University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Women's Swimming and Diving Downs West Virginia, 180-62
1/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Women's Swimming and Diving Downs West Virginia, 180-62
1/8/2005
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Senior Jennifer Koch (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mother of Mercy) and freshman diver Megan McCandless (Bensalem, Pa./Nazareth Academy) won two individual events apiece for the Panthers and Koch had a hand in the 400 medley relay victory as well. In her first dual meet as a Panther, junior Jordan Wallace (Pittsburgh, Pa./Oakland Catholic/Georgia) topped the field in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.09 seconds, tied for the second-best time by a Panther this season.
West Virginia?s Maritza Paredes was a winner in both the 100 and 200 freestyle for the Mountaineers, the only two events WVU won on the day. In the 500 freestyle, sophomore Kristin Brown (East Berlin, Pa./Bermudian Springs) picked up a victory with a time of 5:05.88, more than three seconds quicker than her nearest competitor. The 1000 freestyle was also swum and junior Kate Butrie (Orefield, Pa./Parkland) won the event for the Panthers with a time of 10:23.94.
Sophomore Andrea Shoust (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario/White Pines C&VS) touched in first by more than five seconds in the 200 backstroke. Shoust?s time of 2:04.11 was just 0.26 seconds off her season-best time from the last meet at Princeton. Another Pitt sophomore, Lindsey Tiberio (Connellsville, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic), was a winner in the 200 breaststroke, touching the wall at 2:22.42 and topping teammate Cynthia Snyder (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) by just over a second.
Koch was a winner in both the 200 butterfly and the 200 individual medley. Her time in the 200 fly was 2:08.39, leading a 1-2-3 finish for the Panthers and she won the 200 IM in 2:08.92, just missing a season-best time. McCandless won both diving events, the 1- and 3-meter springboard competitions, with 247.95 and 277.58 points, respectively. Pittsburgh outscored West Virginia, 29-8, in the two diving events.
Pittsburgh also had the top times in the 200 freestyle and 400 medley relays. The 200 freestyle relay team of Brown, Kelly Redcay (Reading, Pa./Wilson), Kelly O?Hara (Voorhees, N.J./Timber Creek) and Wallace had the second-best time of the year for the Panthers at 1:36.25. The 400 medley relay team of Shoust, Tiberio, Koch and Redcay won in 3:52.02, more than six and a half seconds better than Pittsburgh?s second-place team.
The Panthers will visit Maryland next weekend for a quad two-day meet against the host Terrapins, Villanova and NC State.
