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Women's Swimming and Diving

Coppler Powers Women's Swimming Past Manhattan, Saint Peter's And VMI

EMMITSBURG, Md. - Cat Coppler (Enfield, Conn./Enrico Fermi) won two individual events and sealed the meet victory by swimming the opening leg of the final relay to lead Mount St. Mary's past Manhattan, Saint Peter's and VMI on Friday. The defeated the Jaspers 132-63, the Peahens 105-93 and the Keydets 134-42.

Coppler swam the opening leg of the 200-free relay before Victoria Shaw (Malvern, Pa./Villa Maria Academy), Courtney Griffith (Westminster, Md./Westminster) and Joanna Hale (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern) wrapped up the event with a team and pool-record time of 1:55:03 to seal the meet victory.

Coppler also won the 1500 free (18:05.93) in pool record fashion while also setting a team record in the 400 and 800 free during the race. The freshman won the 100 free (1:01.36) on the evening.

Patricia Yam (Placenta, Calif./Rosary) was also a double winner at the meet after winning the 200 free (2:15.83) and the 100 fly (1:07.73). Hale won the 50 free (28:86).

Griffith set a new team standard in the 100 back (1:09.88) and the 400 IM (5:20.82) after finishing second in both events while Shaw placed second in the 400 free (5:07.13).

Emily Dargay (Colver, Pa./Central Cambria) finished third in the 1500 free (22:53.25), Murphy Alafoginis (Lawrenceville, Pa./Wellsboro Area) was third in the 200 free (2:26.20) while Mollie Walsh (Havertown, Pa./Archbishop John Carroll) placed third in the 100 fly (1:09.18) and fourth in the 100 breast (1:27.01).

Walsh, Molly Kristiniak (Oreland, Pa./Gwynedd Mercy Academy), Yam and Hale finished second in the 400-medley relay (4:48.21).

Dargay (400 free), Jess Gardner (Montgomery Village, Md./Watkins Mill) (50 free), Nicole Helmick (100 free), Kristiniak (100 breast) finished as the Mount's second swimmer in their respective events to give the squad depth points that led the Mountaineers to the three wins in the meet.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action against Manhattan, Saint Peter's and VMI at home on Saturday. Events start at 12 p.m.

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