WILMINGTON, North Carolina, November 4. THE UNC Wilmington men and women's swimming and diving teams combined to win 16-of-24 events through two sessions to take commanding leads in this weekend's pod meets with Colonial Athletic Association foes James Madison and Towson.<\/p>\n
Senior Melissa Milstead won two individual events and swam a leg of a relay to pace UNCW on women's side. The Wilmington, N.C. native won the 200 IM with a season-best time of 2:10.06 and later claimed the 100 Breaststroke (1:08.05).<\/p>\n
Fellow senior Sarah Beth Schooley also posted three wins taking the 100 Backstroke with a season-best 59.64 seconds and swimming on the first-place 200 Freestyle (1:37.47) and 400 Medley Relay (3:57.85) with Milstead.<\/p>\n
UNCW sophomore Danielle Mortensen cruised to a win, by more than 17 seconds, in the 1650 Freestyle (17:17.90), <\/p>\n
On the men's side, senior sprinter Eric Boyer won the 50 Freestyle by posting a season-best time of 21.36 while also swimming the anchor led of the winning 200 Freestyle Relay (1:25.18).<\/p>\n
UNCW seniors Tim Lane and Grey Liston added impressive performances in winning the 200 Freestyle (1:42.67) and 100 Fly (52.67) events, respectively.<\/p>\n
In diving action, sophomore Annalisa Nieuwsma helped the Lady Seahawks by winning the 3-meter dive with a career-high 236 points. Sophomore Sean Corbet won the 1-meter board with a total of 210 points.<\/p>\n
The final session of the pod meet begins at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n
SCORES:<\/p>\n
Men: UNC Wilmington 120, James Madison 99; UNC Wilmington 168, Towson 53; James Madison 146.5, Towson 72.5<\/p>\n
Women: UNC Wilmington 155, James Madison 61; UNC Wilmington 144, Towson 77; Towson 161, James Madison 61<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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