Dec. 10, 2005

Final Stats

Staten Island, NY - The Wagner Seahawk swim team fell to Columbia earlier this afternoon in a non-conference swim meet at the Spiro Sports Center. The Lions downed the Seahawks by a count of 151.5 to 80.5 dealing the Green & White their first loss of the season and pushing their record down to 7-1.

The Seahawks garnered just three first place finishes out of the 13 events on the day. Leading the way was freshman Alexandra Tomlinson (Telford, PA/Souderton) who raced to a time of 5:12.47 in the 500-yard freestyle to take top honors. Kate Wilson (Brentwood, CA/San Francisco St. U.) followed one event later in the 400-yard IM with a win at a mark of 4:48.92. The meet was rounded out with the team of Alyssa Montgomery (Yucaipa, CA/Redlands), Molly McDonald (Hickory, NC/Seton Home School), Bridget Amitrano (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream), and Michelle Varga (Astoria, NY/Arch Bishop Molloy) clocking a time of 1:42.96 in the 200-yard freestyle relay to pick up the win.

It was early in the meet where Columbia did their damage. The Lions won the first nine events. Columbia's Susannah Knox just edged junior Amanda Males (East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg) in the 50-yard breaststroke ending with a time of 31.64 to Males' 32.52. Additionally, sophomore Halley Allen (Bryan, TX/Bryan) just missed out on a first place finish in the 50-yard freestyle losing to the Lion's Mary McCue by 36 tenths of a second. While the Seahawks did not win the 800-yard freestyle relay, Montgomery got off to a blistering start in the relay notching a time of 1:55.87 in her 200-yard portion of the race which will put her among the league leaders in the Northeast Conference.

The Seahawks now have a long break before competing again. Their next scheduled meet is set for January 7, 2006 at Northeast Conference foe Gardner-Webb.