Anna Metzler and Corinne Carbone (Photo by Andrew Yourell).
Wildcats Lead After Day Two of AE Championship
2/15/2019 8:40:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
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Carbone and Metzler win gold.
WORCESTER, Mass. – Junior Corinne Carbone (Medway, Mass.) won the 200 IM andfreshman Anna Metzler (Regensburg, Germany) captured the 500 free as the University of New Hampshire swimming and diving team is currently in first place after day two of the America East Championships at WPI with 290 points. The four-day event is from Feb. 14-17.
MEET INFO:
America East Championship Location: Worcester, Mass. (WPI) Date: Feb. 15, 2019 Team Standings After Day 2: UNH (290); UMBC (276.5); Maine (191.5); Vermont (176), Binghamton (161), VMI (84), Stony Brook (83).
500 FREE Brittany Moffatt, Anna Metzler and Sam Milligan (Photo by Andrew Yourell)
Metzler won the 500 free with a UNH freshman record time of 4:48.58.
Senior Brittany Moffatt (Cedar Falls, Iowa) placed sixth (5:02.71) and sophomore Sam Milligan (Needham, Mass.) was seventh (5:03.54).
200 IM Paige Hillis, Corinne Carbone, Vivienne El-Sibay, Emily Dolloff-Holt and Miranda Bacon (Photo by Andrew Yourell)
The Wildcats dominated the 200 IM placing first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth. Carbone defended her 200 IM championship winning the event for the second straight year. She posted a first-place time of 2:01.03. She also set her career-best time in the prelims with a time of 2:00.88. Carbone is now an eight-time All-America East selection.
Senior Vivienne El-Sibay (Munich, Germany) placed third with a career-best time of 2:04.14. She is now a four-time All-America East honoree. Photo by Andrew Yourell
Sophomore Emily Dolloff-Holt (Woodland Park, Colo.) placed fourth with a career-best time of 205.21, sophomore Paige Hillis (Mississauga, Ontario) was fifth with a career-best time of 2:05.35 and sophomore Miranda Bacon (Scotia, N.Y.) was sixth with a career-best time of 2:05.53.
50 FREE
Freshman Cate Wardinski (Burke, Va.) placed seventh in the 50 free with a time of 24:03. She set her career-best time in the prelims with a time of 23.97.
200 FREE RELAY
The team of Wardinski, Hillis, Metzler and freshman Cassidy Wilson (Toledo, Ohio) placed fourth in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:36.03.
Day 3 Events (Feb. 15-Prelims 10 a.m.; Finals 5 p.m.)
1 Meter Diving
400 IM
100 Fly
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
400 Medley Relay
All four days of the championship are being streamed on AmericaEast.TV.
The Wildcats have won seven America East team championships which ties the league record. UNH previously won in 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014 and 2018.
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