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Women's Swimming and Diving Wins Two
1/15/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming
Jan. 15, 2001
The Pittsburgh women's swimming and diving team claimed two wins over the weekend as the Panthers defeated both St. Francis (Pa.) on Jan. 12 and West Virginia on Jan. 13.
Pittsburgh defeated the Red Flash, 134-79, at Trees Pool as the Panthers claimed first place in all but two events. Junior Karen Thibodeau (Waterloo, Ontario/Bluevale College) led the way by placing first in two events, including the 100- and 200-yard freestyles with times of 54.82 and 1:57.18, respectively. Freshmen Abby Schaeberle (York, Pa./West York Area) also won both her events -- the 200 IM (2:14.53) and the 100 breast (1:10.51).
Freshman Kristina DeWitt (Houston, Texas/Stratford) won the 1000 free (10:38.99), while fellow freshman Ryan Redman (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills) finished first in the 50 free (25.37). Other Panthers to win their events included Jen O'Brien (Verona, Pa./Penn Hills), Lindsay Weaverling (Lansing, Kan./Leavenworth), Rubi Cisneros (Monterrey, Mexico/Monterrey) and the 200 medley relay team of Mary Duke (New Cumberland, Pa./Cedar Cliff), Redman, Amanda Lyle (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) and Lacey Hlavka (Fairfax Station, Va./Hayfield).
The Panthers went on to win 10 events in defeating Big East Conference rival West Virginia, 141-75, at Trees Pool Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Emily Colley (Pace, Fla./Pace) claimed first-place finishes in both the 1000 free and 200 fly with times of 10:16.81 and 2:06.48, respectively, while freshman Carolyne Savini (Egg Harbour Township, N.J./Holy Spirit) also won two events, including the 200 IM (2:08.22) and 200 back (2:06.13).
Additionally, Lyle, Hunter, O'Brien and Emily Kaszycki (Greensburg, Pa./Greater Latrobe) all won events for Pittsburgh.
The Panthers improved to 5-5 overall and are 2-2 in the Big East. Pittsburgh will visit Maryland on Friday, Jan. 19, and Villanova on Saturday, Jan. 20.
