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Women's Swimming & Diving Set For 2010 MAC Championships
2/22/2010 3:33:40 PM | Swimming & Diving
The Eagles will head south to Oxford to compete in the 2010 MAC Championships, set to begin Feb. 24-27
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University women's swimming and diving team heads into the 2010 MAC Championships with the hopes of improving upon its fourth place finish from last season. The Eagles are aiming for their third overall title in school history.
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FOR THE 34TH TIME: The 2009-10 season marks the 34th in Eastern Michigan University women's swimming and diving history. The program was started in 1976 under Head Coach Mike Cook who led the Eagles to a 5-3-1 mark in their inaugural year. EMU has had eight coaches throughout the years, with Peter Linn taking over in 2004. As women's coach, Linn has helped the Eagles to two Mid-American Conference Championships while boasting a 46-18 overall record and a 32-14 MAC mark in now his sixth season.
CHAMPIONSHIP TIME: Eastern Michigan University is gearing up for the 2010 MAC Championships and eyeing its third overall title in school history. The last time the Eagles hoisted the trophy was 2007 when they repeated as MAC Champions. This year, Miami University will host the MAC Championship meet for the first time since 2004. The RedHawks who rank second in the CSCAA Mid-Major Poll, the highest of any MAC team, will be comfortably competing in their own backyard.
CHAMPIONSHIP PROSPECTS: The Eagles' strengths heading into this weekend are most certainly their distance freestyle events as freshman Briana Emig and sophomore Samantha Partridge, who was a second team All-MAC selection last year, hold top-five MAC times this season in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 between them. Sophomore Sarah Maraskine will contend in backstroke while several Eagles are looking to place high in both diving events, including freshman Danielle Hulvey.
LAST TIME OUT: The Eagles were edged out by Ohio University in the regular season finale in Athens Feb. 6, 2010. EMU was trailing going into the final event of the meet, the 800-yard free relay, but still had a chance to come away with the win. The Eagles 'B' team swam to a comfortable five-second win in the event, but Ohio was able to grab second and third place while the Eagles' 'A' team finished fourth. The pair of top-three finishes for the 'Cats enabled them to pull out the two-point, 151-149, dual meet victory. It was the 'Cats seventh straight dual meet win and 18th in a row at home.
MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS LIVE FROM OXFORD: Miami All-Access is an internet broadband offering provided by MURedHawks.com and CBSSports.com College Network that will webcast the entire 2010 MAC Women's Swimming & Diving Championships. To sign up and register for this comprehensive, easy-to access multimedia coverage ($6.95 per month), go to www.MURedHawks.com and click the LAUNCH BROADBAND CHANNEL button. Powered by Microsoft's Silverlight technology, this state of the art interface will give fans the highest quality streaming experience in the most user-friendly environment. This player will be fully compatible across different web browsers.
