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Saturday, February 27
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EMU Takes Fourth At MAC Championships, Place Four on All-MAC
2/27/2010 11:30:26 PM | Swimming & Diving
Eastern Michigan's women's swimming and diving team had a successful final day of the MAC Championships
Complete Results
Saturday's Results
OXFORD, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's swimming and diving team brought home a fourth place finish, accumulating 453.5 points, to conclude the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championships at Miami University Saturday, Feb. 27.
Samantha Partridge and Sarah Kowalski were named to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team while Briana Emig and Danielle Hulvey were Second Team All-MAC selections. Head Diving Coach Buck Smith was Diving Coach of the Year.
In the evening's first final, the 1,650 free, Partridge turned in a Division I-B qualifying time of 16:33.16 en route to a second place finish behind event winner, Jacy Dyer of Toledo, who touched the wall in 16:21.74. It was a new MAC record which bested her old mark by more than 3.5 seconds back in 2008. Eastern's Emig took sixth in the event with a time of 16:51.77 to also place.
In the 200 back, Amanda Kiefer finished just outside of medaling, touching the wall in 1:59.88, good for fourth place. Toledo's Ashley Cusack finished just ahead of her to claim third with a time of 1:59.26 while Kenda Karchner of Akron took home first with a time of 1:57.76.
EMU's Kowalski and Toledo's Carly Harter tied for third place in the 100 free, each touching the wall in a Division I-B qualifying time of 50.20. Caroline Simmons of Buffalo took first by edging out Ohio's Chelsey Bower by the slimmest of margins, finishing in 49.69 seconds to Bower's time of 49.70.
In the 200 breast, Chelsea Allard made it onto the podium with an eighth place finish, touching the wall in 2:19.52. Kelsey Vehr of Miami set a meet, pool and MAC record by finishing with a time of 2:11.70.
The Eagles put three divers in the top-eight on the three-meter dive. Kelly Hendricks placed fourth with a score of 267.40 while Christina Nunez-Wood and Leslie Vizurraga took sixth and eighth with scores of 264.30 and 237, respectively. Elisa Torres earned points in the 200 fly, turning in a 10th place finish with a time of 2:04.11.
In the final event of the day, the 400 free relay team of Stephanie Cholyk, Partridge, Sarah Maraskine and Kowalski reached the podium and medaled, taking third place with a time of 3:25.71. It was seven-hundredths of a second ahead of fourth place Bowling Green and two places shy of Toledo, which took first with a Division I-B qualifying time of 3:21.77.
All-MAC Women's Swimming and Diving Teams
Swimmer of the Year
Jacy Dyer
Rachel Heim
Diver of the Year
Meili Carpenter, Buffalo
Swimming Coach of the Year
Lars Jorgensen
Diving Coach of the Year
Buck Smith, EMU
First Team
Jacy Dyer, Toledo
Carly Harter, Toledo
Annie Donovan, Ohio
Kelsey Vehr, Miami
Rachel Heim, Ohio
Meili Carpenter, Buffalo
Kendall Karchner, Akron
Caroline Simmons, Buffalo
Amanda Traylor, Ohio
Samatha Partridge, EMU
Chelsey Bower, Ohio
Megan Brunn, Miami
Kelsey Atchison, Toledo
Alie Schirmirs, Buffalo
Sarah Kowalski, EMU
Second Team
Steph Zielinski, Akron
McKenzie Bagan, Toledo
Briana Emig, EMU
Laura Lindsay, Toledo
Maegan O'Connor, Miami
Ashley Cusak, Toledo
Laura Heckroth, Toledo
Claire Leichty, Toledo
Katie White, Toledo
Katie Miles, Akron
Meg Richardson, Bowling Green
Leah Thornton, Miami
Danielle Hulvey, EMU
Kelsey Anagnos, Miami
Stacy Huber, Ohio
Lindsay Hamilton, Ohio
Saturday's Results
OXFORD, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's swimming and diving team brought home a fourth place finish, accumulating 453.5 points, to conclude the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championships at Miami University Saturday, Feb. 27.
Samantha Partridge and Sarah Kowalski were named to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team while Briana Emig and Danielle Hulvey were Second Team All-MAC selections. Head Diving Coach Buck Smith was Diving Coach of the Year.
In the evening's first final, the 1,650 free, Partridge turned in a Division I-B qualifying time of 16:33.16 en route to a second place finish behind event winner, Jacy Dyer of Toledo, who touched the wall in 16:21.74. It was a new MAC record which bested her old mark by more than 3.5 seconds back in 2008. Eastern's Emig took sixth in the event with a time of 16:51.77 to also place.
In the 200 back, Amanda Kiefer finished just outside of medaling, touching the wall in 1:59.88, good for fourth place. Toledo's Ashley Cusack finished just ahead of her to claim third with a time of 1:59.26 while Kenda Karchner of Akron took home first with a time of 1:57.76.
EMU's Kowalski and Toledo's Carly Harter tied for third place in the 100 free, each touching the wall in a Division I-B qualifying time of 50.20. Caroline Simmons of Buffalo took first by edging out Ohio's Chelsey Bower by the slimmest of margins, finishing in 49.69 seconds to Bower's time of 49.70.
In the 200 breast, Chelsea Allard made it onto the podium with an eighth place finish, touching the wall in 2:19.52. Kelsey Vehr of Miami set a meet, pool and MAC record by finishing with a time of 2:11.70.
The Eagles put three divers in the top-eight on the three-meter dive. Kelly Hendricks placed fourth with a score of 267.40 while Christina Nunez-Wood and Leslie Vizurraga took sixth and eighth with scores of 264.30 and 237, respectively. Elisa Torres earned points in the 200 fly, turning in a 10th place finish with a time of 2:04.11.
In the final event of the day, the 400 free relay team of Stephanie Cholyk, Partridge, Sarah Maraskine and Kowalski reached the podium and medaled, taking third place with a time of 3:25.71. It was seven-hundredths of a second ahead of fourth place Bowling Green and two places shy of Toledo, which took first with a Division I-B qualifying time of 3:21.77.
All-MAC Women's Swimming and Diving Teams
Swimmer of the Year
Jacy Dyer
Rachel Heim
Diver of the Year
Meili Carpenter, Buffalo
Swimming Coach of the Year
Lars Jorgensen
Diving Coach of the Year
Buck Smith, EMU
First Team
Jacy Dyer, Toledo
Carly Harter, Toledo
Annie Donovan, Ohio
Kelsey Vehr, Miami
Rachel Heim, Ohio
Meili Carpenter, Buffalo
Kendall Karchner, Akron
Caroline Simmons, Buffalo
Amanda Traylor, Ohio
Samatha Partridge, EMU
Chelsey Bower, Ohio
Megan Brunn, Miami
Kelsey Atchison, Toledo
Alie Schirmirs, Buffalo
Sarah Kowalski, EMU
Second Team
Steph Zielinski, Akron
McKenzie Bagan, Toledo
Briana Emig, EMU
Laura Lindsay, Toledo
Maegan O'Connor, Miami
Ashley Cusak, Toledo
Laura Heckroth, Toledo
Claire Leichty, Toledo
Katie White, Toledo
Katie Miles, Akron
Meg Richardson, Bowling Green
Leah Thornton, Miami
Danielle Hulvey, EMU
Kelsey Anagnos, Miami
Stacy Huber, Ohio
Lindsay Hamilton, Ohio
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