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 LYNCH LEADS SAINTS AT NYSWCAA CHAMPIONSHIP Feb. 17: Saint first year swimmer Abby Lynch had an impressive debut in New York State Women’s Collegiate Athletic Association championship competition, accounting for over a fifth of the Saint point total in her first NYSWCAA meet.
Lynch, who turned in season’s best times every time she raced, capped off her three-day performance with a sixth place finish in the 100 free with a time of 55.21 seconds. She accounted for 113.5 points in the meet with three top eight individual finishes and relay performances in the 200 and 800 free relay and the 200 and 400 medley relays.
The Saints finished ninth as a team in a meet won by Union. SLU finished with 500 points, just seven behind RIT.
Junior Kim Watcke and sophomore Alida Gerritsen had the other Saint A Final finishes in Saturday’s final day of competition.
Watcke was sixth in the 200 backstroke in 2:14.60 while Gerritsen finished seventh in the 200 breaststroke in 2:31.34.
Senior Kate Farrell was tenth overall and second in the B Final in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:35.07 clocking while junior Devan Meserve was 14 th in the 200 fly in 2:22.35.
The Saint 400 free relay team of Meg Vaughn, Watcke, Ashley Bogosian and Farrell finished 11 th overall and third in the B Final with a time of 3:44.68.
Lynch had the top finish in Saturday morning preliminaries with a fifth place finish in 54.92 in the 100 freestyle. Also qualifying for A finals were Watcke in the 200 back with a 2:14.33, which was seventh and Gerritsen, who was sixth in the 200 breaststroke preliminaries with a 2:33.17 clocking.
Farrell qualified for the B final in the 200 breaststroke with a 10 th place finish in 2:37.03 and Meserve made the B final I the 200 fly with a 13 th place finish in 2:23.52 in the preliminaries.
The 400 free relay team of Watcke, Vaughn, Bogosian and Farrell was 11 th in 3:46.38 and will swim in the B final Saturday night.
GERRITSEN 5TH IN 100 BREASTSTROKE Feb. 16: Alida Gerritsen finished fifth in the A final in the 100 yard breaststroke and Kate Farrell won the B final, finishing ninth overall in the same event to highlight day two action at the NYSWCAA Swimming Championships in Syracuse on Friday.
The Saints maintained their eighth place position in the meet with 369 points heading into Saturday’s final day of competition. Union and Ithaca are at the top of the field.
Gerritsen finished in 1:09.42, just .7 out of fourth in the A final while Farrell had the eighth fastest time of the evening swims in the B final at 1:11.47 to lead the B final with a ninth place overall finish.
Kim Watcke finished eighth in the A final of the 100 backstroke in 1:02.43 while Kim Myers was 22 nd overall and sixth in the C final in that event with a 1:06.69 clocking.
Devan Meserve finished 14 th overall and sixth in the B final in the 400 IM with a 5:01.15 clocking while Abby Lynch was eighth in the A final with a 1:00.82 finish in the 100 butterfly. Kate Waters was 14 th in 2:01.51 and Watcke was 24 th in 2:03.29 in the 200 freestyle.
The Saint 200 medley relay team of Watcke, Farrell, Lynch and Ashley Bogosian won the B final and was ninth overall with a 1:54.44 clocking. The 8900 free relay tam of Lynch, Meg Vaughn, Gerritsen and Waters finished 11 th in 8:14.41.
In Friday preliminaries, the parade of season’s best times continued with Saints advancing to the finals in each event.
The 200 medley relay team of Watcke, Farrell, Lynch and Gerritsen finished 12 th in the morning session in 1:55.81 and will swim in the B-Final Friday night.
Meserve qualified for the finals in the 400 IM with a time of 5:02.33, over five seconds faster than her best time of the season . Lynch qualified sixth and will swim in the A-Final in the 100 fly after a 1:00.96 clocking, and Gerritsen qualified sixth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:10.51 with Farrell qualifying ninth in the same event in 1:11.70. Watcke was seventh in the prelims in the 100 back with a 1:02.27 clocking and also advanced to the evening competition in the 200 free along with Waters. Myers also made the championship rounds in the 100 back.
LYNCH LEADS SAINTS IN DAY ONE OF NYSWCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Feb. 15: Freshman Abby Lynch had a big first day in her first NYSWCAA Swimming Championship on Thursday, helping the Saints to eighth place with a sixth place finish in the 50 freestyle and two strong relay swims.
The Saint team has 174 points, two behind seventh place RPI heading into Friday’s competition. Ithaca has a nine point lead over Union for the team lead in the championship with 315 points in first-day competition.
Lynch made the A-final in the 50 freestyle with a 25.22 clocking in the morning session at Nottingham High School in Syracuse and finished sixth in the finals with a 25.15 clocking, three-quarters of a second faster than her previous best time this season. She also was part of the sixth-place 200 free relay and the seventh place 400 medley relay teams for the Saints.
She led off the 200 free relay, which qualified for the A-final with a 1:41.00 clocking, fourth fastest in the morning session and a two-second improvement over the season’s fastest 200 free relay. The team of Lynch, Kim Watcke, Alida Gerritsen and Ashley Bogosian swam 1:41.25 in the evening finals for their sixth place finish. Bogosian's 24.55 split in the anchor leg was the fastest among the anchor swimmers and the fourth fastest split in the race.
