Seniors Vivienne El-Sibay, Erin Cullather and Brittany Moffatt (Photo by Andrew Yourell)
UNH Places 2nd at AE Championship; Metzler Named Top Rookie
2/17/2019 9:26:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
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El-Sibay, Carbone and Metzler win gold on final day of event.
WORCESTER, Mass. – Senior Vivienne El-Sibay (Munich, Germany), junior Corinne Carbone (Medway, Mass.) andfreshman Anna Metzler (Regensburg, Germany) each won gold on the final day of competition as the University of New Hampshire swimming and diving team finished in second place at the America East Championship at WPI with 723 points. El-Sibay took the 200 fly, Carbone won the 200 breast and Metzler captured the 200 back. UMBC won the team championship with 894.5 points.
Metzler was named the America East Rookie of the Year. She won two titles and earned one silver. Anna Metzler (Photo by Andrew Yourell)
The Wildcats won eight of the 15 individual championships and one relay title during the four-day event.
Carbone won the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 breast, Metzler won the 500 free and 200 back, El-Sibay won the 200 fly, sophomore Melissa Dingle (Brighton, Ontario) won the 100 back and junior Allison Stefanelli (Loudonville, N.Y.) won the three-meter diving event. The team of Dingle, sophomore Miranda Bacon (Scotia, N.Y.), El-Sibay and Carbone won the 400 medley relay.
MEET INFO:
America East Championship Location: Worcester, Mass. (WPI) Date: Feb. 17, 2019 Final Team Standings: UMBC (894.5); UNH (723), Vermont (510), Maine (465.5), Binghamton (449), Stony Brook (185), VMI (165).
Senior Brittany Moffatt (Cedar Falls, Iowa) placed fourth in the 1650 with a time of 17:19.64.
200BACK
Metzler won the 200 back championship with a UNH freshman record time of 1:58.33. It was her second gold medal as she also won the 500 free.
Dingle placed fifth with a time of 2:04.36, while sophomore Sam Milligan (Needham, Mass.) was seventh with a career-best time of 2:04.96.
200 BREAST
The Wildcats placed first, second and fourth in the 200 breast as Carbone won her third individual gold medal this year with a career-best time of 2:15.59.
Sophomore Emily Dolloff-Holt earned the silver with a career-best time of 2:16.15.
Bacon was fourth with a time of 2:19.27.
200 FLY
El-Sibay won her first-career America East individual gold medal in her final event at the AE Championship with a career-best time of 2:00.74 in the 200 fly.
Sophomore Paige Hillis (Mississauga, Ontario) was fifth with a time of 2:05.96.
400 FREE RELAY
The team of Metzler, Moffatt, Hillis and Carbone placed third in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:28.23.
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