Women’s Swimming & Diving in First Place After Day One of AE Champs, Set Conference Record in 800-Yard Free Relay

Thursday, February 11

Worcester, Mass.

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University of New Hampshire

America East Championships

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Women’s Swimming & Diving in First Place After Day One of AE Champs, Set Conference Record in 800-Yard Free Relay

2/11/2016 8:47:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

WORCESTER, Mass. – The University of New Hampshire women's swimming and diving team is in first place after the first day of the America East Swimming & Diving Championships with 125 points. The four-day event is being held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

WHAT HAPPENED
The quartet of sophomore Liza Baykova (Moscow, Russia), freshman Brittany Moffatt (Cedar Falls, Iowa), sophomore Jessica Harper (Easthampton, Mass.) and freshman Brittany Driscoll (Wallingford, Conn.) set a new conference record meet record and pool record in the 800-yard freestyle relay with an ECAC-A qualifying time of seven minutes, 16.14 points.

Sophomore diver Hailee Miller (Milton, Mass.) took third place in the 1-meter dive after recording a score of 214.25 points. Classmate Savanna Desmarais (Durham, N.H.) came in fourth place with a score of 210.75 points.

In the third and final event of the first day, freshman Linnea Lemerise (Brentwood, N.H.), senior Bettina Caspersen (Lyngby, Denmark), freshman Vivienne El-Sibay (Munich, Germany) and junior Sarah Broderick (Haverhill, Mass.) notched third place in the 200-yard medley relay with an ECAC-A qualifying time of 1:46.60.

RESULTS AFTER DAY ONE
(1) New Hampshire            125 points
(2) UMBC                                 102 points
(3) Vermont                           99 points
(4) Maine                                 86 points
(5) Binghamton 61 points

THURSDAY'S EVENTS
1-meter dive – complete
800-yard freestyle relay – complete
200-yard medley relay - complete

FRIDAY'S EVENTS
Preliminaries (10 a.m.) | Finals (5:30 p.m.)
500-yard freestyle
200-yard individual medley
50-yard freestyle
200-yard freestyle

SATURDAY'S EVENTS
Preliminaries (10 a.m.) | Finals (5:30 p.m.)
3-meter dive
400-yard individual medley
100-yard butterfly
200-yard freestyle
100-yard breaststroke
100-yard backstroke
400-yard medley relay

SUNDAY'S EVENTS
Preliminaries (10 a.m.) | Finals (5:30 p.m.)
1,650-yard freestyle
200-yard backstroke
100-yard freestyle
200-yard breaststroke
200-yard butterfly
400-yard freestyle relay

For more information on women's swimming and diving, visit www.UNHWildcats.com.