2008 Woodie Awards
Swim team places fourth at Northeast Conference championship
Juliana Wynohradnyk
Issue date: 2/21/08 Section: Sports
The Sacred Heart women's swim team completed their Northeast Conference championship events with fine honors in eleven record-breaking times this past weekend at Yale. Completing the championships in fourth place with 222 points, the Pioneers established new school records and broke others.
"Since September our team has been preparing for this meet," said senior Laura Johnson. "We've been doing double practices four times a week, waking up at 4:30 a.m., and working hard everyday."
The 400-yard medley squad consisting of sophomore Johannah Kos, freshman Katie Marshall, freshman Molly McDonald, and Johnson placed third in the event finals. Their final time of 4:06.60 is now the new Sacred Heart record, beating the old record by more than nine seconds.
Their time has also placed them in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships where the Pioneers hope to be just as successful as they have been.
"For the past few weeks we have been tapering for the meet and working on turns, starts, and focusing on our individual races," said Johnson.
Kos, a four-time ECAC qualifier, swam in the 100-yard backstroke leg of the relay, instituting a new school record of 29:42.
She also competed in the 200-yard individual medley, where she placed fourth with a time of 2:13.07 establishing another new school record.
"Every morning we are all out the door about a quarter of five, this whole year of getting up that early obviously paid off," said coach Richard Ludeman.
The Pioneers continued to perform well throughout day one and into day two of the meet.
"I think some of the relays were really exciting and helped raise the team morale," said Johnson.
Marshall, the Pioneers record holder in both the 100 and 200 fly, placed third in the 200 fly recording a time of 2:09.08. She is also a two-time ECAC qualifier.
Kos took part in the 200 back race and took second place with a time of 2:10.21.
"We want to go faster. It is a good possibility too, especially for Kos and Marshall. They had just started their taper at this meet," said Ludeman.
"The team was in great shape," said freshman Jacci D'Auria. "We have been practicing hard and conditioning all season for this. Mentally everyone knew what they had to do and went out to do it."
"This years seniors have really stuck the program out. They were here before what it is now. All my seniors wish they could have another year of eligibility after a successful year such as this," said Ludeman. "Not having a home facility, our senior meet getting rearranged, things like that, they have all hung in there. It kept us tight as a group. My expectations were exceeded. We had the meet most teams can only dream of, it was that spectacular. It was just perfect."
"Since September our team has been preparing for this meet," said senior Laura Johnson. "We've been doing double practices four times a week, waking up at 4:30 a.m., and working hard everyday."
The 400-yard medley squad consisting of sophomore Johannah Kos, freshman Katie Marshall, freshman Molly McDonald, and Johnson placed third in the event finals. Their final time of 4:06.60 is now the new Sacred Heart record, beating the old record by more than nine seconds.
Their time has also placed them in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships where the Pioneers hope to be just as successful as they have been.
"For the past few weeks we have been tapering for the meet and working on turns, starts, and focusing on our individual races," said Johnson.
Kos, a four-time ECAC qualifier, swam in the 100-yard backstroke leg of the relay, instituting a new school record of 29:42.
She also competed in the 200-yard individual medley, where she placed fourth with a time of 2:13.07 establishing another new school record.
"Every morning we are all out the door about a quarter of five, this whole year of getting up that early obviously paid off," said coach Richard Ludeman.
The Pioneers continued to perform well throughout day one and into day two of the meet.
"I think some of the relays were really exciting and helped raise the team morale," said Johnson.
Marshall, the Pioneers record holder in both the 100 and 200 fly, placed third in the 200 fly recording a time of 2:09.08. She is also a two-time ECAC qualifier.
Kos took part in the 200 back race and took second place with a time of 2:10.21.
"We want to go faster. It is a good possibility too, especially for Kos and Marshall. They had just started their taper at this meet," said Ludeman.
"The team was in great shape," said freshman Jacci D'Auria. "We have been practicing hard and conditioning all season for this. Mentally everyone knew what they had to do and went out to do it."
"This years seniors have really stuck the program out. They were here before what it is now. All my seniors wish they could have another year of eligibility after a successful year such as this," said Ludeman. "Not having a home facility, our senior meet getting rearranged, things like that, they have all hung in there. It kept us tight as a group. My expectations were exceeded. We had the meet most teams can only dream of, it was that spectacular. It was just perfect."
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