CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 12. THE Xavier women's swim team had one or its best dual meets in a long time to open the regular season portion of the 2007-08 schedule with a 79.5-42.5 win over Marshall Friday night in O'Conner Sports Center. Three pool and two school records were set by the Musketeers in the big win over the Thundering Herd.<\/p>\n
"I am so proud of all the team members that competed today and look forward to continuing this success throughout the entire season," said head coach Steve Riegler following the home opener.<\/p>\n
Freshman Kari Peglar set a pool and school record in both the 500 (5:04.70) and 1000 Free (10:25.65) and was also a member of the pool-record setting 800 Free Relay (7:54.45) along with sophomores Alison Johnson, Annelise Hoyland and Elaina Suba. <\/p>\n
Peglar's 500 Free time was almost a whole second better than the previous record set in 2006 by Jill Cooke (5:05.75) and her 1000 Free time was nearly 10 seconds better than Cooke's previous record of 10:34.35. <\/p>\n
Senior Mary Kuhnen took first place in the 50 Back with a time of 28.96 and first in the 100 Back (1:01.44) as well. Suba came in first in the 100 Fly (59.49) and Johnson took first in the 100 Free (54.52).<\/p>\n
The Musketeers return to action next Friday, Oct. 19, as both the men and women will play host to Valparaiso. The meet is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. in the O'Conner Sports Center. Please continue to check www.GOXAVIER.com for the latest updates and top times.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Xavier athletics for contributing this story. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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