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Blue Hens Use Total Team Effort to Glide By Widener, 165-80, Break Two Pool Records

January 27, 2011

Photo Courtesy of Tom Roberts

CHESTER, Pa. - - The University of Delaware men’s and women’s swim teams set seven pool records on Thursday night as they swept Widener in a nonconference dual meet at the Schwartz Center. The men set five pool records en route to a 155-83 victory while the women took two pool records in a 165-80 win over the Pride.

The men (9-1, 5-1 Colonial Athletic Association) set records in the 200-yard medley relay, the 1000-yard freestyle, the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard butterfly. The women (8-4, 4-4 CAA) set pool records in the 200-yard medley relay and the 1000-yard freestyle event.

Matt Wehrman won the 1000-yard freestyle in a Schwartz Center record 9:43.07, which is also a team best for the season. Ross Buckwalter followed that performance with a 57.52 second time in the 100-yard breaststroke before Josh Hyman finished the meet off with a record in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:09.66. Zach Lowe was sandwiched between the two with a win in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:53.85.

The women won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:48.76, setting the pool record. Stephanie Dodd was next in line, finishing the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:47.35 to round out the records.

The women also used eight separate individual winners to glide by the Pride. Dodd, Cortney Barry, Courtney Raw, Donna Healy, Erinne Butler, Kristen McBrien, Megan Huber, Shea Solt, Marianne Flynn and Sarah Vandoren all posted first place finishes in eight different events, in addition to the 200-yard medley relay team of Raw, Flynn, Tori Gillespie and Butler.

Werhman also came in first in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.39, finishing as the lone Blue Hen with two individual victories. The men totaled seven different winners as Grady Carter, Buckwalter, Lowe, Robert MacLeish, Ryan Roberts, Cole Clark, and Hyman joined Wehrman on the highest podium throughout the night.

The Blue Hens do not get much of a rest, as they are back in the pool on Saturday, January 29 to face off against William & Mary and UMBC in their final dual meets of the season. The first gun will sound at 1 p.m. The Blue Hens will also honor their 14 seniors during the first intermission.

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Women’s Swimming:
Delaware def. Widener, 165-80

Delaware Top Finishers: First Place: 200-yard medley relay ‘A’ (Raw, Flynn, Gillespie, Butler, 1:48.76); Stephanie Dodd (10:47.35, 1000-yard freestyle); Cortney Barry (1:56.27, 200-yard freestyle); Courtney Raw (58.45, 100-yard backstroke); Donna Healy (1:08.04, 100-yard breaststroke); Erinne Butler (2:11.54, 200-yard butterfly); Kristen McBrien (25.10, 50-yard freestyle); Megan Huber (54.25, 100-yard freestyle); Shea Solt (2:14.91, 200-yard backstroke); Marianne Flynn (2:29.76, 200-yard breaststroke); Sarah Vandoren (1:03.73, 100-yard butterfly). Second Place: 200-yard medley relay ‘B’ (Brown, Healy, Kanegawa, McBrien, 1:52.65); Meghan Barber (11:03.41, 1000-yard freestyle); Jill Faull (1:59.36, 200-yard freestyle; 55.06, 100-yard freestyle); Kristen McBrien (1:00.49, 100-yard backstroke); Sarah Vandoren (1:10.76, 100-yard breaststroke; 2:30.88, 200-yard breaststroke); Elise Kanegawa (2:11.78, 200-yard butterfly); Megan Huber (25.13, 50-yard freestyle); Alli Brown (2:16.48, 200-yard backstroke). Third Place: Aubrey Caldwell (11:03.43, 1000-yard freestyle); Madeline Bowe (1:59.99, 200-yard freestyle; 2:15.09, 200-yard butterfly); Tori Gillespie (1:01.85, 100-yard backstroke); Mackenzie Howarth (1:11.69, 100-yard breaststroke); Jill Faull (25.53, 50-yard freestyle); Cortney Barry (55.67, 100-yard freestyle); Meghan Barber (2:31.15, 200-yard breaststroke).

Men’s Swimming:
Delaware def. Widener, 155-83

Delaware Top Finishers: First Place: 200-yard medley relay ‘C’ (Carter, Buckwalter, Young, Woomer, 1:34.32); Matt Wehrman (9:43.07, 1000-yard freestyle); Matt Werhman (1:45.39, 200-yard freestyle); Grady Carter (53.74, 100-yard backstroke); Ross Buckwalter (57.52, 100-yard breaststroke); Zach Lowe (1:53.85, 200-yard butterfly); Robert MacLeish (21.76, 50-yard freestyle); Ryan Roberts (47.18, 100-yard freestyle); Cole Clark (1:58.58, 200-yard backstroke); Josh Hyman (2:09.66, 200-yard breaststroke). Second Place: 200-yard medley relay ‘A’ (MacLeish, Pavlik, Wodoslawsky, Schiavo, 1:36.33); Craig Young (10:48.62, 1000-yard freestyle); Matt Marquez (1:45.39, 200-yard freestyle); Paul Gallagher (54.67, 100-yard backstroke); Ben Evangelista (59.02, 100-yard breaststroke; 2:10.19, 200-yard breaststroke); Michael Garbarino (1:56.82, 200-yard butterfly); Cole Clark (21.88 50-yard freestyle); Tyler Szarko (48.46, 100-yard freestyle); Robert MacLeish (2:00.32, 200-yard backstroke). Third Place: Cole Clark (1:45.67, 200-yard freestyle); Tyler Szarko (1:02.12, 100-yard breaststroke); Craig Young (2:05.49, 200-yard butterfly); Kyle McLaughlin (21.93, 50-yard freestyle); Matt McCarthy (49.43 (100-yard freestyle); Nick Woomer (2:04.78, 200-yard backstroke);

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