Feb. 25, 1998 | Release # S193
Contact: Adam Levin Sports Information Director Phone #: (207) 786-6411 |
BATES WOMEN'S SWIMMING PLACES SEVENTH AT NEW ENGLANDS
Johnson Rewrites School Record Books
LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates College women's swimming and diving team, on
the strength of 11 school records, had the second-best finish in school
history at the New England Division III swimming and diving championships,
held Feb. 20-22 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.
Leading the way for the Bobcats was senior co-captain Denby
Johnson of Chanhassen, Minn. Johnson broke all six Bates freestyle
records, in distances ranging from 50 to 1,650 yards. She earned All-New
England honors in five events. Johnson's best performance was in the
200-yard freestyle, where she second with a time of 1:55.61 and qualified
for the NCAA Division III championships March 12-14 at Principia College
in
St. Louis, Mo. Johnson was named All-New England in the 1,650 freestyle
with a fourth-place time of 17:43.54, also a NCAA qualifying time. She was
part of the Bobcats' two All-New England freestyle relay teams: the 200
(fifth place, 1:41.99) and the 400 (eighth place, 3:41.46). Johnson also
established school records in the 50- and 100-yard backstroke as part of
the 200- yard medley relay team.
Two other Bobcats had big days as individuals. First-year swimmer
Pamela Murchie of Westbrook, Maine, earned All-New England honors in the
50-yard butterfly, placing fifth with a school-record time of 27.49.
Murchie placed 12th in the 100-yard individual medley (1:05.14) and 15th
in the 100 fly (1:02.64). Also setting a school record with an 11th place
finish in the 50-yard breaststroke (32.73) was sophomore Liz Fey of
Westport, Conn.
Bates scored 466.5 points at the New England meet, more than
doubling their score from 1997. The Bobcats' only better performance was a
sixth place finish in 1994.
BATES COLLEGE NEW ENGLAND DIV. III CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCES
Athlete Event Time Place
Denby Johnson 50 free 25.02 200 free relay leg
100 free 53.69 400 free relay leg
200 free 1:55.61 2nd *@
500 free 5:13.06 9th *
1000 free 11:44.99 last 1000 yards of 1650*
1650 free 17:43.54 4th *@
50 back 28.78 200 medley relay leg
100 back 1:01.40 400 medley relay leg
Pam Murchie 50 fly 27.49 5th *@
Liz Fey 50 breast 32.73 11th *
Relay Athletes Time Place
200 free Johnson 1:41.99 5th @
Murchie
Kara McKeever
Gudrun Mirick
400 free Johnson 3:46.61 8th @
Laura Hardester
Murchie
Mirick
800 free Mirick 8:10.39 7th @
Wendy Zimmerman
Hardester
Johnson
200 medley Johnson 1:53.24 in trials *
Fey
Mirick
Murchie
400 medley Meghan Shelley 4:10.55 6th @
Fey
Murchie
McKeever
* Bates Record
@ All-New England
NCAA Qualifier
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