St. Mary’s Sets Two Records at Randolph-Macon
Sofia Sokolove
Ashland, Va. - The St. Mary's College of Maryland women's swim team dropped a 129-76 decision to Randolph-Macon College Friday afternoon but along the way, the Seahawks (2-1) established a pair of pool records.
Senior captain Brie McDowell (Doylestown, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) set a pool record in the 100 back as McDowell led off the 400 medley relay with a record-setting time of 59.49, breaking the old mark of 1:00.92 set six years ago by Randolph-Macon's Erin Ewalt.
The foursome of McDowell, sophomore Sofia Sokolove (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase), junior Rachel Hotchko (Yakima, Wash./A.C. Davis), and sophomore Arielle Webster (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford) captured the 400 medley relay with a pool record time of 4:09.55, shattering the five-year old record of 4:14.66 set by R-MC.
McDowell won the 200 IM with a time of 2:14.47 as well as the 200 back in 2:11.44.
Hotchko was second in the 50 free with a time of 25.76 and second in the 200 fly as well in 2:18.29, while junior Anna Chiplis (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair) came in third in the 200 fly in 2:24.29.
Sokolove placed second in the 200 breast in 2:35.81.
Junior Dominique Perez (Rockville, Md./Holy Child), freshman Christine DiMenna (Baltimore, Md./Notre Dame Prep), junior Monika Disque (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) and sophomore Arielle Webster (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford) swam a 3:53.43 to finish second in the 400 free relay.
Disque finished third in the 1000 free with a time of 11:43.51 and third in the 200 back in 2:23.21.
Senior captain Nat Schaefer (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North) took third in both the 200 free (2:08.01) and the 500 free (5:39.36).
The Seahawks will be back in the pool this Friday, November 21 when St. Mary's hosts Gallaudet University and Marymount (Va.) University for a Capital Athletic Conference tri-meet at 5:00.