EMU RANKED EIGHTH IN MID-MAJOR POLL: The Eagles dropped to 11th in the latest CSCAA Mid-Major Division I Swimming and Diving Poll after ranking as high as eighth earlier in the season.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Wednesday, February 24
7:00 p.m. - 200 Medley Relay
7:35 p.m. - 800 Freestyle Relay
Thursday, February 25
11:00 a.m. - Preliminary heats begin
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
12:45 p.m. - Timed Trials Begin
1:00 p.m. - 1-Meter Diving Prelims (1-Meter consolation finals (9-16th places) will follow prelims)
7:00 p.m. - Consolation Final - 500 Freestyle
7:12 p.m. - Championship Final - 500 Freestyle
7:20 p.m. - Consolation Final - 200 Individual Medley
7:28 p.m. - Championship Final - 200 Individual Medley
7:37 p.m. - Consolation Final - 50 Freestyle
7:44 p.m. - Championship Final - 50 Freestyle
7:51 p.m. - 1-Meter Diving Finals
8:40 p.m. - 200 Freestyle Relay
Friday, February 26
11:00 a.m. - Prelim heats begin
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
1:00 p.m. - Timed Trials Begin
2:00 p.m. - 3-Meter Diving Prelims
7:00 p.m. - Consolation Final - 400 Individual Medley
7:12 p.m. - Championship Final - 400 Individual Medley
7:24 p.m. - Consolation Final - 100 Butterfly
7:33 p.m. - Championship Final - 100 Butterfly
7:42 p.m. - Consolation Final- 200 Freestyle
7:51 p.m. - Championship Final - 200 Freestyle
8:00 p.m. - Consolation Final - 100 Breaststroke
8:08 p.m. - Championship Final- 100 Breaststroke
8:16 p.m. - Consolation Final- 100 Backstroke
8:24 p.m. - Championship Final - 100 Backstroke
8:40 p.m. - 3-Meter Diving
9:20 p.m. - 400 Medley Relay
Saturday, February 27
11:00 a.m. - Prelim heats begin
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
1:00 p.m. - Exhibition Platform Diving
7:00 p.m. - Championship Heat - 1650 Freestyle
7:25 p.m. - Consolation Final - 200 Backstroke
7:34 p.m. - Championship Final - 200 Backstroke
7:43 p.m. - Consolation Final - 100 Freestyle
7:51 p.m. - Championship Final - 100 Freestyle
7:59 p.m. - Consolation Final Heat - 200 Breaststroke
8:08 p.m. - Championship Heat - 200 Breaststroke
8:17 p.m. - Consolation Final Heat - 200 Butterfly
8:25 p.m. - Championship Heat - 200 Butterfly
8:39 p.m. - 3-Meter Diving
9:20 p.m. - 400 Freestyle Relay
9:35 p.m. - Awards Ceremony
Parking Direction to South Campus Garage: 545 S. Campus Ave. Oxford, OH 45056
From the North: I-75 south to I-70 west to SR 127 south (Exit 10, Eaton/ Hueston Woods); Turn left off of exit ramp. Follow SR127 through Eaton and Camden to State Route 73; Turn right and follow SR 73 to Oxford. • Take a Left on Patterson Avenue • Take an immediate Right on Spring Street • Follow Spring Street • Take your 3rd Left onto Campus Avenue • The South Campus Garage will be on the Left Hand Side, just past the Health Center
From the South: I-75 north to I-275 north (Take the airport exit which goes off to the left); Follow signs for Indianapolis/Cincinnati (I-275 splits and becomes I-74/Indianapolis and I-275/Cincinnati-Dayton); Follow I-275 east towards Dayton, take the Colerain Avenue exit(Exit 33) and turn left. This is Colerain Ave/ SR 27 north; this will take you into Oxford. • Follow 27 until you arrive to the Chestnut Street intersection. The 1st Street at the entrance to campus off SR 27 • Make a Left turn on Chestnut Street • Continue on Chestnut Street • Make your 3rd Right Turn onto Campus Avenue • The South Campus Garage will be on your right, just past the Campus Recreation Center
From I-70 going East: Take the SR 27 south exit in Richmond, Indiana; Proceed through Richmond and Liberty, Indiana and into Oxford. • Follow 27 / College Corner Pike until you get to the intersection of College Corner Pike and Locust Avenue. Turn Right onto Locust Avenue • Make your first Left onto High Street • Continue on High Street through town • Turn Right onto Campus Avenue • Continue on Campus Avenue through Spring Street intersection • The South Campus Garage will be on the Left Hand Side just past the Health Center
From I-70 going West: Continue west to SR 127 south (Exit 10, Eaton/ Hueston Woods); Follow SR 127 through Eaton and Camden to State Route 73; Turn right and follow SR 73 to Oxford. • Take a Left on Patterson Avenue • Take a quick Right on Spring Street • Follow Spring Street • Take your third Left onto Campus Avenue • The South Campus Garage will be on the left hand side just past the Health Center
