| Senn Closes Out Swimming Career in Record-Setting 400 Free Relay |
| Sunday, February 24 2008 |
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| Akron, Ohio -- Senior Brittany Senn helped break a 25-year-old school record in her final collegiate event to cap off a superior effort for Youngstown State at the 2008 Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships. Senn swam the third leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay that posted a third-place time of 3:31.73. That time shattered the old mark of 3:35.41 set on March 10, 1984, and it was YSU's fastest time in the event this season by almost eight seconds. Alana Kane posted a personal-best split to start the race, and Ashley Williamson, Senn and Megan Rupe finished it. The third-place finish was also the school's best-ever placing in a relay event at the Horizon League meet. The Penguins finished fifth overall at the four-day meet, and they finished ahead of three teams at the championships for the first time. The relay record was one of three to fall on the final day and one of nine set overall at the meet. Junior Olivia Arnold set the school mark in the 1,650 free with a sixth-place time of 17:33.69. Williamson also broke her third individual record at the meet, clocking in with a time of 2:06.01 in the 200 back. Rupe finished sixth in the 100 free with a personal-best time of 52.46, and Senn was 14th (53.35). Natasha Bray added a 12th-place finish in the 1,650 (17:56.64), and Julia Darling and Laura Hanley finished 15th and 16th in the 200 breast. The meet was also the final collegiate competition for Darling and Amanda Ladd. They and Senn comprised coach Matt Anderson's first recruiting class at YSU. |
| Horizon League Championships - Day 2 |
| Friday, February 22 2008 |
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| Cleveland -- Ashley Williamson's school-record split in the 100-yard backstroke helped Youngstown State break the school mark in the 400 medley relay on the second day of the Horizon League Championships. Williamson led off the relay with a 100 back time of 59.41, which topped her old record by 0.17 seconds. She posted the event's third-fastest split, and Julia Darling, Brittany Senn and Megan Rupe took over to finish in 4:01.08. That time shattered the previous record of 4:03.12 that was set at the league championship meet three years ago. Williamson will have another shot to break the 100 back record on Friday. The Penguins currently sit in fifth place with 120 points. They lead Valparaiso (108), Cleveland State (90) and Butler (68). Green Bay is in first place through the first two days with 320 points while Wright State (292), Milwaukee (292) and UIC (171) are second through fourth. Individually on Thursday, Rupe finished ninth in the 50 free with a personal-best time of 24.56, which ranks her fourth in school history. Senn added an 11th-place time of 24.84. Olivia Arnold posted a personal-best 500 free time of 5:12.87 to finish 13th, and Amanda Carpin's score of 196.20 on the 1-meter board placed her 13th. Also posting personal-best times were Jessica Front in the 50 free (25.58), Jennifer Johnstone in the 200 IM (2:21.30), Alana Kane in the 50 free (25.34) and Leah Krout in the 500 free (5:23.00). |
| Three School Records Fall in First Three Events at League Meet |
| Friday, February 22 2008 |
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| Cleveland -- Junior Olivia Arnold broke her own school record in the 1,000 freestyle and two Youngstown State relays also eclipsed school marks in the first day of the 2008 Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday. Arnold posted a time of 10:33.14 to finish eighth and beat her old record by five seconds. Arnold's record was the second of three to fall for the Penguins in the first day, which only consisted of three events in the women's competition. The 200 freestyle relay of Brittany Senn, Megan Rupe, Ashley Williamson and Alana Kane finished fourth with a record time of 1:37.18 in the championship's first event. Williamson, Senn, Rupe and Julia Darling then teamed for a record time of 1:49.00 in the 200 medley relay. The time 200 medley relay time was 2.57 seconds faster than the previous record while the 200 free relay time was 1.33 seconds faster. Leah Krout and Amanda Ladd also established personal-best times in the 1,000 free. Krout placed 21st with a time of 10:53.98, which ranks fifth in school history, and Ladd's time of 11:30.04 ranks her 10th on the YSU charts. The Penguins will compete in preliminary heats of the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free and 1-meter diving today starting at 10:30 a.m. Finals start at 6 p.m. |