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Bucknell Women's Swimming & Diving Picks Up 167-133 Victory Over Army
1/19/2008 7:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 19, 2008
WEST POINT, N.Y. - Sophomore Megan Mongan (Malvern, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) and junior Kelly Morris (Metuchen, N.J./Metuchen) picked up two wins apiece on Saturday, helping the Bucknell women's swimming and diving squad to a 167-133 victory over Army. The Bison move to 3-4 on the year with the win and 3-2 in the Patriot League, while the Black Knights fall to 3-5, 1-2 in league meets.
Mongan took first in the 100 free with a time of 54.32 seconds and later posted the top time in the 200 IM, 2:12.20. She was also the runner-up in the 200 free, finishing in 1:54.98. Morris was first to the wall in both the 100 breast with a time of 1:07.98 and the 200 breast (2:27.15).
The duo was also part of Bucknell's winning 200 medley relay as sophomore Courtney Warren (Montour Falls, N.Y./Watkins Glen), Morris, freshman Molly Goebel (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan), and Mongan combined for a time of 1:49.21.
Warren recorded the fastest time in the 100 back, finishing in 58.76, and sophomore Abigail Atkinson (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) won the 200 back with a time of 2:09.26. Atkinson posted two additional scoring performances, finishing as the runner-up in both the 100 back (1:00.79) and the 200 IM (2:13.77).
Kristen Skroski (North Haven, Conn./Hopkins), Goebel, and freshman Macey Keath (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) took second in two events apiece as well. Skroski's came in the 1,000 free with a time of 10:24.03 and in the 500 free (5:12.11). Goebel was the runner-up in the 50 free and the 100 free with times of 24.94 and 54.73, respectively, while also scoring in the 100 fly (fourth, 1:00.87). Keath placed second in both breast stroke events, swimming the 100 in 1:09.09 and the 200 in 2:27.30.
Other swimmers providing points in the individual events included sophomore Sarah Pease (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin Senior High) who was the runner-up in the 200 fly (2:14.62) and third in the 100 fly 1:00.78), senior Katalin Lyons (Flemington, N.J./Hunterdon Central Regional) who placed third in the 1,000 free (10:57.75) and fourth in the 500 free (5:25.52) and sophomore Abigail Paules (York, Pa./Baltimore Lutheran) who took third in the 200 back (2:12.49) and fourth in the 200 fly (2:15.60).
Junior Susan Horstmann (Havertown, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) and sophomore Lauren Russell (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell) scored in three events apiece. Horstmann finished third in the 200 free (1:59.24), fourth in the 50 free (26.06) and fifth in the 100 free (55.74), while Russell swam well in the 200 IM (third, 2:14.05), 100 back (fourth, 1:02.07) and the 200 back (fourth, 2:13.94).
In the diving events, sophomore Eliza Massie (Rochester, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) posted the second-highest score on the one-meter board, 230.32, and classmate Allison FitzPatrick (Berwyn, Pa./Episcopal) was the runner-up on the three meter board, posting a mark of 229.65.
The Bison will be back in action next Saturday, Jan. 26, when the squad will compete in its final dual meet of the 2007-08 season, at Lehigh, beginning at 1 p.m.
