BALTIMORE, Md. - Maggie OConnell
(Hagerstown, Md.) and Paige Chenet (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) each
notched three Top-4 finishes to lead Mount St. Mary's in a women's
swimming triangular meet with Loyola and Siena on Saturday. The
Greyhounds defeated the Mount 104-29 while the Saints were
victorious 110-26 against the Mountaineers.
O'Connell posted one of the two Mount St.
Mary's wins on the afternoon after taking the 400 IM (5:00.18). The
sophomore also placed fourth in the 200 fly (2:24.20) and swam the
third leg of the fourth place 200-medley relay (1:59.29). Chenet
finished third in the 100 free (56.59) and then closed out the
fourth place 200-medley relay and opened the fourth place 400 free
relay (3:57.21).
Heather Kurtzman (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air)
recorded the other first-place finish on the day with a win in the
100 breast (1:14.25). Mary Beth Kasda (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg)
posted fourth-place standings in the 200 breast (2:44.21) and the
100 breast (1:15.17).
Along with O'Connell and Chenet in the
200-medley relay, Eileen Coyne (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield
Township) and Elise Radziwill (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill) swam
the first two legs of the event while Radziwill, Karen Cox
(Dansville) and Katie Fives (Silver Spring, Md./Academy of the Holy
Cross) also participated in the 400-free relay.
Mount St. Mary's returns to action on
Jan. 18 at Saint Peter's in a triangular meet with the Peahens and
St. Francis (N.Y.). Meet starts at 4 p.m.