WestConn swimmers finish New England Championships in
tenth place
Megan Dyson injured during Saturday awards ceremony and
can't swim on Sunday
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT (Feb. 21) — The Western Connecticut
State University women’s swimming and diving team’s
chances of holding on to fifth place at the New England
Championships suffered a major set-back hours before Sunday’s
preliminary heats even began. On Saturday evening, junior
Megan Dyson (Farmington, CT), one of the
favorites to win Sunday’s 200-yard Breaststroke, fell
off the podium during an awards ceremony and was unable
to return for Sunday’s events.
WestConn senior Francesca Testa (Cheshire, CT)
swam well for a third day in a row taking third in the 200-yard
Butterfly with a time of 2:13.99, nearly a one-second improvement
over her time from the morning’s preliminary heats
and 15 seconds faster than her qualifying time going into
the event. With Dyson out of the line-up, WestConn’s
only other individual qualifier for Sunday was junior Kari
Piedescalzo (Cheshire, CT) who finished in 24th
place in the 100 IM after prelims and did not qualify for
finals.
Senior Stephanie Mills (Danbury, CT),
who replaced Dyson on the 400 Freestyle relay, teamed with
senior Katie Meleg (Danbury, CT), Piedescalzo,
and Testa to finish in eighth place in 3:49.75.
WestConn climbed to fifth place with 275 points after the
second day of the three-day event, but the Colonials finished
the competition in 10th place with a final point total of
322.
During the three days of competition, seven new WestConn
team records were established:
50 Free - Francesca Testa - :25.53
200 Free - Katie Meleg - 2:01.49
500 Free - Katie Meleg - 5:20.77
50 Fly - Francesca Testa - :26.67
100 Fly - Francesca Testa - :59.59
200 Fly - Francesca Testa - 2:13.99
100 Back - Katie Meleg - 1:00.80
4x100 Free Relay - Francesca Testa, Stephanie Mills, Kari
Piedescalzo, Katie Meleg - 3:49.75
Final Top-10 team scores:
1. Keene State College 924
2. Bentley University 802
3. Eastern Conn. State U. 709
4. Roger Williams University 570.5
5. Westfield State College 353
6. Assumption College 344
6. Saint Michael's College 344
8. Simmons College 339
9. Plymouth State University 325
10. Western Connecticut State Univ. 322
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