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Notre Dame Men and Women Lead After Day Two of Notre Dame Invitational

Dec. 3, 1999

Day Two Preliminary Results | Day Two Results

Notre Dame, Ind. – The Notre Dame men and women are in first place after day two of the Notre Dame Swimmng and Diving Invitational at the Rolfs Aquatics Center. The Irish men extended its day-one lead and now have 930 points, 123 points ahead of second-place Western Kentucky with 807 points. Division III-power Denison was third with 805.5 points, followed by Toledo (560) and Michigan State (551).

The Irish men only won one event today but were deep in the other races. The 800 freestyle relay team of sophomore Jonathan Pierce, junior Matt Grunewald, senior Rob Fetter and senior Ray Fitzpatrick took first place with a pool-record time of 6:47.33. With 200 yards to go, Fitzpatrick and Western Kentucky’s Kicker Vencill, who had set the pool record in the 100 freestyle earlier in the meet, battled down to the wire, as Fitzpatrick just outtouched him for the win.

The Notre Dame women, competing without three of their top swimmers, vaulted from third place after day one to first with 821 points by winning five events. Denison, who was leading after day one, is in second with 774 points followed by Michigan State (758), Western Kentucky (556) and Bowling Green (489).

Sophomore Kelly Hecking won two races today as she claimed first in the 100 backstroke and swam the leadoff leg of the 200 medley relay. Hecking’s backstroke time of 56.20 was a “B” qualifying time for the 2000 NCAA Championships.

Hecking teamed with junior Kathleen Rimkus, senior Elizabeth Barger and senior Laura Shepard winning the 200 medley relay in a time of the 1:46.59. Other winners for the Irish were senior Alison Newell in the 100 butterfly, Heather Mattingly on the 3-meter diving board and the 800 freestyle relay team of junior Kristen Van Saun, junior Brenda Reilly, freshman Lindsay Moorhead and Newell.

The competition concludes Saturday with preliminaries at 10 a.m., and finals at 6:30 p.m.