Jan. 27, 2007

Arnold Wins Twice at UIC to Highlight Weekend Meets

    Chicago -- Sophomore Olivia Arnold won the 400 IM and the 500 free for two of Youngstown State's four individual wins at a dual with UIC on Friday evening at the UIC Natatorium.
    Arnold posted a personal-best time of 4:42.19 in the 400 IM to win by more than seven seconds, and her winning time of 5:21.90 in the 500 free was more than five seconds faster than the second-place finisher.
    Freshman Lara Munro earned her second collegiate victory in the 200 fly with a time of 2:13.99, and Julia Darling edged Arnold in the 200 breast with a first-place time of 2:30.18.
    Brittany Senn posted second-place finishes in the 50 free and 200 fly, and Natasha Bray placed second in the 1,000 free. Megan Rupe added a second-place finish in the 100 free with a collegiate-best time of 54.11.
    Arnold's time in the 400 IM was 4.99 seconds faster than her previous personal-best, and the time ranks her as the second-fastest 400 IM swimmer in YSU history.
    In a double dual with UW-Green Bay and Illinois State on Saturday, Darling earned third-place finishes in both backstrokes while Rupe, Senn, Bray, Munro and Erin-Michelle Gordon each earned a fifth-place overall finish.
    Jennifer Johnstone swam collegiate-best times in the 100 breast and 200 IM, and Leah Krout posted a collegiate-best time in the 1,650 free. Amanda Ladd added a collegiate-best time in the 100 back.
    The Penguins will return home for two meets this week in their final warm-up before the Horizon League Championship. YSU will play host to Cleveland State on Thursday at 6 p.m. before senior day on Friday against California (Pa.) and Slippery Rock.