Women’s Swimming & Diving in First Place After Second Day of AE Champs

Friday, February 12

Worcester, Mass.

ALL DAY

University of New Hampshire

America East Championships

Photo by: Greg Greene

Women’s Swimming & Diving in First Place After Second Day of AE Champs

2/12/2016 10:39:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

WORCESTER, Mass. – The University of New Hampshire women's swimming & diving team remained in first place after the second day of the America East Championships held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

WHAT HAPPENED
Sophomore Jessica Harper (Easthampton, Mass.) started off the second day by setting a new America East Conference and conference championship record in the grueling 500-yard freestyle as she clocked in to a time of four minutes, 48.29. Her time broke a record that had stood since 2009 and it was also an ECAC-A qualifying. Freshman Brittany Moffatt (Cedar Falls, Iowa) came in second place in the event with a time of 4:53.34 while Brittany Driscoll (Wallingford, Conn.) took bronze with a time of 4:53.75.

In the 50-yard freestyle, sophomore Liza Baykova (Moscow, Russia) blazed through the water to a time of 23.32 to earn the conference title in the event.

The quartet of Baykova, Harper, Driscoll and junior Sarah Broderick (Haverhill, Mass.) paced their way to a second-place result as they collectively swam an ECAC-A qualifying time of 1:34.21. Senior Bettina Caspersen (Lyngby, Denmark) took bronze in the 200-yard individual medley as she clocked in at 2:04.86.

RESULTS AFTER DAY ONE
(1) New Hampshire            299 points
(2) UMBC                                 282 points
(3) Vermont                           240 points
(4) Maine                                 165 points
(5) Binghamton 116 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 - complete
200-yard individual medley - complete
50-yard freestyle - complete
200-yard freestyle - complete

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.