Feb. 16, 2007

Results

Landover, MD -- Wagner College women's swimming was back in action on day two of the NEC Championships held in Landover, Maryland. The Green & White were able to retain their fourth place ranking as they have now tallied a total of 334 points. They trail third place Central Connecticut State by 42 points, with first place Gardner-Webb holding strong at 499 points.

As for Wagner's output today they started off their second day of action with a fifth place showing in the 200 yard medley relay. The group of Halley Allen (Bryan, TX/Bryan), Amanda Males (East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg), Jessica Hart (Summerfield, NC/Northwest), and Molly McDonald (Hickory, NC/Seton Home School) put up a time of 1:50.15.

Following that was one of the highlights of the day for Wagner as the Seahawk school record fell twice in the 400 yard IM. Freshman Melanie Rodriguez-Lapman (Chesire, CT/Chesire) grabbed second in the event at 4:34.31 which now stands as the Wagner record. Senior Kate Wilson (Brentwood, CA/Liberty) also cracked the previous record with a time of 4:34.91 good for fifth place overall. Julie Gardner (Concord, CA/Concord) rounded out the scoring in that event for Wagner taking eighth place at 4:47.53.

The Green & White came up big in the 100 yard butterfly as well when Jess Radka (Reading, PA/Holy Name) and Hart notched second and fourth place respectively. Radka touched the wall at 57.81, while Hart was not far behind at 58.11. It was a 200 yard event to follow, this time the freestyle, as senior co-captain Brigitta Roser (Ithaca, NY/Lansing) took fifth place at 1:55.11. McDonald also notched points for Wagner coming in 11th place with a time of 1:59.65.

Meanwhile the 100 yard breaststroke showcased a couple of Seahawk veterans when Males picked up eighth place at 1:10.14, and Nicole Paduano (North Haven, CT/North Haven) was good for 11th at 1:10.46. Allen teamed up with Heather Roman-Green (Woodstock, NY/Kingston) to earn points in the 100 yard backstroke with Allen finishing in ninth place at a time of 1:00.92, while Green took 12th at 1:02.65.

The final scoring of the day for Wagner came on the 800 yard freestyle relay as the Seahawk quartet of Roser, Wilson, Radka, and Alexandra Tomlinson (Telford, PA/Souderton) finished in 2nd place at 7:41.59. This time was also noteworthy at it qualifed Wagner for the upcoming USA Swimming Spring Nationals. The finish in yesterday's 400 yard medley relay also qualified for the Nationals.

Wagner wraps up competition tomorrow on day three of the NEC Championships. For complete results visit www.northeastconference.org or www.wagnerathletics.com.