WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. -- The University of New England women's swimming team is competing at the 2011 New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association (NEISDA) Championships Friday through Sunday at the Upper Valley Aquatics Center. Click
here for live event-by-event results from the meet, and follow the accomplishments of the UNE swimmers below.
Sunday Finals -- Updated 2/20 10:00 p.m.
UNE Women's Swimming:
7th of 21 teams (570 points)
All-New England performances (top 8):
Jessica Sweeney - 4th in the 1650 freestyle
Sara Shea - 7th in the 200 breaststroke
Alex Gabriels - 8th in the 100 individual medley
Notable finishes:
Gabriels,
Rachel Hanley,
Meaghan Arsenault,
Lizzie Wareham - 7th - 400 freestyle relay
Additionally, Zach Wagner (200 breast) and Roger Hart (200 fly), both members of the men's club team, posted new team records.
Sunday Prelims -- Updated 2/20 3:30 p.m.
New School Records:
Jessica Sweeney in the 1650 freestyle (18:34.18), passing
Alison Leopard's 19:21.87 set back at the 2009 NEISDA Championships. In the same event, Sweeney's 1000 split (11:13.78) bested Leopard's previous team-best time of 11:20.88 set at the 2009 NEISDA Championships.
Lizzie Wareham during the first leg of the 400 freestyle relay (54.43), topping her own mark of 54.60 in the 100 freestyle set last year at the NEISDA Championships.
Qualified for tonight's A-Finals (top 8):
400 freestyle relay (7th)
Alex Gabriels in the 100 individual medley (8th)
Sara Shea in the 200 breaststroke (8th)
Also swimming later:
Meaghan Arsenault - 50 backstroke
Allie Travnik - 50 backstroke
Briana Hirst - 200 breaststroke
Patrice Tetu - 200 butterfly
Alicia LaFlamme - 200 butterfly
Rachel Hanley - 100 individual medley
Nori McLeod - 100 individual medley
Saturday Finals -- Updated 2/19 9:30 p.m.
UNE Women's Swimming:
7th of 21 teams after 34 events (401 points)
All-New England performances (top 8):
Lizzie Wareham - 2nd in the 50 butterfly
Sara Shea - 7th in the 400 individual medley
New School Record:
Wareham in the 50 butterfly (26.31), eclipsing her own mark of 26.91 that she posted Saturday morning at the NEISDA Championships.
Notable finishes:
Meaghan Arsenault,
Briana Hirst, Wareham,
Rachel Hanley - 8th - 200 medley relay
Wareham, Shea,
Alexa Cheney,
Jessica Sweeney - 9th - 800 freestyle relay
Additionally, men's club team member Roger Hart broke another program record (50 fly).
Saturday Prelims -- Updated 2/19 2:15 p.m.
New School Records:
Lizzie Wareham in the 50 butterfly (26.91), breaking her previous record of 28.02 that she set back on December 13, 2008.
Sara Shea in the 400 individual medley (4:59.22), surpassing her own record of 5:01.41 that she established on November 25, 2008.
Qualified for tonight's A-Finals (top 8):
Wareham in the 50 butterfly (2nd)
Shea in the 400 individual medley (8th)
200 medley relay (8th)
800 freestyle relay (8th)
Also swimming later:
Jessica Sweeney - 400 individual medley
Patrice Tetu - 50 butterfly
Nori McLeod - 50 butterfly
Meaghan Arsenault - 100 backstroke
Allie Travnik - 100 backstroke
Alex Gabriels - 100 backstroke
Shea - 100 breaststroke
Briana Hirst - 100 breaststroke
Friday Finals -- Updated 2/18 9:30 p.m.
UNE Women's Swimming:
7th of 21 teams after 18 events (191 points)
All-New England performances (top 8):
Lizzie Wareham - 2nd in the 50 freestyle
Wareham - 3rd in 100 butterfly
New School Records:
Wareham in the 100 butterfly (58.91), passing the mark of 59.55 that she set Friday morning at the NEISDA Championships.
Wareham in the 50 freestyle (24.23), breaking her own team-best time of 24.48 posted last year at the NEISDA Championships.
Notable finishes:
Alex Gabriels,
Sara Shea, Wareham,
Rachel Hanley - 9th - 400 medley relay
Gabriels - 10th - 200 individual medley
Alexa Cheney, Gabriels,
Meaghan Arsenault, Hanley - 10th - 200 freestyle relay
Additionally, the men's club team saw four school records fall, going to Zach Wagner (50 free, 200 IM), Roger Hart (100 fly), and Chris Wolf (200 back).
Friday Prelims -- Updated 2/18 1:30 p.m.
New School Records:
Lizzie Wareham in the 100 butterfly (59.55), topping her own team mark of 1:00.11 set last year at the NEISDA Championships.
Jessica Sweeney in the 200 backstroke (2:15.07), shattering Cassie Doherty's 2:19.60 set at the 2006 NEISDA Championships.
Qualified for tonight's A-Finals (top 8):
Wareham in the 50 freestyle (3rd)
Wareham in the 100 butterfly (4th)
Also swimming later:
Sarah King - 50 freestyle
Briana Hirst - 50 breaststroke
Patrice Tetu - 100 butterfly
Sweeney - 200 backstroke
Meaghan Arsenault - 200 backstroke
Alex Gabriels - 200 individual medley
Rachel Hanley - 200 individual medley
200 freestyle relay
400 medley relay