Jan. 28, 2006
Loretto, Pa. - St. Francis' 400 freestyle relay team beat out the Vikings team by under a second in the final event of the afternoon to edge-out Cleveland State, 107-98, Saturday (Jan. 28).
With the Vikings and Red Flash tied with one event remaining, CSU 400 free relay team of freshmen Jen MacLauchlan, Sandra Bunker, Alexandra Bagi and sophomore Lesley Jones posted a time of 3:43.23, but came up just short of St. Francis' winning time of 3:42.32.
"We had some swimmers swim a lot of events back to back," head coach Mike Lehto said. "We knew we needed to swim fast, and we had some very good times. They just came out and swam some of their fastest times and won a lot of close races."
The Vikings led off the meet with a win in the 400 medley relay, with the team of senior Wendy Peel, junior Marianne Lionell, freshman Katie Bellew and Jones swimming to a 4:07.54.
Lionell swam to a team-best time in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:27.19, while Jones and sophomore Deanna Raedel finished 1-2 in the 100 freestyle with times of 54.49 and 55.50, respectively.
In the 200 back, MacLauchlan and Peel placed 1-2 with times of 2:12.56 and 2:16.79, respectively, while Raedel added a win of her own in the 200 free in a time of 2:00.31.
St. Francis claimed wins in six of the 11 events, including two by Cara Morgan in the 500 and 1,000 free.
The Vikings return home to Busbey Natatorium on Saturday (Feb. 4) to host UIC and Youngstown State beginning at 1:00 p.m.
St. Francis 107, Cleveland State 98
400 medly relay CSU (4:07.54)
1,000 free Morgan, SFU (10:59.65)
200 free Raedel, CSU (2:00.31)
50 free Corbran, SFU (25.24)
400 IM Rattosh, SFU (4:39.81)
200 fly Cassese, SFU (2:14.02)
100 free Jones, CSU (54.49)
200 back MacLauchlan, CSU (2:12.56)
500 free Morgan, SFU (5:18.38)
200 breast Lionell, CSU (2:27.19)
400 free relay SFU (3:42.32)
