Wellesley was led by Carolyn Jackson (Leesburg,
VA) who picked up two individual wins and was a part of a winning
relay team. She took first place in the 50-breast in a time
of 32.81 and then posted a winning time of 1:11.74 in the
100-breast. In the 200-Medly Relay, Jackson teamed up with
Katie Foley (Orono, ME), Virginia
Hung (Plainsboro, NJ) and Dana Dutton
(Anacortes, WA) to touch the wall first, in 1:59.72.
Wellesley swept the diving events, with Katherine
Goffin (Falmouth, ME) winning the 1-meter with a score of
170.70 and the 3-meter with a score of 170.69. Hung also had
a great day for the Blue, winning the 100-fly in 1:03.14 and taking
second in the 100-free in 56.72, just .15 seconds off the winning
time. She also posted the fastest time in an exhibition swim
in the 200-IM (2:23.83).
Other individual winners for Wellesley included Melanie
Kaplan (La Jolla, CA) in the 500-free (5:42.86), Foley in
the 50-back (31.17), Savanna Johnson (Bloomington,
IL) in the 50-free (26.02) and Dutton in the 1650-free (19.59).
Both squads are slated to cap off their regular seasons next
Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Mount Holyoke (4-3) will travel to Smith
College, while Wellesley (5-4) will host Connecticut College and
Bates College. Wellesley will celebrate Senior Day and will
also be wearing pink swim cap in a breast cancer fundraiser.