Glover Paces Terps Friday
2/19/2010 7:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Feb. 19, 2010
Results
ACC Championship Central
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Sophomore Ginny Glover placed third in the 200 free to lead Maryland on day three of the 2010 ACC Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
Glover captured a B-cut performance in her 200 free swim Friday night (1:46.55). Senior Laura Wright finished 20th (1:49.32).
Junior Annie Fittin just barely missed the podium once again Friday night, touching the wall fourth (53.06) in the 100 back. Her time broke her previous school record (53.22) established in the 2009 ACC Championships in College Park and also tallied in as a B-cut performance. Glover continued her stellar evening session with a fifth-place finish in the 100 back (53.63), her second NCAA B-cut swim of the night. Maryland picked up major points in the event as Megan Lafferty (55.09), Jackie Davidson (55.24) and Patty DeScenza (55.99) finished 13th, 14th, and 15th, respectively, in the B-finals.
Jen Vogel finished fifth in the 100 fly, with a B-cut time of 53.92. DeScenza finished tenth behind her fellow captain, with a B-cut 54.36. Freshman Addie Koelle took 13th (54.93).
Alexa Hamilton was Maryland's top performer in the 100 breast, finishing tenth (1:03.15).
The 400 medley relay squad comprised of Glover, Hamilton, Vogel and Wright finished fifth with a B-cut time of 3:41.81.
The Terps roll into the final day of the championships in fifth place with 253 points, 13.5 points-shy of fourth-place Virginia Tech.
Maryland resumes action Saturday morning with prelim swims in the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and finals of the 1650 free. Fans can follow all the championship action by clicking on the link on the top of the page.
