Nov. 11, 2006
NOTRE DAME, Ind.- The No. 20 Notre Dame women’s swimming and diving team (3-0) continued the strong start to the 2006-07 dual meet season, with a 76-point win (188-112) over Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 11 in the Rolfs Aquatic Center. The women scored 188 points and won nine of the 16 events while setting a school record.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Caroline Johnson (Springfield, Mo./.Glendale), Julia Quinn (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township), Keri Masterson (West Hempstead, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) and Rebecca Grove (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./White Plains) won the first event of the afternoon in a time of 1:44.91.
Senior Katie Carroll (Toledo, Ohio/Notre Dame Academy) followed with a 1,000-yard freestyle victory in a school record time of 9:49.80. This is the second time the school record has been broken this season and is currently the second fastest time in this event in the NCAA this season. The Irish victory streak was momentarily halted in the 200-yard freestyle, before Caroline Johnson got Notre Dame back on track with her win in the 100-yard backstroke. Freshman Vivian Healey (New York, N.Y./Stuyvesant) followed with a 100-yard breaststroke win (1:05.21). Claire Hutchinson (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) picked up a 200-yard butterfly win (2:03.92). Carroll picked up her second individual win of the meet in the 50-yard freestyle (23.78). She would win a third title with her time of 4:18.32 in the 400-yard individual medley, although it was an exhibition victory.
The Notre Dame divers got in act next as freshman Natalie Stitt (Holland, Mich./West Ottawa) won the first three-meter diving title of her collegiate career (228.23). After a momentarily slow down in the 100-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke, the Irish train kept rolling with a Quinn win in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.66). Stitt concluded her meet with the second individual diving victory of her the meet in the one-meter dive (256.87).
The 200-yard free relay squad of Christa Riggins (Phoenix, Ariz./Sunnyslope) Grove, Caroline Johnson and Carroll finished the Irish winning ways off in a time (1:34.74), just missing an NCAA `B’ qualifying mark.
The Fighting Irish women will now begin the road travel as they head to Minnesota to participate in the Minnesota Invitational from Nov. 17-19.
Notre Dame Point Scorers Meet Recap:
200-yard medley relay
1. Caroline Johnson, Julia Quinn, Keri Masterson, Rebecca Grove: 1:44.91 (11)
3. Maggie Berhens, Jessica Stephens, Megan Farrell, Meghan Linnelli: 1:49.52 (2)
1, 000-yard freestyle
1. Katie Carroll: 9:49.80 (9)
2. Lexie Shue: 10:06.35 (4)
3. Ann Barton: 10:21.92 (3)
200-yard freestyle
2. Christa Riggins: 1:49.31 (4) (B)
3. Zeina Shanata: 1:53.69 (3)
4. Ellen Johnson: 1:53.82 (2)
100-yard backstroke
1. Caroline Johnson: 56.96 (9)
4. Rebecca Grove: 58.30 (2)
5. Maggie Behrens: 59.00 (1)
100-breastroke
1. Vivian Healey: 1:05.21 (9)
3. Jessica Stephens: 1:06.96 (3)
5. Natalie Burke: 1:08.33 (1)
200-yard butterfly
1. Claire Hutchinson: 2:03.92 (9)
2. Zeina Shanata: 207.57 (4)
3. Megan Farrell: 2:08.39 (3)
50-yard freestyle
1. Katie Carroll: 23.78 (9)
5. Meghan Linnelli: 24.94 (1)
Three-meter diving
1. Natalie Stitt: 228.33 (9)
2. Tara Hyer: 2:19.75 (4)
3. Lucy Hirt: 2:07.22 (3)
100-yard freestyle
2. Rebecca Grove: 51.43 (4)
6. Maggie Behrens: 54.79 (1)
200-yard backstroke
2. Ashlee Edgell: 2:05.37 (4)
3. Caroline Johnson: 2:06.76 (3)
4. Stacey Nedrud: 2:07.32 (2)
200-yard breaststroke
1. Julia Quinn: 2:19.66 (9)
3. Lexie Shue: 2:23.73 (3)
4. Katie Hopkins: 2:23.76 (2)
500-yard freestyle
3. Megan Farrell: 4:59.92 (3)
4. Christa Riggins: 5:03.37 (2)
5. Zeina Shanata: 5:08.31 (1)
100-yard freestyle
2. Jessica Stephens: 57.31 (4)
4. Keri Masterson: 58.96 (2)
5. Natalie Burke: 1:00.60 (1)
One-meter Diving
1. Natalie Stitt: 256.87 (9)
2. Tiffany Robak: 221.02 (4)
3. Tara Hyer: 213.75 (3)
400-yard IM
4. Claire Hutchinson: 4:27.56 (2)
200-yard free relay
1. Rebecca Grove, Christa Riggins, Caroline Johnson, Katie Carroll: 1:34.74 (11)