenna (Chantilly, Va.),
Annie Tuttle (Alexandria, Va.),
Brooke Lamoureux (Virginia Beach, Va.), and
Missy Cundiff (Leesburg, Va.) finished fourth overall in 1:43.49, and the second team of
Sonora Baker (Mechanicsville, Va.),
Lauren Freeman (Fairfax Station, Va.),
Madeline High (Raleigh, N.C.), and
Inez Olszewski (New York, N.Y.) took seventh in 1:45.86.
100 Fly
In the 100 fly, freshman
Maura Graff (Henrico, Va.) took sixth overall in 56.56 seconds, and Kenna, warmed up from her relay leg, got started on a huge night by taking 10th in the consolation finals. The sophomore swam a lifetime-best 56.12 by nearly a full second, improving to 13th in school history among athletes.
Tara Tiernan (West Hartford, Conn.) was 13th overall in 56.98 seconds and
Gabby Zhang (Ashburn, Va.) was 14th in 57.16, while Cundiff finished 15th in 57.63 seconds. The C finals saw High taking 20th with a time of 57.64, and seniors
Margaret Williams (Williamsburg, Va.) and
Yuka Kuwahara (Ashburn, Va.) were 23rd and 24th overall in 57.98 and 58.25, respectively. Baker rounded out the event in the D final, finished 29th in 58.32 seconds.
400 IM
Junior
Megan Bull (Hillsborough, N.J.) had a big night of her own, beginning in the 400 IM. She swam a collegiate-best 4:20.77 for second overall, and improved to fifth all-time at W&M in the event. Bull's time was the sixth-fastest single race ever for the Tribe. Freshman
Elizabeth Intihar (Columbus, Ohio) was next into the wall in fourth place, swimming a lifetime-best in 4:24.31 to rank ninth in school history among athletes. Senior
Julia Bland (Sea Girt, N.J.) was right behind her in 4:25.95 for fifth place, and freshman
Grace Tramack (Palo Alto, Calif.) was eighth in the championship finals in 4:30.04. In the consolation finals, rookie
Kim Jogis (Larchmont, N.Y.) was W&M's top finisher in 11th place, touching the wall in 4:31.07 just ahead of Zhang who was 12th in 4:31.12. Sophomore
Rebecca Rogers (Richmond, Va.) was 14th in 4:33.66, and freshman
Peyton Proffitt (Richmond, Va.) finished right behind her in 4:33.80 for 15th overall.
200 Free
Olszewski earned a lifetime-best in the 200 free, stopping the clock in 1:50.51 to finish third overall on the night. That moved Olszewski up to 12th all-time at W&M. Freshman
Katie Stevenson (Wilton, Conn.) now ranks 15th in school history after swimming 1:51.38 for fourth place in the meet, and the senior Williams swam a lifetimebest 1:52.37 for sixth place. Intihar was also back for another round, and turned in another lifetime-best in 1:52.48, good for 11th place overall. Senior
Norah Hunt (Stuarts Draft, Va.) added five more points after finishing 20th in 1:55.30, and her classmate
Emma Herold (Kohler, Wisc.) was 22nd overall in 1:55.59.
100 Breast
The freshman Tuttle made a slight improvement over her prelim time in the 100 breast, finishing fourth overall in a lifetime-best 1:03.69 to also improve to seventh all-time among Tribe athletes. Her classmate Lamoureux was eighth in 1:05.64, and the senior Freeman won the consolation finals with a time of 1:05.18. Also in the B finals heat,
Ellie Henry (Southern Pines, N.C.) was 11th in 1:05.50, just a heartbeat ahead of
Diana Tramontano (Greenwich, Conn.) who was 12th in 1:05.52. Graff was back for her second event in 1:05.85, another lifetime-best, to take 14th and Proffitt was 15th overall in a time of 1:07.91.
100 Back
Kenna's second big event was the 100 back, where she shattered her lifetime-best by more than three-quarters of a second and took the silver medal in 54.76 seconds. That was the ninth-fastest race in school history and moved Kenna up to second among all W&M athletes. Baker was seventh overall in 56.57 seconds, and Tiernan was 14th in 57.93 seconds. Henry and High were 20th and 26th, respectively, in 57.94 seconds and 59.28 seconds, and
Tess Ruona (Medford, N.J.) was 31st overall in 1:01.50.
800 Free Relay
Rounding out the night was the 800 free relay, where both of the Tribe's teams finished top five overall. The top squad was second overall in 7:22.98, the ninth-fastest time in school history. Bull led-off the quartet in 1:48.47, the 10th-fastest 200 free in school history, and was followed by Olszewski, Stevenson and Tiernan for the silver medal. W&M's B team finished fifth overall, with Tramack, Williams, Intihar, and Herold combining to stop the clock in 7:36.36.
The final day of the West Virginia Invitational begins on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. with prelims in the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, and 200 fly. The evening finals will also see competition in the 1,650 free, 1-Meter diving, and the 400 free relay.
2019 West Virginia Invitational
Team Standings (14 of 21 Events Scored)
1. William & Mary 1,059.5
2. West Virginia 923
3. Villanova 919.5
4. Kenyon 666.5
5. Old Dominion 453
6. Carnegie Mellon 280.5
7. Navy 117
8. James Madison 93
9. Massachusetts 39
10. St. Bonaventure
