Wednesday, February 17
Annapolis, Md.
2PM | 6PM
Lehigh University
vs
Patriot League Championships
PREVIEW: Women's Swimming Ready to Go at Patriot League Championships
2/16/2016 4:30:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Patriot League Championship Central
Patriot League Meet Preview
2016 PLC Meet Psych Sheet
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After four months and eight separate meets of competition, the Lehigh women's swimming and diving team will culminate the 2015-16 season this week at the Patriot League Championships. The four-day event, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy will take place on Wednesday through Saturday in Navy's Lejeune Hall.
Lehigh concluded the regular season boasting a 7-2 (3-2 Patriot) record, picking up league wins over Colgate, Lafayette and Loyola. Lehigh was tabbed fourth in this year's Patriot League Preseason Poll, sandwiched between Boston University and Army West Point.
Freestyle
The Mountain Hawks will send four swimmers to the pool for the 50 yard freestyle with Kaitlyn Ruffing, Carolyn Koch, Julianne Koch, and Rachel Rider. Ruffing, C. Koch, and J. Koch will also join Courtney Ferreira and Meghan Thompson in the 100 free. Ruffing, the school record holder, Jacobs Pool 100 free record holder, and Lehigh's top seed in both events. The reigning league champion in the 50 free, she has won all eight 50 frees and all seven 100 frees she has competed in this season.
C. Koch has been Lehigh's top point scorer in two of the last three league championships and is a three-time all-league selection. She finished third in the 100 free last season at the PLC and earned her second ever first team all-league honor.
J. Koch hit her 50 free seed time of 25.01 with a third place tally against Loyola on Jan. 16, finishing behind only C. Koch, and Ruffing. Ferreira will also take part in the 200 freestyle, entering with a seed time of 1:51.50. She captured first place in the 200 free against Loyola in Lehigh's home finale on Jan 14. Sophomore Abby Thomson will also represent the Brown and White in the 200 free.
Lehigh's largest contingent will compete in the 500 yard freestyle, with seven swimmers including Courtney Patterson, Cora Summerfield, Sydney Bornstein, Melissa Segovia and Valerie Lauer. Summerfield set a new pool record at Lafayette on Nov. 20 with a season-best of 5:03.35.
The 1650 freestyle field will consist of Summerfield and Kate Bergin joining Patterson, Thomson and Lauer. Patterson owns the school record in the event (16:46.90) as part of a team-best six school records overall.
Backstroke
Rachel Rider and Julia Perry will both swim in the 100 and 200 yard backstrokes for the Mountain Hawks, with Ruffing joining the fold for the 100, and Bergin in the 200. Rider has tallied three wins and three second place finishes in the two events this season, while Bergin has put together an impressive freshman campaign with five victories, including a sweep of the 100 and 200 backs in Lehigh's last meet at Drexel. Perry is coming off a second place showing in the 100 backstroke at Drexel.
Breaststroke
Melissa Feeney, Allison Morel and Melissa Segovia will be the trio Lehigh will turn to for the 100 and 200 yard breaststrokes. Feeney turned in a pair of strong performances last season at Patriots on her way to being named second team all-league. She placing seventh overall in the 100 breast and fifth in the 200, in addition to a pair of top five finishes with the 200 and 400 medley relay teams. Morel enters the championships seeded at 1:08.92 in the 100 and 2:30.87 in the 200, while Segovia ranks at 1:12.08 (100) and 2:35.16 (200).
Butterfly
Bornstein and Kelly Carroll lead the way for Lehigh in both the 100 and 200 butterfly, with Summerfield and Lauer joining them in the 200 yard fly. Bornstein has finished first in the 200 butterfly in all eight meets so far this season, with a second place finish and two third place finishes in the 100 fly. On Nov. 20 at Lafayette, the sophomore set a new school 200 fly record of 2:01.92.
Summerfield and will be competing in the 200 fly for the third straight year, finishing sixth in 2014 (2:02.68) and seventh in 2015 (2:07.60).
Individual Medley
Carroll, Ferreira, Feeney, Morel and Perry will race in the 200 individual medley. Carroll, a second team all-league selection in 2015, leads the way with a seed time of 2:08.92.
Patterson will be joined by Bergin for the 400 IM. Patterson was crowned the 2014 Patriot League champion of the 400 IM after outpacing her opponents in school record time of 4:16.73. She raced strong once more last year, finishing third overall on her way to her second straight first team all-league nod.
Diving
Freshman Rayna Smilowitz has competed on both the one and three meter boards this season, posting a season-high three meter score of 200.02 in a second place performance against Loyola. She posted her first collegiate victory at Army on Jan. 8, scoring 201.75 points in the one meter dive.
Megan Schappert has filled a dual role of swimming and diving this season. She picked up her first collegiate diving win in her debut on the one meter board against Colgate in October.
Relays
Lehigh will also have five relay teams competing at this year's championships with the 200 and 400 yard medley relays, as well as the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relays. C. Koch, J. Koch, Ruffing and Carroll hold the current school records in the 200 free relay (1:33.20) and 400 free relay (3:22.77). The Koch sisters are also members of the record holding 800 free relay team with Thompson and Patterson. Feeney is also on the record holding 200 medley relay team, with Feeney and Ruffing being members of both record medley relay teams.
