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Women’s Swimming Returns to Action, Picks Up Dual-Meet Wins Over Cal (Pa.) and Fairmont State

SU wins nine of the 11 contested events; Sargent, Meier and Brown post top times in multiple events

11/1/2013 9:26:00 PM


SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University women's swimming team resumed its dual meet schedule Friday night inside Heiges Field House and picked up a pair of victories inside Donald N. Miller Pool, defeating conference rival California (Pa.) 110-88 and Mountain East school Fairmont State 139-48.

Shippensburg won nine of the 11 events on Friday night, while sophomores Rikki Sargent and Carolyn Meier and senior Julie Brown were multi-event winners.

Sargent won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:14.62, finishing less than a second ahead of freshman teammate Rebecca Burke, and also posted the top time in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.90).

Meier set the tone early in the meet with a 200-yard freestyle time of 1:56.68 – posting a convincing two-second victory – before winning the 100-yard freestyle in 53.76 seconds.

Brown won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.32 seconds and came back to win the 100-yard butterfly in 1:00.18. Burke took third in the 100 butterfly in 1:02.47.

SU went 1-2-3 in the 100-yard backstroke. Junior Jess Trgovic touched the wall first in 1:03.06, while senior Colleen Stiles was just two-tenths of a second behind. Junior Devon Perugini swam in the second heat but posted the third-fastest time, finishing in 1:04.33.

Trgovic, Sargent, Brown and Meier opened the night with a first-place time of 4:04.10 in the 400-yard medley relay. SU bookended the evening with a 400-yard freestyle relay win after the quartet of junior Tara Yohe, freshman Abbey O'Neal, freshman Jillian Stevens and junior Jen Flinchbaugh posted a time of 3:48.22.

Shippensburg will host IUP at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Shippensburg Top-3 Finishers

400 Medley Relay
1. Jess Trgovic, Rikki Sargent, Julie Brown, Carolyn Meier 4:04.10

1000 Free
3. Tara Yohe 11:22.19

200 Free
1. Carolyn Meier 1:56.68
3. Kaytee Garcia 2:04.05

50 Free
1. Julie Brown 24.32

200 IM
1. Rikki Sargent 2:14.62
2. Rebecca Burke 2:15.34

100 Fly
1. Julie Brown 1:00.18
3. Rebecca Burke 1:02.47

100 Free
1. Carolyn Meier 53.76

100 Back
1. Jess Trgovic 1:03.06
2. Colleen Stiles 1:03.26
3. Devon Perugini 1:04.33

500 Free
3. Kaytee Garcia 5:27.96

100 Breaststroke
1. Rikki Sargent 1:08.90

400 Freestyle Relay
1. Tara Yohe, Abbey O'Neal, Jillian Stevens, Jen Flinchbaugh 3:48.22
3. Devon Perugini, Kaytee Garcia, Sami Sabol, Colleen Stiles 3:57.03










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