Meet Results
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – The Alaska women's swim team won eight of nine individual events and one relay en route to a 126-79 dual meet victory against visiting Colorado Mesa Friday evening at the Patty Center Pool.
“It was a good meet for us though not necessarily one full of fast times,” head coach
Scott Lemley said. “We didn't rest for the meet and it showed. On the other hand, CMU didn't rest either. Tomorrow, we will have the longer events and we expect to see strong swims from everyone.”
Sophomore
Ashley Crowe (Billings, Mont.) and freshman
Margot Adams (Anchorage, Alaska/Frontier Charter) led the Nanooks with two solo victories each on the night.
Crowe won the first individual event, the 1,000 freestyle, with a time of 10 minutes, 41.54 seconds. That mark was nearly 15 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. Crowe later took the 500 free in 5:15.12. Adams first claimed the 50 free in 25.25, followed by the 100 fly in 56.70. She completed the fly almost 5.5 seconds ahead of the next fastest swimmer in the pool, setting a new pool record in the event.
Sophomore
Bente Heller (Hamburg, Germany/Albrecht Thzer Gymnasium) turned in a win in the 200 free with after hitting the wall in 1:56.05 and was the anchor on the first-place 200 free relay squad that consisted of freshmen
Danielle Lyons (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan/St. Mary's),
Kelly Meierotto (North Pole, Alaska/North Pole) and
Kendra Ashwell (Kenai, Alaska/Kenai Central). The tandem completed the race in 1:40.63, five seconds ahead of Alaska's 'B' squad.
Lyons also raced her way to a pool-record victory in the 200 individual medley in 2:11.32, breaking former Nanook
Mariya Pavlovskaya's mark set a year ago. . Other winners for Alaska included freshmen
Gabi Summers (Cheyenne, Wyo./Central) and
Genevieve Johnson (Fresno, Calif./University). Summers finished the 100 free in 55.55 to win that event and Johnson won the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.52.
Alaska had the top two finishers in six events, which included the top three in the 50 free.
Probably the most impressive record we broke was
Mariya Pavlovskaya's 200 IM pool record,” Lemley said. “Mariya set it last year as a senior and was one of the best IM swimmers in the nation.”
The Mavericks won the 400 medley relay due to a disqualification by Alaska's 'A' foursome and
Jaclyn McMillen took the 100 back in 1:01.31, edging Lyons by less than half a second.
The Nanooks and Mavericks return to the pool tomorrow at 1 p.m. for a second meet in as many days. It also marks the regular season finale for Alaska prior to the conference and national meets.