The championships are scheduled to get underway at 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon with the men's three meter diving trials. Be sure to visit the Patriot League's Championship Page for complete schedules, psych sheets, heat sheets, live results and video.
Patriot League Meet Preview
2016 PLC Meet Psych Sheet
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After four months and eight separate meets of competition, the Lehigh women's swimming and diving team will culminate the 2015-16 season this week at the Patriot League Championships. The four-day event, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy will take place on Wednesday through Saturday in Navy's Lejeune Hall.
Lehigh concluded the regular season boasting a 7-2 (3-2 Patriot) record, picking up league wins over Colgate, Lafayette and Loyola. Lehigh was tabbed fourth in this year's Patriot League Preseason Poll, sandwiched between Boston University and Army West Point.
Freestyle
The Mountain Hawks will send four swimmers to the pool for the 50 yard freestyle with Kaitlyn Ruffing, Carolyn Koch, Julianne Koch, and Rachel Rider. Ruffing, C. Koch, and J. Koch will also join Courtney Ferreira and Meghan Thompson in the 100 free. Ruffing, the school record holder, Jacobs Pool 100 free record holder, and Lehigh's top seed in both events. The reigning league champion in the 50 free, she has won all eight 50 frees and all seven 100 frees she has competed in this season.
C. Koch has been Lehigh's top point scorer in two of the last three league championships and is a three-time all-league selection. She finished third in the 100 free last season at the PLC and earned her second ever first team all-league honor.
J. Koch hit her 50 free seed time of 25.01 with a third place tally against Loyola on Jan. 16, finishing behind only C. Koch, and Ruffing. Ferreira will also take part in the 200 freestyle, entering with a seed time of 1:51.50. She captured first place in the 200 free against Loyola in Lehigh's home finale on Jan 14. Sophomore Abby Thomson will also represent the Brown and White in the 200 free.
Lehigh's largest contingent will compete in the 500 yard freestyle, with seven swimmers including Courtney Patterson, Cora Summerfield, Sydney Bornstein, Melissa Segovia and Valerie Lauer. Summerfield set a new pool record at Lafayette on Nov. 20 with a season-best of 5:03.35.
The 1650 freestyle field will consist of Summerfield and Kate Bergin joining Patterson, Thomson and Lauer. Patterson owns the school record in the event (16:46.90) as part of a team-best six school records overall.
Backstroke
Rachel Rider and Julia Perry will both swim in the 100 and 200 yard backstrokes for the Mountain Hawks, with Ruffing joining the fold for the 100, and Bergin in the 200. Rider has tallied three wins and three second place finishes in the two events this season, while Bergin has put together an impressive freshman campaign with five victories, including a sweep of the 100 and 200 backs in Lehigh's last meet at Drexel. Perry is coming off a second place showing in the 100 backstroke at Drexel.
Breaststroke
Melissa Feeney, Allison Morel and Melissa Segovia will be the trio Lehigh will turn to for the 100 and 200 yard breaststrokes. Feeney turned in a pair of strong performances last season at Patriots on her way to being named second team all-league. She placing seventh overall in the 100 breast and fifth in the 200, in addition to a pair of top five finishes with the 200 and 400 medley relay teams. Morel enters the championships seeded at 1:08.92 in the 100 and 2:30.87 in the 200, while Segovia ranks at 1:12.08 (100) and 2:35.16 (200).
Butterfly
Bornstein and Kelly Carroll lead the way for Lehigh in both the 100 and 200 butterfly, with Summerfield and Lauer joining them in the 200 yard fly. Bornstein has finished first in the 200 butterfly in all eight meets so far this season, with a second place finish and two third place finishes in the 100 fly. On Nov. 20 at Lafayette, the sophomore set a new school 200 fly record of 2:01.92.
Summerfield and will be competing in the 200 fly for the third straight year, finishing sixth in 2014 (2:02.68) and seventh in 2015 (2:07.60).
Individual Medley
Carroll, Ferreira, Feeney, Morel and Perry will race in the 200 individual medley. Carroll, a second team all-league selection in 2015, leads the way with a seed time of 2:08.92.
Patterson will be joined by Bergin for the 400 IM. Patterson was crowned the 2014 Patriot League champion of the 400 IM after outpacing her opponents in school record time of 4:16.73. She raced strong once more last year, finishing third overall on her way to her second straight first team all-league nod.
Diving
Freshman Rayna Smilowitz has competed on both the one and three meter boards this season, posting a season-high three meter score of 200.02 in a second place performance against Loyola. She posted her first collegiate victory at Army on Jan. 8, scoring 201.75 points in the one meter dive.
Megan Schappert has filled a dual role of swimming and diving this season. She picked up her first collegiate diving win in her debut on the one meter board against Colgate in October.
Relays
Lehigh will also have five relay teams competing at this year's championships with the 200 and 400 yard medley relays, as well as the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relays. C. Koch, J. Koch, Ruffing and Carroll hold the current school records in the 200 free relay (1:33.20) and 400 free relay (3:22.77). The Koch sisters are also members of the record holding 800 free relay team with Thompson and Patterson. Feeney is also on the record holding 200 medley relay team, with Feeney and Ruffing being members of both record medley relay teams.
The championships are scheduled to get underway at 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon with the men's three meter diving trials. Be sure to visit the Patriot League's Championship Page for complete schedules, psych sheets, heat sheets, live results and video.
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