Nov. 3, 2007
Final Stats
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Navy set six pool records in winning nine of the 13 events to defeat Colgate and Lehigh in a double-dual women's swimming and diving meet, Saturday afternoon at Jacobs Pool in Bethlehem, Pa. The Midshipmen improved to 7-0 on the season with the 150-87 victory over Colgate and the 183.5-57.50 win over Lehigh.
"It was a great day for us," said Navy head coach John Morrison. "We had a lot of strong performances today. Our depth was key this afternoon. We received a lot of great swims that gave us the opportunity to record three high placings in every event. Those points are so valuable."
After Navy won the opening 200 medley relay, Tara Chapmon (So., Virginia Beach, Va.) recorded a time of 10:15.74 to win the 1000 freestyle and set the first of her two individual event pool standards. She was immediately followed by teammate Allison Ranzau (Fr., Alpharetta, Ga.) setting a pool record of 1:52.93 in winning the 200 freestyle.
Chapmon's time broke the old record of 10:19.21 set in 2003 by Heidi Kraus, while Ranzau's clocking broke the record of 1:54.17 set by Melissa DeBellis.
Thuy-Mi Dinh (So., Anaheim, Calif.) made it four consecutive victories for Navy as she won the 50 free in a time of 23.96, then Kelly Zahalka (Jr., Richmond, Va.) extended the run to five straight as she won the 200 individual medley in a time of 2:07.40. Zahalka's time also was a new pool record, a clocking that broke Alyssa Vavra's 2005 record of 2:09.30.
Navy's winning streak came to an end in the sixth event of the afternoon as its top swimmer in the 200 fly was Mallory Dietrich (So., Pittsburgh, Pa.), who placed second. Sarah Dorenkott (So., Hudson, Ohio) followed with a second-place showing for the Mids in the 100 free, then Ranzau was the runner-up in the 200 backstroke.
Chapmon returned to the pool for the Mids in the 500 free and won the event with a pool record time of 5:01.98. Her clocking topped the previous standard of 5:02.29 set earlier this year by Taylor Sostarecz.
The final individual event of the meet saw Zahalka place second in the 200 breaststroke.
Navy closed the meet with the foursome of Dinh, Chapmon, Ranzau and Dorenkott winning the 400 freestyle relay in a pool record time of 3:31.30. This time erased the previous standard of 3:35.87 set by West Chester in 2002.
The diving portion of the meet was held Friday night, with Navy's Katie Griffin (Sr., Ellicott City, Md.) winning both boards. She scored 269.55 points to win the one meter, then posted a tally of 307.72 to establish a new pool record in winning the three-meter event. Griffin's three-meter tally broke the previous pool record of 273.10.
Navy will continue facing Patriot League opponents next week as the Mids play host to American, Bucknell and Lafayette Saturday afternoon in Lejeune Hall.
