For Immediate Release
November 14, 2007
Wellesley Sports Information
Contact: Lauren Ferrett
Wellesley College Swimming & Diving Falls to MIT
Complete Results
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wellesley College Swimming and Diving team fell to New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) rival MIT on Wednesday night in Cambridge, MA. The Engineers outlasted Wellesley 179-118.
The Blue were led by senior Jenny Wu (Livingston, NJ) who took top honors in two out of the four events that Wellesley won. In the 100-yard breaststroke, Wu finished in 1:10.49, five seconds faster than the second-place finisher. In the 200-breast, Wu's time of 2:30.52 was 11 seconds faster than the nearest competitor.
Also picking up a win for Wellesley was sophomore Hilary Gram (Hopkinton, Mass.). Swimming the 200-yard butterfly, Gram's time of 2:18.13 bested Kristen Felch from MIT by six-tenths of a second.
Rounding out the first-place finishes for the Blue was the 200-yard freestyle relay team of first-years Cathy Poon (McLean, VA) and Dana Dutton (Anacortes, WA), and juniors Carolyn O'Hara (Bedford, NH) and Savanna Johnson (Bloomington, IN). The foursome recorded a time of 1:41.57 en route to Wellesley's fourth event win.
The loss drops the Blue's dual meet record to 1-1 (0-1 NEWMAC) on the season. Wellesley will be back in action on Saturday, November 17th at Endicott College.