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Bucknell Swimming and Diving Splits with Lehigh, Women Stay Perfect in Duals for Second Straight Year
2/7/2004 7:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Feb. 7, 2004
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Bucknell women's swimming and diving team concluded its second straight year without a dual meet loss with a strong defeat of Lehigh, 196-104. Bucknell's women have not lost a dual meet since November 17, 2001 and have won 16 straight in that span. The men dropped a close meet to the Mountain Hawks, 157-143, finishing the season 2-4 in dual meets.
Bucknell's women won 14 of the 16 events contested in Bethlehem on Saturday afternoon, surrendering only the 200 free and 200 fly. Lectie Altman and Meghan Freese each had two individual event wins and helped contribute to both relay victories, while Jamie Flick had two individual wins and helped win the 200 medley relay. Daniela Faas also had two individual wins for Bucknell's women.
The women's meet opened with Sarah Petcavage's one-meter diving win by piling up 214.75 points. The 200 medley relay team of Flick, Freese, Altman, and Lauren Reed followed, finishing in 1:49.86. Faas then won the 1000 free before Lehigh earned its first win of the afternoon when Betsy Balaguer took the 200 free by .37 seconds over Faas. Altman then won her first individual event, the 100 back, in 59.49 seconds, followed by Flick's first win, finishing the 100 breast in 1:07.75. Lehigh claimed its final win in the 200 fly, as Linda Hendrixson won by 2.99 seconds over Jackie Feinthel.
Freese took the next two swimming events, winning the 50 free in 23.78 seconds and the 100 free in 52.79 seconds, while Lisa Rockwell won the three-meter dive with 215.10 points between the two freestyle events. Altman won the 200 back in 2:06.40, followed by Flick's second win in the 200 breast in 2:25.76 and Faas' victory in 5:10.40 in the 500 free. Wins by Reed in the 100 fly (59.04), and Laura Goeller in the 200 IM (2:11.29) finished the individual events before Bucknell claimed the 400 free relay in 3:36.55.
Bucknell's men had their only lead following the one-meter diving competition won by Jake Thompson with 227.25 points. Lehigh, though, claimed five out of the next six events, interrupted only by Ian Rawhauser's win in the 200 free in 1:44.63. During the final event in that stretch, the 200 fly won by Lehigh's Ross Green, Matt Crandell finished second in a Bucknell all-time ninth-best 1:55.84. Bucknell then won four out of the next six to pull within nine points at 127-118. Garvin had two of those wins, taking the 50 free in 21.46 and the 100 free in 47.46, while William Schilling won the 200 breast in 2:09.23 and Todd Bauer took the 500 free in 4:49.65.
Lehigh's Green sealed the win his final two wins for the Mountain Hawks when he won the 100 fly and 200 IM. Down 153-130, Bucknell claimed the 400 free to make the final score 157-143.
Bucknell's men and women will host five Patriot League schools next Saturday in the Bison Invitational before heading to Annapolis, Md. for the Patriot League Championships Feb. 26-28.
