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ECAC Championships
Feb. 24-26, 2000

Gloucester Swim Club

 

Blue Hen Women Place 14th; Dillinger Earns All-East Honors in Backstroke

 

Thursday Results
Friday Results
Saturday Results

SEWELL, NJ -- University of Delaware freshman Kevin Weisser and senior Lisa Dillinger each earned All-East honors at the third and final day of the ECAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday evening at the Gloucester Swim Club.

The Delaware women finished 14th overall in the final 31-team standings while the UD men placed 16th out of 36 teams. Boston College won the women’s team title with 513 points ahead of UMBC, Boston University, Central Connecticut, and Navy. UMBC won the men’s team title with 599 points ahead of Yale, Central Connecticut, LaSalle, and Marist.

Weisser (Franklin Regional/Murrysville, PA) was the Hens’ top finisher, placing fifth in the 1,650 freestyle in a time of 16:29.29 to become the second UD men’s swimmer to earn All-East honors at the meet. Senior Tom Maday was fourth in the 100 breaststroke on Friday.

Dillinger (Pallotti/Crofton, MD) earned All-East honors for the women, placing eighth in the 200 backstroke in a time of 2:11.56. She also placed 12th in the 100 backstroke on Friday.

 Also for the Delaware men, Maday (Great Mills/Lexington Park, MD) was 14th in the 200 breaststroke (2:10.77) and Tim Wasiewski (Conestoga Valley/Lancaster, PA) was 16th in the 200 breaststroke (2:16.36),

 Also for the Delaware women, Kathryn Fryer (Severna Park, Md. HS) was 10th in the 200 backstroke (2:09.28), Jenna Blongiewicz (Andover, Ma. HS) was 14th in the 200 backstroke (2:13.42), and Amy Spooner (Upper Dublin/Maple Glen, PA) was 19th in the 1,650 freestyle (18:24.56). Delaware’s women’s 400 freestyle relay also placed 11th in a time of 3:39.39.

The meet concluded the 1999-2000 season for both the UD men’s and women’s teams.

Friday Results

SEWELL, NJ -- University of Delaware senior Tom Maday (Great Mills/Lexington Park, MD) earned All-East honors for the third straight year Friday night as he placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke at the ECAC Swimming and Diving Championships at Gloucester Swim Club.

Maday’s performance highlighted the action for the UD men’s and women’s teams on Friday. The third and final day of action ended late Saturday evening.

 Maday, who won three events at last week’s America East championships, covered the 100 breaststroke in a time of 57.66 to place fourth overall. He also earned All-East honors when he placed sixth in the 200 breaststroke in 1999 and fifth in the 100 breaststroke in 1998.

Also for the Delaware men on Friday, Tim Wasiewski (Conestoga Valley/Lancaster, PA) was 16th in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.66), Kevin Weisser (Franklin Regional/Murrysville, PA) was 23rd in the 100 butterfly (56.98), Jim Reichart (Emmaus, Pa. HS) was 28th in the 200 freestyle (1:48.84), and the 800 freestyle relay team placed 11th (7:12.41).

Highlighting the Blue Hen women was Lisa Dillinger (Palotti/Crofton, MD) who placed 12th in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.16.

 Also for the Hens, the 800 freestyle relay team placed eighth (7:52.76), the 200 medley relay team placed ninth (1:52.10), Kathryn Fryer (Severna Park, Md. HS) was 16th in the 100 backstroke (1:01.16) and 17th in the 100 butterfly (1:00.34), Jennifer Haus (St. Mark’s HS) was 19th in the 200 freestyle (1:58.61), Danielle Hack (Susquehanna/Harrisburg, PA) 23rd in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.95), Katie Poore (Glasgow HS) was 28th in the 400 individual medley (4:52.80) and 36th in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.64), Emily Mitchell (Arundel/Crofton, MD) was 28th in the 200 freestyle (1:59.92), Amanda Stouffer (O.J. Roberts/Spring City, PA) was 31st in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.95), Lisa Macfarlane (Quince Orchard/Potomac, MD) was 31st in the 100 butterfly (1:01.35), Christine Johannsen (Dayton Regional/Springfield, NJ) was 32nd in the 100 backstroke (1:03.61), Amy Spooner (Upper Dublin/Maple Glen, PA) was 43rd in the 200 freestyle (2:03.62).

Thursday Highlights:

Men: Brian McGillen placed 9th in 500 freestyle (4:37.60)...Kevin Weisser placed 21st in 500 freestyle (4:49.69)...Bryan Kahner placed 24th in 500 freestyle (4:50.57).

Women: 400 Medley Relay team (Dillinger, Dyson, Fryer, Haus) placed 10th (4:02.86)...200 freestyle relay (Blongiewicz, Fryer, Haus, Spooner) placed 17th (1:43.88)...Haus placed 24th in 200 IM (2:14.51)...Emily Mitchell placed 25th in 500 freestyle .

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