McDowell Sets Record in 400 IM
St. Mary's City, Md. - Senior captain Brie McDowell (Doylestown, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) shaved off nearly three seconds off the nine-year old 400 IM school record of 4:41.68 set by Jamie Cheng as McDowell captured the event with an NCAA provisional time of 4:38.74.
The St. Mary's College of Maryland women's swim team suffered a heartbreaking 111.5-92.5 loss at the hands of Washington (Md.) College Saturday afternoon.
The foursome of McDowell, sophomore Sofia Sokolove (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase), junior Rachel Hotchko (Yakima, Wash./A.C. Davis), and senior Eleanor Koerner (North Potomac, Md./T.S. Wootton) won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:54.64.
McDowell also placed first in the 100 free in 54.27, while junior Dominique Perez (Rockville, Md./Holy Child) took third in 58.37.
Hotchko tied for first in the 100 fly with Washington's junior Kathy Gerhart (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville Area) in 1:00.60, while freshman Christine DiMenna (Baltimore, Md./Notre Dame Prep) was third in 1:03.47.
Senior captain Nat Schaefer (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North) took second in the 1000 free in 11:28.30 and Koerner came in second in the 50 free in 25.54, while Hotchko was second in the 200 free in 2:03.52.
Taking third in the 400 IM was Sokolove as she swam a 4:57.00, while junior Monika Disque (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) was third in the 100 back in 1:06.18.
Schaefer came in third in the 500 free in 5:36.22, while Sokolove placed third in the 100 breast.
Perez, sophomore Arielle Webster (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford), DiMenna, and Disque finished second in the 200 free relay in 1:46.21.
The Seahawks will be back in action next Friday, November 21 when St. Mary's hosts a Capital Athletic Conference tri-meet with Gallaudet University and Marymount (Va.) University at 5:00 in the ARC Aquatics Center.
