Lehigh Women Cap Patriot League Championships with Fifth Place Finish

Saturday, February 20

Annapolis, Md.

10:30AM | 6PM

Lehigh University

Patriot League Championships

Lehigh Women Cap Patriot League Championships with Fifth Place Finish

2/20/2016 11:18:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Complete Results (PDF) | Individual Points (PDF)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Lehigh women's swimming and diving team concluded its 2015-16 season on Saturday night at the Patriot League Championships. Cora Summerfield, Sydney Bornstein and the 400 yard freestyle relay team all set new program records on Saturday, bringing the total number of new women's school records set at this week's championships to nine. The Brown and White finished the meet in fifth place overall out of 10 teams with 404 points. For the third time in her four years with Lehigh, Carolyn Koch led the way for the Mountain Hawks in points with 35. Junior Kaitlyn Ruffing was second on the squad with 32 and junior Kelly Carroll rounded out the top three with 31 points.

Lehigh received a strong performance from the 400 freestyle relay team of senior Carolyn Koch, sophomore Julianne Koch, sophomore Meghan Thompson and Ruffing, who combined on a final time of 3:21.58. The mark was not only a new Lehigh program record, but also surpassed the Navy pool record by 0.02 seconds. Unfortunately for Lehigh, the relay team from Navy swam even faster, taking home the championship in league record time of 3:18.10.

Summerfield captured a new school record time with her runner-up performance in the 1650 freestyle. The highest Patriot League Championship finish of her career, Summerfield finished the race in 16:39.03.

Bornstein broke her own school benchmark with her performance in the prelims of the 200 yard butterfly. Her time of 2:01.90 qualified her for the finals and eclipsed her record set earlier this year by 0.02 seconds. Carroll joined her in the finals, where Bornstein (2:02.40) led the Mountain Hawks in sixth place, finishing one spot ahead of Carroll in seventh place (2:04.35).

Ruffing, C. Koch and J. Koch all qualified for the 'A' finals of the 100 freestyle, making Lehigh the most represented school in the championship heat. Ruffing led the way in fourth place (50.37), followed by Carolyn in fifth place (50.45) and Julianne in seventh (51.11). Thompson and Courtney Ferreira placed 18th and 19th overall, respectively, in the field of 42 competitors after racing in the prelims.

Senior Melissa Feeney qualified for the finals of the 200 breaststroke and finished seventh overall (2:22.38). In the finals of the 200 backstroke, Bergin finished sixth in the 'B' final to place 14th overall with a time of 2:03.96.

Rayna Smilowitz and Megan Schappert represented Lehigh on the three meter board, with Smilowitz coming within one spot of the 'B' final in 17th place (193.35) and Schappert placing 24th overall (119.70).

Host Navy captured its fifth straight league title and sixth in its last seven years, as the Midshipmen swept both the men's and women's championships. Army West Point, Boston University, Bucknell and Lehigh rounded out the top five in this year's championships. Full results can be found below.

Final Women's Standings: