Blomberg
Wins Two Events But Blue Hens Fall Twice
At Old Dominion Tri-Meet
Date:
November 6, 2004
NORFOLK,
VA -- The University of Delaware women's
swimming team split two results while the
men fell twice at a tri-meet at Old
Dominion with William & Mary Friday
and Saturday.
The Blue
Hen women (2-2, 1-2 CAA) narrowly defeated
the host Monarchs, 167-164, but fell to
the Tribe, 211.5-124.5, in a pair of
Colonial Athletic Association results,
while the UD men (1-3, 0-3 CAA) dropped a
240-94 decision to Old Dominion and lost
to William & Mary, 215-109.
The women
were led by senior Sara Stephens
(Wilmington, DE/St. Mark's), who won the
200 butterfly in 2:07.61, the 100
butterfly in 57.58, and the 200 individual
medley in 2:11.89. Stephens also teamed
with freshman Ellen Heinz (West Chester,
PA/Henderson), junior Sara Reed (East
Greenwich, RI/West Chester East-PA), and
sophomore Kendall Warren (Downington,
PA/Downingtown) as the Blue Hens' 200
freestyle relay team finished second in
1:41.72.
Sophomore
Meredith Law (Chesapeake,
VA/Nansemond-Suffolk Academy) finished
second in the 500 freestyle in 5:11.69,
and was third in both the 1650 freestyle
in 17:58.97 and the 400 individual medley
in 4:45.95. Senior Kim Fields (Severna
Park, MD/Severna Park) placed second in
the 1650 freestyle in 17:52.53, while
Heinz picked up Delaware's other second
place finish by swimming the 100 freestyle
in 55.09.
Reed was
third in both the 200 freestyle in 1:57.60
and the 200 backstroke in 2:12.41, while
Kristen Avioli (West Chester, PA/Bishop
Shanahan) also finished third in the 100
backstroke in 1:01.42. The Blue Hen 200
medley relay team of Avioli, sophomore
Miranda Conrad (Enola, PA/East Pennsboro),
Stephens, and Reed was third in its race
in 1:55.55, while sophomore Sarah Bergan
(Bethesda, MD/Bethesda-Chevy Chase) led
the Blue Hen divers by finishing third in
both the 3-meter diving with 179.35 points
and the 1-meter diving with 188.45
points.
The
Delaware men were paced by freshman Adam
Blomberg (Kennewick, WA/Kamiakin), who won
the 200 freestyle in 1:45.47 and the 500
freestyle 4:47.62, and finished third in
the 200 butterfly in 1:59.55. Sophomore
Joe Virion (Wilmington, DE/Concord) was
second in the 1650 freestyle in 16:53.76
and third in the 500 freestyle in 4:54.07,
while sophomore Brendan Spencer
(Arlington, VA/Yorktown) finished second
in the 100 backstroke in 55.91 and fourth
in the 200 backstroke in
2:02.92.
The Blue
Hen 200 freestyle relay team of freshman
Andrew Zinn (Wilmington, DE/McKean),
junior Levan Beridze (Tbilisi,
Georgia/Princeton-NJ), freshman Roger
Carman (Wheaton, Md/Albert Einstein), and
Blomberg placed third in its race in
1:29.72, while the 400 freestyle relay
team of Beridze, Zinn, sophomore Max Evers
(Wilmington, DE/McKean) and Blomberg was
also third in 3:16.27.
Freshman
Jeff Falini (Bear, DE/Salesianum) finished
fourth in both the 1-meter diving with
172.10 points and the 3-meter diving with
163.65 points, while sophomore Cory
Sanderson (Kensington, MD/Albert Einstein)
was also fourth in the 400 individual
medley in 4:24.41.
The Old
Dominion men (5-0, 3-0 CAA) defeated
William & Mary (2-4, 2-3 CAA),
194-139.5 in the other men's result, while
the Tribe women (4-2, 3-2 CAA) defeated
the Monarchs (3-2, 1-2 CAA), 212-117, in
the other women's result.
Both Blue
Hen teams continue Colonial Athletic
Association action on Saturday, November
13 when they travel to Drexel for a 2 p.m.
meet with the Dragons.
Men's
Agate:
Old
Dominion def. Delaware, 240-94
William
& Mary def. Delaware,
215-109
Old
Dominion def. William & Mary,
194.5-139.5
Top
Delaware Finishers: 1st Place: Adam
Blomberg (200 freestyle, 1:45.47, 500
freestyle, 4:47.62); 2nd Place: Joe Virion
(1650 freestyle, 16:53.76), Brendan
Spencer (100 backstroke, 55.91); 3rd
Place: 200 Freestyle Relay (Zinn, Beridze,
Carman, Blomberg, 1:29.72), 400 Freestyle
Relay (Beridze, Zinn, Evers, Blomberg,
3:16.27), Adam Blomberg (200 butterfly,
1:59.55), Joe Virion (500 freestyle,
4:54.07).
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