800 Freestyle Relay Team Sets New Casey Swim Center Mark; Lessard Picks Up 200th Win as Coach of Shorewomen
CHESTERTOWN, Md. — The Casey Swim Center record in the 800 freestyle relay was broken by the host Washington College women's swim team in the Shorewomen's 130-75 non-conference win over Eastern Shore rival Salisbury University tonight. The win also gave Kim Lessard her 200th victory as head coach of the Shorewomen.
Washington College 130, Salisbury 75
How It Happened
- The 800 freestyle relay team of Katie Gorman, Ellen Maxwell, Mackenzie Gaze, and Julia Portmann finished off the meet with their first-place pool-record time of 8:06.40, bettering the previous mark of 8:10.80 by more than four seconds.
- Maxwell, Portmann, and Jenni Clune each won two individual events for the Shorewomen in the victory. Maxwell took the 200 individual medley in 2:17.84 and the 100 backstroke in 1:02.45, while Portmann won the 200 freestyle in 1:58.48 and the 500 freestyle in 5:24.88. Clune was first in the 100 freestyle in 55.33 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.34.
- Gorman was first in the 50 freestyle in 25.89 and took second in the 100 butterfly in 1:02.96. Allie Grillo added an 11:35.85 second-place finish in the 1000 freestyle, while Anna Schmittle placed second in the 100 freestyle in 57.44.
- The Shorewomen opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley as Maija Adourian, Clune, Angelina Tomasura, and Mackenzie Gaze posted a first-place time of 1:56.26.
Notes
- Lessard now has a record of 200-100 as head coach of the Shorewomen. She is also 146-105-1 as head coach of the Shoremen, giving her 346 combined victories. She is in her 26th season as the Shorewomen's head coach and 25th as Shoremen's head coach.
- The Shorewomen improved to 1-2 this season with the win, while the Sea Gulls dropped to 3-2 with the loss.
- The Shorewomen have now won 29 straight dual meets against the Sea Gulls since coming out on the wrong end of the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
Up Next for the Shorewomen
11/13 v. St. Mary's (Md.) - 4:30 p.m.
