The women’s swim team opened the 2009-10 season over the
weekend, falling to Connecticut 193-106, but taking a dominating
win over Laval, winning by a final margin of 193-93. Despite
competing against a Husky team that had the benefit of already
swimming several meets, the women looked strong, particularly
junior Candice Sisouvanvieng-Kim, who took a pair of seconds in the
50 and 100 free.
After a third place finish in the 200 medley relay to start the
day, sophomore Allyson Schumacher led off the individual events
with another third in the 1000 free. Schumacher was just nine
seconds off second, finishing in 10:45.76. She was at it
again shortly after, leading a contingent of Bears in the 200 free,
as Brown took second, third, and fourth. After Schumacher,
junior Kelley Wisinger and sophomore Samantha Williams took the
next two spots, as all three finished in the span of 1.5 seconds.
Following a third place finish by junior Sage Erskine in the 100 back, rookie Kristin Jackson showed off her potential in the 100 breast, finishing a close second. Jackson finished in 1:06.34, just off the pace of the leader, who crossed in 1:05.65. Sisouvanvieng-Kim then followed in the freestyle events, taking second in both the 50 and 100, finishing less than half a second behind the leader in each case.
Brown continued to compete well in the 200 back, as Wisinger and
Erskine each notched another strong finish, crossing the line in
second and third respectively. Schumacher then wrapped up her
afternoon with another third, this time in the 500 free, before
junior Natascha Mangan finished the day with a close second in the
100 fly.
The Bears will be back in action next weekend, when they open
their Ivy schedule by traveling to Dartmouth on Saturday, November
22.