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Feb. 27, 2009

Swimming & Diving: Williamson Places Fourth in 100 Fly; Sets Two School Marks

    Brown Deer, Wis. – Sophomore Ashley Williamson lowered her fastest time in school history in the 100 yard butterfly to place a strong fourth at the Horizon League Championships on Friday night at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center.
    Williamson also set a school record in the 100 yard backstroke while junior Jen Johnstone set a new school mark in the 100 yard breaststroke. To end the night, YSU’s 800-yard freestyle relay team also established a new school record.
    Williamson swam the 100 fly in a time 56.68 seconds eclipsing her school best time of 57.42 seconds set at last year’s league meet. Green Bay’s Ashley Warzon won the event with a league and championship meet record time of 54.98 seconds.
    Senior Natasha Bray earned an 11^th-place finish in the 400 IM. Bray swam a career-best time of 4:39.60 to have a top-15 finish. Also for the Penguins, Hillary Barrett was 17th with a career-best time of 4:49.30 while Katie Wolf finished 20th.
    In the 200 freestyle, Megan Rupe led the way placing 10th with a school-record time of 1:54.54. Other competitors in the event for the Penguins were Jessica Front, Audria Grubbs, Kirstin Walker and Alana Kane.
    Williamson set her other school record finishing 10th in the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.18 seconds. Freshman Nishani Cicilson placed 13th with a personal-best time of 59.91 seconds.
    Johnstone led the way in the 100 yard breaststroke with a school-record time of 1:08.23 to finish in 15^th place.
    Sophomore Amanda Carpin finished ninth in the one-meter dive with a score of 206.65.
    In the 800 freestyle relay, the Penguins had their best relay finish of the championships so far placing sixth with a record time of 7:45.57.
    After three days of competition, YSU is currently in sixth place with 197 points. The Guins trail Cleveland State, which has 214 points, for fifth. Green Bay increased its overall lead with a score of 622.
    Saturday is the final day of competition at the 2009 Horizon League Championships. The events set for Saturday are the 1,650 freestyle, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Free and 400 Free Relay.