Wells Swim Team: January 2013

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Wells Wins!

On Wednesday, January 16th the men's and women's teams won against Alfred State College. Four swimmers swam the 1650 FR for the first time in their swimming career.

Nina Daniels (FR) and Stephanie Todd (FR) were the two women who did the 1650 for the first time. Daniels earned the 7th spot on the Top Ten list with a time of 21:14.87 while her team-mate Todd earned the 10th spot (21.52.92). Hilary Feudale (FR) swam a PR in the 50 FR (26.65) and is now only .30 from the 2010 record.

Left to Right: Alex Lamphear (SO) and Olive Touron (SO)

There were also 3 swimmers who swam the 400 IM and 2 of them did it for the first time in there swimming career. Patrick Munroe (FR) is only 5 seconds away from the record (5:00.43). Tyler Fischetti who normally swims the fly and distance events took off about 30 seconds off his time 400 IM (5:22.19). Meghan Terry (FR) was the other swimmer who swam this event for the first time.

Left to Right: Patrick Munroe (FR), Tyler Fischett (SO) and Alex Lamphear (SO)

Our next meet is right around the corner on Saturday, January 19th against Mansfield University (women only) and Pittsburg University at Bradford at Mansfield University

200 Fly Record!

Our first meet of the year was on January 11th against Buffalo State College. The team had been training double sessions plus dryland training twice a week so by the time this meet came the team did not have their full energy. Even though they were tired, they did not show it by have many season and personal best times!

One of the many highlights of the day was from Patrick Munroe (FR) who took 2 seconds off his time to break the Wells record in the 200 Fly (2:20.52). For his great race he earned NEAC Athlete of the Week. This was the 2nd time Munroe earned this award. Team-mate Matt Sleezer (JR) also took first place in the 50 FR (23.01) and 100 FR (51.69).

Thomas Dougherty (SO) in his first ever competitive season earned a PR in the 100 BR (1:14.31). Fellow team-mate Tyler Fischetti (SO) earned a PR in the 200 FR (2:10.71)

The women's team also had a great meet. Hilary Feudale (FR) earned the only 1st place win throughout the meet in her best event, 100 BA (1:07.89) it was also a season best and getting closer to the 1991 record of 1:06.42. For her efforts she earned the NEAC Athlete of the Week award for the 4th time this season. Feudale also earned 2nd place with a 4 second time drop in the 200 BA (2:30.29).

Team-mate Meghan Terry (FR) earned a 2nd place win and a SB in the 50 FR (27.85) and earned 3rd place and a SB in the 200 BR (2:58.26).

Overall it was a great first meet for the year.

Next meet will be Wednesday, January 16th against Alfred State College.