For Immediate Release
January 27, 2008
Wellesley Swimming & Diving
Courtesy Smith Sports Information
Wellesley Swimming & Diving Wins 2008 Seven Sisters Championship
Complete Results
Northampton, MA - For the eleventh consecutive year, Wellesley College took home the title at the Seven Sisters Swimming and Diving Championships. The Blue won nine of the 20 events to finish with a total of 1126.5 points. Vassar College (891.5) grabbed second place, while host Smith College (715) earned third. Mount Holyoke College (407) and Bryn Mawr College (344) rounded out the field.
Day two of the championship featured seven events, three of which had new meet records set. Shanti Freitas, of Smith College, began the day winning the 3-meter diving event in route to setting a new meet record of 511.45. The previous record had been 422.55, set in 1996.
Marly Pineda, also of Smith, began the swimming session of the day by winning the 1650 free with a time of 18:12:32, breaking the meet record she had previously set. Additionally, Pineda took the 200 fly with a time of 2:13:13. In the 200 back, Emily Love of Vassar, took home first place with a time of 2:10:68 edging out her previously set meet record of 2:10:98.
Wellesley took first place in the three other events of the day. Cathy Poon won the 100 free with a time of 55:53. The 200 breast was won by Jenny Wu, with a time of 2:31:44. The Blue also won the last event of the championship, the 400 free relay, with a time of 3:46:94. The relay team consisted of Wu, Dana Dutton, Poon, and Savanna Johnson.
2008 Seven Sisters Swimming and Diving All-Tournament Team
(*Asterisk denotes meet record)
200 Free Relay - Cathy Poon, Becky Hanna, Dana Dutton, Savanna Johnson (Wellesley) 1:43:41
500 Free - Marly Pineda (Smith) 5:16:29
200 IM - Jenny Wu (Wellesley) 2:16:42
50 Free - Cathy Poon (Wellesley) 25:06
400 Medley Relay - Jenny Wu, Savanna Johnson, Hilary Gram, Dana Dutton (Wellesley) 4:13:94
1 meter diving - Shanti Freitas (Smith) 438.00*
200 Medley Relay - Emily Love, Allison Koenker, Jess Lentner, Jordana Jantze (Vassar) 1:58:91
400 IM - Marly Pineda (Smith) 4:46:96
100 Fly - Lily Seidman (Smith) 1:02:05
200 Free - Emily Love (Vassar) 1:58:12
100 Breast - Savanna Johnson (Wellesley) 1:10:00
100 Back - Emily Love (Vassar) 1:01:27
800 Free Relay - Alex Simas, Emilie Mitten, Dana Dutton, Jenny Wu (Wellesley) 8:17:41
3 meter diving - Shanti Freitas (Smith) 511.45*
1650 Free - Marly Pineda (Smith) 18:12:32*
200 Back - Emily Love (Vassar) 2:10:68*
100 Free - Cathy Poon (Wellesley) 55:53
200 Breast - Jenny Wu (Wellesley) 2:31:44
200 Fly - Marly Pineda (Smith) 2:13:13
400 Free Relay - Jenny Wu, Dana Dutton, Cathy Poon, Savanna Johnson (Wellesley) 3:46:94