The 400 yard medley relay A team also made the A-final with a 4:11.73 prelim time, over three seconds faster than the previous season’s best, and turned in a time of 4:10.15 in the final to finish seventh. Watcke, Lynch and Bogosian were joined by Kate Farrell on the 400 medley relay team.
Kate Waters advanced to the evening finals in the 500 freestyle with a prelim time of 5:24.88 and improved her season’s best by over 11 seconds in the final, finishing in 5:22.23 for an 11 th place finish.
Gerritsen and Farrell both turned in season’s best times in the 200 IM. Gerritsen made the finals with a prelim time of 2:20.00 and swam 2:17.41 in the final to finish 17 th and Farrell advanced with a prelim time of 2:22.74 and was 18 th in the final with a 2:19.50 clocking. Bogosian also made the finals in the 50 free and finished 15 th overall with a time of 25.74.
The Saint B relays also made the finals in both the 200 free relay and 400 medley relay with the 200 free team of Meg Vaughn, WQaters, Ashley McCarthy and Farrell finishing 23 rd in 1:46.95 and the 400 MR team of Kim Myers, Gerritsen, Devan Meserve and Vaughn finishing 21 st in 4:17.99.
Competition continues Friday with the 200 medley relay, 400 individual medley, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back and 800 free relay.
SAINTS READY FOR NYSWCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS The St. Lawrence University women’s swim team heads into its “second season” and coach Bob Clemmer and his swimmers are looking for results which reflect a strong finish to the dual meet season.
The Saints will compete in the NYSWCAA Championships February 15-17 in Syracuse and Clemmer and his swimmers are excited about the opportunity to show the improvement in the program.
“We are a deeper team than we have been in the past and this group has the best dedication and work ethic of any single women’s team since I took over as coach,” said Clemmer. “The preparation they have put in throughout the season and for this meet in particular will help them immensely in the meet and some of our upperclassmen have evolved to a much higher level as athletes over the last couple of seasons.
“The work ethic of this crew and the amount of work we have been able to give them enables them to have three productive days of competition. Many college teams will have one day that is a little off in the three day meets, but the consistency, work ethic and camaraderie of this team will really show for this group in this type of meet.”
The Saints will face a busy schedule with preliminary swims in the morning with a goal of making the evening championship competitions. The top 24 swimmers from the morning events advance to the evening swims while all “A” relays and the top eight “B” relays will have the opportunity to swim again in the evening. Competition on Thursday includes the 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle and the 400 medley relay. Friday’s events include the 200 medley relay, 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 200 free, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and the 800 free relay. Saturday’s events are the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breaststroke, 200 fly and 400 free relay.
The Saints will be well represented in all events and have a number of swimmers who should advance to the evening rounds.
One of the leaders for the Saints is an athlete who has been told time and time again that she should not be swimming because of shoulder problems. Junior Kim Watcke (left) is one of the Saint leaders and leads by example as well as by performance. “Kim is a story unto herself,” said Clemmer. “She has persevered under trying physical conditions and has moved from the sprints to the middle distances and is just on fire. She is an exceptional leader by example…she has always been one of our top point getters, but the other swimmers know what she is going through to do what she does and that is inspiring them to work all that much harder.”
Watcke was fifth in both the 100 back and 50 free in last year’s NYSWCAA championship and was a key swimmer on Saint relays. She will swim the 200 free, 200 back and 100 back in the championships in addition to swimming on relays.
Another top scorer for the Saints has been sophomore Alida Gerritsen, who has had a great dual meet season and was one of the Saints top scorers this season. “Alida is a classic example of taking it up a notch or two,” said Clemmer. She has been swimming really well.” Gerritsen will compete in the 200 individual medley and the breaststroke events.
The Saints should also score points in the sprint freestyles where two North Country products, sophomore Ashley Bogosian of Massena and freshman Abby Lynch (right) of Norwood have been outstanding this season. “Ashley and Abby have been a great one-two punch for us in the sprint freestyles and are also key relay swimmers,” Clemmer said.
Bogosian will swim the 50, 100 and 200 free while Lynch will compete in the 50 and 100 free and the 100 fly and both will race on relay teams.
Devan Meserve will compete in the 200 and 400 IM and the 200 fly and Kate Farrell will swim in the 200 IM and the 100 and 200 breast. This will be the third NYSWCAA championship for Meserve while Farrell is a senior and swimming in her fourth state championship meet.
“Devan has been a consistent point scorer for us this year and Kate is a very versatile swimmer with her abilities in the IM and the breaststroke,” said Clemmer.
Joining Lynch in her first NYSWCAA championship will be freshman Kate Waters, who will swim in the 100, 200 and 500 free. “Katie has really come along late in the season and is swimming very well right now. It took her a little while to adjust to the work load and the longer season of college swimming, but she has really shown second half improvement,” Clemmer said.
Other Saint competitors in the meet will include junior Katie Alexander in the 200, 500 and 1650 free, junior Lyndsay Belt in the 100 breast and the 100 and 200 backstroke; senior Meg Bernier in the 200, 500 and 1650 free; sophomore Aimee Clinkhammer in the 100 fly, 100 free and 200 breast; junior Angie Lathwell in the 200 and 400 IM and 200 fly; senior Ashley McCarthy in the 200, 500 and 1650 free, junior Kim Myers in the 50 free and 100 and 200 back; senior Becca Roy in the 200 and 400 IM and 200 fly and sophomore Meg Vaughn in the 50, 100 and 200 free.
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