Feb. 25, 2006
Final Stats
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy women's swimming and diving team ended the 2006 Patriot League Championship with a total score of 516.50 points and a third-place showing. The three-day championship concluded Saturday evening in Navy's home pool of Lejeune Hall.
Bucknell totaled 744.50 points to win its fourth-straight title, outdistancing second-place Colgate by 13.50 points.
"It was a really strong final day for us," said Navy head coach John Morrison. "A number of the girls really stepped up. Dianna Dietrich and Cameron Wallace reaching the final of the 200 fly was unexpected, and Julie Holland had a great swim in the 200 back. What a great day for Jennie Spencer, to be able to lower her own school record in the 200 back twice and qualify for nationals. It was a tremendous day."
Navy's evening began with Katie Griffin placing second on the one-meter springboard. Griffin, who also was the runner-up on the three meter earlier in the championship, totaled 253.90 points to finish behind Chelsea Haviland's winning score of 267.95. Also scoring points for the Mids in the event were Sheila Singer in sixth place and Desiree' Robison in seventh.
Erika Hubbard was Navy's top finisher in the 1650 freestyle, recording a 17:59.76 to place ninth. Teammate Clare McKenna placed 10th in the race with a time of 18:13.08.
In Saturday morning's 200 backstroke trials, Navy's Jennie Spencer broke her own school record with a time of 2:04.64, a clocking which lowered the school standard from 2:05.32. In Saturday night's final, she dropped the record even further, recording a NCAA 'B' cut qualifying time of 2:01.72. Spencer placed second in the race to Bucknell's Lectie Altman, who posted a winning time of 2:00.87.
Spencer was joined in the championship final by Julie Holland, who finished in eighth place with a time of 2:09.66. Navy also received points in the consolation final of the event from Jamie Call, who placed second (2:10.52), and Darby Driscoll, who placed fifth with a career-best time of 2:11.44.
Kelly Zahalka placed third in the 100 freestyle final with a time of 52.12, while teammate Rachel Gray won the consolation final of the event in a time of 53.11.
Aubra Thomas recorded a time of 2:23.00 in placing third in the final of the 200 breaststroke, with Erika Hubbard placing eighth in the consolation final in a time of 2:35.80.
Three swimmers scored points for the Mids in the 200 butterfly. Dianna Dietrich and Cameron Wallace placed sixth (2:10.20) and eighth (2:11.11), respectively, in the championship final, while Clare McKenna recorded a 2:10.76 in placing fifth in the consolation final.
The Mids ended the meet by placing second in the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:29.14.
