Nov. 20, 2004
College Park, Md.


 

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#8 Swimming Finishes Eighth at Terrapin Cup

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Competing against seven Division I schools, including host No. 13 University of Maryland, The No. 8 Lock Haven University swimming team finished eighth in the Terrapin Cup, topping two D-I universities. Sophomore Isabel Carniero (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was the lone top-10 finisher for LHU, coming in ninth for the 200-yard butterfly at 2:08.30, a school record.

Four other school records fell, as Carniero elapsed the 100 fly as well in 58.44, and three relay squads (the 800 freestyle, 400 freestyle and 400 medley) all set top marks. Carniero’s two marks were both good for National ‘B’ Standards, as was junior Tatyana Patakyova’s (Poprad-Matejouce, Slovak Republic/Gymnazium Pop. Nabre) 2:11.48 in the 200-yard backstroke.

Hitting for Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) marks were Katie Grieneisen (Pittsburgh/Plum) in the 1650 freestyle (18:42.48), Becca Rhoades (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor) in the 200 freestyle at 2:03.84 and Gerda Smirnova (Riga, Latvia) in the 50 freestyle (24.91), 100 freestyle, and 100 breaststroke

Carniero, Patakyova, Grieneisen, Rhodes, Smirnova and the rest of the Lady Eagles are back in action Wednesday, Jan. 12 against Penn State University-Altoona in the Zimmerli Pool.