Friday, November 19
Bethlehem, Pa.
5 p.m.
Lehigh University
211
vs
88
Lafayette
Photo by: Brent Hugo
Lehigh starts season at 4-0 following 14th straight victory over Lafayette
11/19/2021 10:56:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh women's swimming and diving team is off to a 4-0 start to the 2021-22 season after the Mountain Hawks used 13 first place finishes to completely dismantle Lafayette, 211-88 in The Rivalry presented by Lehigh Valley Health Network and Coordinated Health. With the victory, Lehigh wins its 14th straight meet over the Leopards and improve to 36-13 in the all-time series.
Fifth year freestylist Ann Foley swam to three first place finishes for the meet, while both Hallie Wilson and Sarah Hardy tallied a pair of wins for the Brown and White.
"The women continue to show so much strength," said head coach Rob Herb. "Even in the areas we did not win events, our times were really strong. Again, we have not done a lot of racing this year, so getting back on the horse and seeing it happen was really cool.
"But it's not just one person winning races for us this year, it's been multiple different winners. The diversity of the winners on this team is what continues to make this team so special and strong."
Lehigh kicked off the night with a bang in the 400-yard medley relay as the team of Wilson, Maddie Dorish, Hardy and Grace Rogowski swam to a time of 3:50.22 and a first-place finish, collecting nine points.
Julia Stevens got the win in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:41.00) while Foley got the first of three victories in the 200-yard free style (1:50.85). The Mountain Hawks picked up the 1-2-3 finish in the event with Rogowski (1:53.11) coming in second and Sarah Manthorp (1:53.31) third. Foley also picked up a win in the 50-yard freestyle (23.79) and the 100-yard freestyle (51.23). Wilson got the first of her two individual event wins in the 100-yard backstroke with a winning time of 57.50. Willa Werwaiss picked up second place (58.24) while Monica Wintermute swam to a third-place showing (59.27). Wilson also placed first in the in the 200-yard backstroke event, beating out teammates Hardy (2:05.51) and Werwaiss (2:05.54) with a time of 2:03.13.
Sarah Hardy continued to showcase her abilities on the season, swimming to a win in the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.33), just ahead of second place Stevens (2:05.84) and Natalie Martin in third (2:06.23). She also claimed the win the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.55, just ahead of teammate Ashley Carper (58.61) in third place.
On the diving boards, freshman Sarah Gill picked up two more first place victories, adding to the start of her impressive collegiate career. She scored first in the one-meter diving event at 247.95, while placing first in the three-meter with a score of 244.77.
The Mountain Hawks closed out the meet in style with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay with the team of Manthorp, Mikalic, Stevens and Foley swimming to a dominant time of 3:31.54.
Lehigh will continue its dual schedule on Dec. 4 at Drexel, kicking things off at 1 p.m. from Philadelphia.
Like Lehigh Swimming and Diving on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
Fifth year freestylist Ann Foley swam to three first place finishes for the meet, while both Hallie Wilson and Sarah Hardy tallied a pair of wins for the Brown and White.
"The women continue to show so much strength," said head coach Rob Herb. "Even in the areas we did not win events, our times were really strong. Again, we have not done a lot of racing this year, so getting back on the horse and seeing it happen was really cool.
"But it's not just one person winning races for us this year, it's been multiple different winners. The diversity of the winners on this team is what continues to make this team so special and strong."
Lehigh kicked off the night with a bang in the 400-yard medley relay as the team of Wilson, Maddie Dorish, Hardy and Grace Rogowski swam to a time of 3:50.22 and a first-place finish, collecting nine points.
Julia Stevens got the win in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:41.00) while Foley got the first of three victories in the 200-yard free style (1:50.85). The Mountain Hawks picked up the 1-2-3 finish in the event with Rogowski (1:53.11) coming in second and Sarah Manthorp (1:53.31) third. Foley also picked up a win in the 50-yard freestyle (23.79) and the 100-yard freestyle (51.23). Wilson got the first of her two individual event wins in the 100-yard backstroke with a winning time of 57.50. Willa Werwaiss picked up second place (58.24) while Monica Wintermute swam to a third-place showing (59.27). Wilson also placed first in the in the 200-yard backstroke event, beating out teammates Hardy (2:05.51) and Werwaiss (2:05.54) with a time of 2:03.13.
Sarah Hardy continued to showcase her abilities on the season, swimming to a win in the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.33), just ahead of second place Stevens (2:05.84) and Natalie Martin in third (2:06.23). She also claimed the win the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.55, just ahead of teammate Ashley Carper (58.61) in third place.
On the diving boards, freshman Sarah Gill picked up two more first place victories, adding to the start of her impressive collegiate career. She scored first in the one-meter diving event at 247.95, while placing first in the three-meter with a score of 244.77.
The Mountain Hawks closed out the meet in style with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay with the team of Manthorp, Mikalic, Stevens and Foley swimming to a dominant time of 3:31.54.
Lehigh will continue its dual schedule on Dec. 4 at Drexel, kicking things off at 1 p.m. from Philadelphia.
Like Lehigh Swimming and Diving on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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