A Record Breaking Saturday Night

Tonight the Vulcans came out strong!  The night began when the 200 yard medly relay of Kasey Travitz, Caitlyn Sirkoch, Bruna Carvalho, and Rachel Kurta finished in 9th place with a time of 1:49.50.  Following the relay, Freshman Georgia Emert swam the 400 yard individual medley.  She swam the event in a 4:32.94 which was an NCAA “A” qualifying time and finished in second place overall.  She re-set the school record again this evening as well.  Emert is now the 6th team member of the 2010 NCAA Team.  Next up was the 100 yard butterfly.  Bruna Carvalho was the first to swim and swam a time of 59.88.  Senior Ester Bosch was to follow with a time of 58.27 which was good enough for 7th place overall.  Following the butterfly was the 200 yard freestyle which featured two of the Vulcans in the consolation heat.  Rachel Kurta and Kelly Geras dominated the heat and took home 9th and 10th place.  Kurta swam a time of 1:55.98, an NCAA “B” qualifying time, and Geras swam a 1:57.39.  Sophomore Melissa Gates was next up to swim tonight.  She swam the 100 yard breaststroke in a time of 1:06.74 and finished in 6th place.  The last individual event for the evening was the 100 yard backstroke.  Freshman Kasey Travitz, who had a spectacular prelim swim, finished in 8th place with a time of 1:00.17.  The final event of the record breaking night was the 800 yard freestyle relay.  The relay of Melissa Gates, Georgia Emert, Kelly Geras, and Ester Bosch swam a spectacular race and won third place with a time of 7:46.34.  The relay team set a new school record too. 

The Vulcans remain in 6th place in the overall women’s team scores.  With the final day of competition tomorrow the Vulcans look to advance up in team scores.  Tomorrow will be a tough day for the Vulcans as it is the final day of a four day meet.  It is going to take determination, focus, and strength for the women to continue to dominate. 

Great Job Ladies!