Women's Swimming & Diving Goes To 7-1
Complete Results
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan. 14, 2004 – Springfield College junior
Emily Strout (Edgecomb, Maine) won two individual events and swam a leg on a first-place relay team as the Pride defeated Smith College, 159-133, in a dual meet tonight in the Art Linkletter Natatorium.
Strout placed first in the 100 backstroke (1:05.08) and the 200 backstroke (2:17.85) as the Pride improved to 7-1 in dual-meet competition this season. Strout joined senior
Claire Mueller (Newburgh, N.Y.), senior
Beth Byron (Haverhill, Mass.) and sophomore
Alicia Hart (West Hartford, Conn.) on SC’s winning 200-medley relay team (1:58.34). Mueller also placed first in the 500 freestyle (5:34.93).
Other SC winners included junior
Megan Nickerson (Washington, N.Y.) in the 1000 freestyle (11:27.11); senior
Marybeth Kuliga (Sanford, Maine) in the 100 breastroke (1:17.20); sophomore
Emily Phillips (North Windham, Conn.) in the 200 freestyle (2:03.87), and freshman
Meaghan O’Hara (Bedford, N.H.) in the 100 freestyle (57.14). Sophomore diver
Lacey Feduke (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) won on the one-meter board with a national-qualifying score of 263.65. Senior
Jessica Defoe (Monson, Mass) was second in the 50 freestyle (26.27) behind Smith’s Sabrina Beason (Los Angeles), who won in 26.07.
For Smith (1-2), Beason, Rhonda Stratton (Woods Cross, Utah), who placed first on the three-meter board (213.30), and Lauren Seidman (Westfield, Ind.), a winner in the 200 butterfly (2:18.49), were among six individual event winners.
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Head Coach John Taffe
John Taffe enters his 24th season in 2012-2013 as the head coach of the men's and women's swimming teams at Springfield College. Under Taffe’s leadership, the Pride has returned to its status as one of the best collegiate swimming and diving programs in Division III.
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Diving Coach Peter Avdoulos
Peter Avdoulos is regarded as one of the top diving coaches in the nation, and is entering his 28th season as the diving coach for both the men's and women's programs in 2012-2013. The current NEWMAC Men's and Women's Diving Coach of the Year, Avdoulos has coached countless All-New England and All-American divers, as well as several National Champions.
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