TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 5. WHILE most of its swimmers competed away from their strengths, Arizona State's eighth-ranked women's swimming team took part in the Sun Devil Invitational at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center,
\nSaturday, taking to the water against teams doing their winter training in Tempe.<\/p>\n
Eight events were staged for competitors from ASU, University of Missouri, North Carolina State University and Lake Forest College. No team scores were computed.<\/p>\n
Sun Devil sophomore Brooke Townsend cruised to the fastest time of the day in the women's 500-yard freestyle, 5:01.60. Fellow sophomore Florencia Szigeti, who is primarily a sprinter and backstroker,
\nearned the second-best time in that event at 5:06.91.<\/p>\n
In the 200y breaststroke, sophomore transfer Melissa Bartlett swam 2:26.34 to lead all entrants, ahead of senior Sarah Baham, who touched the wall in the 2:29.26. Swimming slightly closer to her strengths in the 200y individual medley, Baham's time of 2:09.32 led the field, followed closely by North Carolina State's Anna Maria Gazda in 2:09.97. Distance specialist Amanda Stanford of ASU placed third overall in 2:12.18.<\/p>\n
The Sun Devils other individual leader of the day was freshman \u00c1gnes Kov\u00e1cs, who brushed up on her freestyle with a 1:53.24 effort in the 200y free. North Carolina State's Mandy Horn was next in line at
\n1:57.03, followed by a trio of ASU athletes, Emily Pokora (1:58.35), Jennifer Lowe (1:58.37) and Riley Mants (1:59.51).<\/p>\n
ASU will continue with its winter training working toward a difficult Bay Area road trip later this month. January 25, the Sun Devils will put their undefeated 5-0 season on the line against No. 6 California, before challenging No. 1 Stanford January 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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