Marshall University Athletics
Day Two Prelims Wrapped Up for @HerdSwimming
12/6/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall swimming and diving wrapped up its preliminary action at the Zippy Invitational in Akron, Ohio, Saturday.
In the 400 IM, freshman Emma Lockyer (4:25.78) qualified first, followed by senior Kacey Preun (4:30.37) in third and sophomore Teel Hartmann (4:31.95) in fifth.
For the 100 butterfly, freshman Gloriya Mavrova qualified ninth (57.02), while sophomore Chloe Parsemain (57.07) and senior Katie Kramer (58.42) qualified 14th. Parsemain and Kramer earned lifetime best times in the event.
For the 200 freestyle, freshman Madi Pulfer (1:52.27) qualified second, while senior Kaley Gregory (1:53.33), freshman Nele Albers (1:53.58) and freshman Savannah Ruedt (1:54.08) qualified fifth, seventh and tenth. Rounding out the Herd in the 200 was freshman Rachael DePietro (15th, 1:55.16), freshman Emma Williams (19th, 1:55.75), Bree Mury (22nd, 1:56.14) and sophomore Laura Bradley (24th, 1:56.92). Senior Lauren Hurd finished in 40th with a time of 2:00.70, but does not advance to the finals. Pulfer, Gregory, DiPietro and Bradley's times were lifetime bests.
Sophomore Mikaya Reynolds was the only Herd qualifier in the 100 breast, with a fourth place run and 1:04.58 time.
In the 100 backstroke, freshman Carin Ingram led the way with a fourth place qualification and 56.73 time. Four more swimmers qualified, Rachael DiPietro (12th, 58.77), sophomore Bree Mury (19th, 59.54), Laura Bradley (21st, 1:00.17) and freshman Lauren Cowher (22nd, 1:00.23). DiPietro's time was a lifetime best.
TRAMEL TALK
Head coach Bill Tramel on preliminaries:
"We had a very good morning. We are especially pleased with Mikaya Reynolds 100 Breaststroke. I know she is really excited too. We had some troopers this morning doubling the 200 Free/100 Back. All three, Rachael (DePietro), Bree (Mury), and Laura (Bradley) made it back tonight in both events. That speak to our conditioning. We had 7 more lifetime bests in prelims and everyone is swimming in Finals tonight, so it should be more fun."
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The day two finals will be Saturday at 6 p.m. A recap of the Herd results as well full results will be posted on Herdzone.com following the event, as well as analysis from head coach Bill Tramel . Fans can follow along with the meet as it unfolds on the Akron Athletics page.
