Wildcats Achieve Three NCAA-B Cuts in Day Three of AE Championships

Saturday, February 11

Worcester, Mass.

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University of New Hampshire

America East Championships

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Wildcats Achieve Three NCAA-B Cuts in Day Three of AE Championships

2/11/2017 10:27:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Day Three Results

WORCESTER, Mass. – The University of New Hampshire women's swimming and diving team earned NCAA-B cuts in three separate events on the third day of the America East Championships held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

First Place Finishers:

Hailee Miller (Milton, Mass.) – 3-meter dive - 234.15 points
Corinne Carbone (Medway, Mass.) – 400-yard IM - 4:19.16 (NCAA-B)
Colby Harvey (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) - 100-yard butterfly – 53.67 (NCAA-B)
Liza Baykova (Moscow, Russia) – 200-yard freestyle – 1:48.06

Day Three Notes:

Miller became the first Wildcat diver to ever take first place in the AE Championships.
Baykova's victory in the 200-yard freestyle was the third consecutive at the AE Championships.
Harvey broke a seven-year old meet and conference record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 53.67. The previous record was 53.83 set in 2010 by Emily Munday of Boston University.

Day Three Team Scores:

UMBC – 644.5 points
New Hampshire – 507 points
Vermont – 467 points
Maine – 266 points
Binghamton – 259.5 points

Day Three Events:
- 400-Yard Individual Medley Preliminaries/Finals
-3-Meter Dive Preliminaries/Finals
-100-Yard Butterfly Preliminaries/Finals
-200-Yard Freestyle Preliminaries/Finals
-100-Yard Breaststroke Preliminaries/Finals
-100-Yard Backstroke Preliminaries/Finals
-400-Yard Medley Relay Finals

Carbone began the finals portion of day three with a top-podium finish in the 400-yard individual medley as she clocked in with a time of 4:19.16, a NCAA-B cut time. Her first-place finish earned 20 points for the Wildcats as she improved upon her preliminary winning time of 4:22.10. Senior Sarah Olver (Durham, N.H.) claimed fourth in the event with a time of 4:27.31.

Miller notched the second top finish of the night for the Wildcats with the highest score in the 3-meter dive, a total of 234.15 points. Erin Cullather (Highland Park, Ill.) took second in the event with a score of 220.00.

Harvey earned a NCAA-B cut time in the 100-yard butterfly as she broke a seven-year old conference record with a time of 53.67 seconds. The previous record was set by Emily Munday from Boston University in 2010 at the AE Championships. Vivienne El-Sibay (Munich, Germany) took fourth in the event with a time of 56.39 seconds.

Baykova took her third consecutive gold medal in the 200-yard freestyle as she touched the wall with a time of 1:48.06, improving upon her preliminary time of 1:49.14. Milana Evsten (Stockholm, Sweden) took silver in the 100-yard breaststroke with a NCAA-B cut time of 1:01.51. Her time earned her the new UNH program record set by Katie Mann in 2014 (1:02.17).

The quartet of Sarah Broderick (Haverhill, Mass.), Evsten, Harvey and Carbone took second place in the 400-yard medley relay as they collectively swam to a time of 3:45.54.

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