Black Knights Post Strong Showing at Quad Meet

Saturday, January 20

Fairfax, VA

12 PM

Army West Point

152

148

George Mason

Black Knights Post Strong Showing at Quad Meet

January 20, 2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results

FAIRFAX, Va. – The Army West Point women's swimming and diving excelled in the water on Saturday afternoon, defeating George Mason (152-148), Boston U. (170-130), and American (233-64) at the Jim McKay Natatorium.

ARMY NOTABLES

Army improved to 6-4 duals this season.
The Black Knights won four events in the quad meet.
The foursome of Cecelia Croman, Kara Wineinger, Nneka Pilgrim and Nicole Parry started the meet off with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay with their time of 1:47.75.
Croman would later win the 100 back at 57.66, while Bailey Smith placed third at 58.40 and Josephine Marsh finished fourth at 58.72.
Marsh also took second in the 200 back (2:05.21), with Kim Sembrano following in third at 2:06.40.
Sabrina Mortell (10:32.40) and Sidney Evans (10:35.02) finished second and third, respectively, in the 1000 free. Mortell would go on to place second in the 500 free (5:06.76), while Evans took second in the 200 IM (2:10.50).
Wineinger took second in the 100 breast with her time of 1:05.32, before Whitney Chang came away with the win in the 200 fly. Chang continued her solid day in the pool by also winning the 100 fly at 56.48.
On the boards, Serica Hallstead posted a first-place score on the 1-meter (267.90) and third on the 3-meter (250.70).

WENDER'S WORDS

"I was very proud of our team today," head coach Mickey Wender said. "We fought hard from start to finish. Three wins is a great way to end the dual-meet season. We learned a lot and we are ready to peak taper and take it to the next level."

UP NEXT

With the dual meet season now completed, the Black Knights will have their eyes set on the Patriot League Championships that are scheduled to last from Feb. 14-17 in Annapolis, Md.