Women's Swimming & Diving Concludes Action at the Frank Elm Invitational

Friday, November 20

Piscataway, N.J.

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University of New Hampshire

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Women's Swimming & Diving Concludes Action at the Frank Elm Invitational

11/22/2015 8:19:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The University of New Hampshire women's swimming & diving team concluded action at the Frank Elm Invitational, held at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on Sunday, Nov. 22.

Sophomores Liza Baykova (Moscow, Russia) and Jessica Harper (Easthampton, Mass.) headlined the 'Cats on the last day of the three-day event.

Baykova zipped through the water in the 100-yard freestyle, qualifying for the A final with a preliminary time of 51.85 seconds. She trimmed off 1.24 seconds in her finals race, hitting the panel third out of the field for a time of 50.61.

Harper turned in two individual top-10 finishes on the day. Harper started the day with a 2:06.44 preliminary time in the 200-yard butterfly, qualifying for the B final. She then swam in the 1,650-yard freestyle event, muscling out a seven-place time of 17:04.13. Harper then jumped back into the pool and skimmed through water for a 2:05.02 mark in the 200-yard butterfly, good for seventh-place.

Four other Wildcats competed with Harper in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Freshman Brittany Driscoll (Wallingford, Conn.) turned in a 19^th place finish in the event, cutting through the water for a time of 17:44.19. Sophomore Bridget Miller (Longmeadow, Mass.) was on the heels of Driscoll, finishing with a 20^th-place performance of 17:54.02. Rookie Brittany Moffatt (Cedar Falls, Iowa) finished 23^rd (17:49.64) while Lauren Marsden (Annapolis, Md.) placed 28^th (8:37.32) to round out the UNH finishers.

Freshman Linnea Lemerise (Brentwood, N.H.) was the lone Wildcat representative who turned in a top-32 performance in the 200-yard backstroke. The rookie qualified for the C final with a time of 2:07.29. She improved on her prelim time in the finals, touching the wall at 2:06.96, placing 23^rd.

Senior Bettina Caspersen (Lyngby, Denmark) headlined the 'Cats in the 200-yard breaststroke. She parted the water for an 11^th-place finish of 2:20.59. Junior Sarah Olver (Durham, N.H.) and Driscoll also notched qualifying times. Following a 2:26.81 preliminary performance, Olver captured a 21^st place time of 2:25.64. Driscoll placed 31^st in the event, slamming the panel at 2:32.92.

Accompanying Harper in the 200-yard butterfly, freshman Vivienne El-Sibay (Munich, Germany) turned in a top-32 preliminary time of 2:10.72. She slashed 2.80 seconds off her initial time in the finals, placing 26^th in the field with a mark of 2:07.92.

UNH wrapped up the meet by competing in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The quartet of junior Sarah Broderick (Haverhill, Mass.), sophomore Kaitlin Cahill (Troy, N.Y.), freshman Maddie Murphy (Liverpool, N.Y.) and Harper forged a 17^th-place performance of 3:34.99.

New Hampshire is off until Jan. 2 when it competes at the Citrus Classic. The Wildcats return Swasey Pool on Friday, Jan. 29 (5 p.m.) against America East rival University of Maine.

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