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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Nazareth junior
Erin Rappold saved her best race for last Saturday as she blew away the competition to win the 1,650-yard freestyle on the final day of the Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association championship at Nottingham High School.
Rappold's performance enabled the Golden Flyers to maintain their fourth-place standing in the team competition. Nazareth was a solid fourth with 880.50 points. Ithaca won the meet with 1,338 points. Stevens was second at 1,161.50; Union third (1,018) and Nazareth fourth.
Rappold's time of 17:31.08 was a school and meet record and was more than eight seconds faster than her closest pursuer. She bettered the school record held by Amy Mehltretter since 2005 by more than 16 seconds. Rappold also reached the NCAA B-cut qualifying standard.
Senior
Martha Mortensen also swam well by finishing eighth in the same race in 18:22.23. Other top finishers included junior
Lauren McKinney, who placed fourth in the 200 butterfly with a B-cut time of 2:08.69; and junior
Lindsey Buzard, who finished second in 3-meter diving (382.35).
Nazareth also finished fourth in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:37.42 that narrowly missed the school record. That team featured freshman
Rachael Phipps, senior
Brittany Beane, McKinney and freshman
Jaclyn Conklin.
Empire 8 2009 Honors
Swimmer of the Meet: Lauren Botterbusch, Ithaca
Diver of the Meet: Ashley Brinkman, Hartwick
Rookie of the Meet: Cailin Grunewald, Stevens
Coach of the Year: Paula Miller, Ithaca
Empire 8 Swimming & Diving All-Conference
# - denotes Empire 8 Championship meet record
200 Freestyle Relay
1st Team – Stevens (Hayley Hatfield, Cailin Grunewald, Emily Woo, Laura Barito) 1:36.25#
2nd Team – Ithaca (Sheila Rhoades, Kelly Murphy, Joanna Ferreri, Jen Heberton) 1:36.88
500 Freestyle
1st Team – Cailin Grunewald, Stevens 5:04.87
2nd Team – Sian Pearson, Stevens 5:06.04
200 Individual Medley
1st Team – Caitlyn Burr, RIT 2:05.64#
2nd Team – Lauren McKinney, Nazareth 2:06.30
50 Freestyle
1st Team – Sheila Rhoades, Ithaca :23.73#
2nd Team – Laura Barito, Stevens :23.75
1 Meter Diving
1st Team – Ashley Brinkman, Hartwick 404.95#
2nd Team – Cat Jones, RIT 340.50
400 Medley Relay
1st Team – Ithaca (Missy Keesler, Rebecca Blazak, Jen Heberton, Sheila Rhoades) 3:52.06#
2nd Team – Stevens (Gabrielle Czernik, Stephanie Miller, Emily Woo, Hayley Hatfield) 3:56.87
200 Medley Relay
1st Team – Ithaca (Amanda Vitullo, Lauren Botterbusch, Jen Heberton, Sheila Rhoades) 1:45.07#
2nd Team – Stevens (Andrea Sturnilo, Stephanie Miller, Laura Barito, Hayley Hatfield) 1:46.64
400 Individual Medley
1st Team – Erin Rappold, Nazareth 4:38.74
2nd Team – Katie Swanson, Hartwick 4:42.38
100 Butterfly
1st Team – Caitlyn Burr, RIT :56.71#
2nd Team – Lauren McKinney, Nazareth :57.03
200 Freestyle
1st Team – Sheila Rhoades, Ithaca 1:52.67#
2nd Team – Sian Pearson, Stevens 1:53.78
100 Breaststroke
1st Team – Lauren Botterbusch, Ithaca 1:03.31#
2nd Team – Rebecca Blazak, Ithaca 1:04.60
100 Backstroke
1st Team – Emily Woo, Stevens :57.87#
2nd Team – Missy Keesler, Ithaca :58.77
800 Freestyle Relay
1st Team – Stevens (Laura Barito, Cailin Grunewald, Emily Woo, Sian Pearson) 7:41.46#
2nd Team – RIT (Caitlyn Burr, Rachel Lorenz, Courtney Schwarting, Angie Palomaki) 7:55.07
1,650 Freestyle
1st Team – Erin Rappold, Nazareth 17:31.08#
2nd Team – Erin Gray, Hartwick 17:39.93
200 Backstroke
1st Team – Missy Keesler, Ithaca 2:05.27
2nd Team – Robyn Smith, Hartwick 2:10.80
100 Freestyle
1st Team – Sheila Rhoades, Ithaca :50.84#
2nd Team – Laura Barito, Stevens :51.57
200 Breaststroke
1st Team – Lauren Botterbusch, Ithaca 2:20.07#
2nd Team – Rebecca Blazak, Ithaca 2:22.53
200 Butterfly
1st Team – Caitlyn Burr, RIT 2:06.48#
2nd Team - Sian Pearson, Stevens 2:06.65
3 Meter Diving
1st Team – Ashley Brinkman, Hartwick 431.05
2nd Team – Lindsay Buzard, Nazareth 382.35
400 Freestyle Relay
1st Team – Stevens (Cailin Grunewald, Emily Woo, Hayley Hatfield, Laura Barito) 3:28.25#
2nd Team – Ithaca (Joanna Ferreri, Maddie Kennedy, Lauren Botterbusch, Sheila Rhoades) 3:32.31
Sportswoman of the Year
Name Yr. School
Anne Sheehy Sr. Alfred
Casey Whittaker Sr. Hartwick
Lauren Botterbusch Sr. Ithaca
Heather Tomaski Jr. Nazareth
Cat Jones Sr. RIT
Emily Woo Sr. Stevens
Laura Gould Sr. Utica