WORCESTER, Massachusetts, January 13. THE University of Vermont women's swimming and diving team earned a pair of victories on Sunday afternoon, defeating host Holy Cross 225-74 and edging Central Connecticut State 164-135. The Catamounts improve to 8-5 on the season with the win as they have now won six straight.<\/p>\n
"I am very pleased with how the team swam today," said Vermont head coach Gerry Cournoyer. "Central Connecticut came out strong with an early lead through the first third of the meet, but we were able to chip away and pull ahead to come out with a victory."<\/p>\n
Sophomore Colleen Clark (Unionville, Conn.) and freshman Renee Gliddon (Acton, Mass.) each picked up a pair of victories over both squads to pace the Catamounts. Clark won both the 100 (54.32) and 200 (1:56.95) freestyle events, while Gliddon swept the diving with first place finishes in the one-meter (218.20) and three-meter (246.84) events. <\/p>\n
Also earning wins over both teams was junior Ashley Gillespie (Ithaca, N.Y.) in the 200 breaststroke (2: 31.50), sophomore Molly MacMillan (Doylestown, Pa.) in the 500 free (5:07.21) and freshman Kate Weaver (South Burlington, Vt.) in the 200 IM (2:10.90). The 200-freestyle relay team made up of Clark, Eryka Karz (Mt. Prospect, Ill.), MacMillan and Rachel Kent (Mystic, Conn.) also swept in a time of 1:40.93, setting a Holy Cross pool record in the process.<\/p>\n
Vermont earned seven victories over Holy Cross, led by Weaver who took the top spot in the 100 (58.67) and 200 (2:06.27) backstroke events. Also earning wins were MacMillan in the 1,000 free (10:25.85), senior Nicole Underhill (South Burlington, Vt.) in the 200 butterfly (2: 11.62), Kent in the 50 free (25.46), freshman Stephanie Tomlin (Park City, Utah) in the 100 butterfly (1:01.94), and the 400-medley relay team made up of Weaver, Gillespie, Underhill and Kent (4:05.31).<\/p>\n
Gillespie earned the Cats other victory over Central Connecticut, as she won the 100 breaststroke in 1: 10.67.<\/p>\n
The Catamounts return to action on Friday in their final home meet of the season against Siena on 'Senior Day' starting at 4:00pm.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Vermont for contributing this report. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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