Seahawk Women's Swimming Registers 2 School Records in Final Day of Championship Meet

Rosa Trembour

Complete Day Three Results

St. Mary's City, Md. – Senior Rosa Trembour (Takoma Park, Md./Albert Einstein) and sophomore Kelly Heyde (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) led the St. Mary's College of Maryland women's swim team to a second-place finish as the 2011 Capital Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Swimming Championships came to a close Sunday night.  St. Mary's finished second in the team standings for the fourth straight year with 628 points.

Heyde claimed her third gold medal at the three-day championship meet by defending her title in the 200 butterfly with a school and conference record as well as NCAA provisional time of 2:05.52, beating her nearest competitor by nearly three seconds.  She held the previous school and conference record of 2:05.57, setting it in December of 2009.

Trembour ended her four-year career in style with a school record finish in the 200 breaststroke to register a third-place finish.  She swam a 2:30.56 in the event to best the previous mark of 2:31.67 set by current teammate Mandy Pazouki at the 2009 CAC championship meet.

First-year Stefania D'Ambrosio (Chevy Chase, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) was not far behind Trembour  in the 200 breast, finishing fourth in 2:31.45.

The Seahawks' 400 medley relay team of D'Ambrosio, first-year Erin O'Connor (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill, senior captain Sofia Sokolove (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) and Heyde came in third in the event in 3:45.04.

Junior Katelyn Grue (Ellicott City, Md./Mount de Sales) was the Seahawks' top finisher in the 1650 freestyle with a seventh-place finish while first-year Hattie Schiavone (Winchester, Va./John Handley) took eighth in the 100 freestyle.

University of Mary Washington was crowned the women's team champion for the 21st consecutive season while first-year head coach Abby Brethauer was voted the CAC Women's Swim Coach of the Year.  Mary Washington has captured all 21 CAC championship titles since the inception of the conference in 1991.

UMW's Jessica Singer (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) collected CAC Rookie of the Year honors while Marymount (Va.) University junior Anna Macedonia (Annandale, Va./Bishop O'Connell) was given the CAC Women's Swimmer of the Year award.

In six events, three NCAA provisional times, two conference records, one championship meet record and one NCAA automatic qualifying time were registered on the last day of competition.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS (through event 36): 1. Mary Washington, 982 … 2. St. Mary's, 628 … 3. Salisbury, 386 … 4. Marymount, 372 … 5. York, 334 … 6. Hood, 183 … 7. Frostburg State, 151