Terp Women Boast Solid Start in ACC Championships
2/18/2009 7:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Feb. 18, 2009
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland kicked off the 2009 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships in high gear, registering a school-record 1:39.76 in the 200-yard medley relay en route to a fourth-place finish Wednesday evening at the Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium.
The relay team of Annie Fittin, Nina Rossi, Jen Vogel and Yelena Skalinskaya tallied Maryland's first NCAA B-cut relay time of the season.
"It was a great way to start the meet," head coach Sean Schimmel said. "Annie's split really set us up for a good race and I think all four of them had the best splits of their lives."
The 800-yard free relay team of Ginny Glover, Laura Wright, Vogel and Rossi narrowly missed a school record, touching the wall at 7:14.56 for a fifth-place finish and an NCAA B-cut time.
"I couldn't be happier with how we set ourselves up for the next few days," Schimmel said.
Virginia swept both events, notching a pair of ACC records, and lead the way heading into day two with 80 points. Maryland is currently fifth with 58 points.
