Marshall University Athletics
Thursday, February 28
Atlanta, Ga.
All Day
Marshall University
vs
Conference USA Championships
Catherine Bendziewicz takes her third-straight win in the 200 IM.
Bendziewicz Takes Third-Straight Gold in 200 IM
2/28/2019 10:58:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
50 Freestyle nets 24 points
ATLANTA – Marshall's Catherine Bendziewicz brought home a gold medal in the 200 IM for the third straight year to lead the Thundering Herd on the second day of competition at the Conference USA Championships in Atlanta.
Bendziewicz netted 20 team points by winning the event in a school-record 1:58.94, beating her 2017 mark (1:59.29). Caroline Wanner finished ninth (2:02.06) in the event and Maddie Schaefer placed 16th (2:06.06).
Darby Coles placed fourth in the 50 Freestyle (22.98), topping her all-time best set during Thursday morning's preliminaries. Hannah Robins (T-11th, 23.487), Raeleigh Mooij (14th, 23.62) and Regan Raines (16th, 23.70) rounded out Marshall's participation.
The Thundering Herd also took fourth in the 200 Free Relay (Bendziewicz, Robins, Mooij and Coles) in 1:32.31.
Maddie Young (10th, 262.20) and Sarah McGlumphy (15th, 199.85) competed in the 3-meter diving event.
Angelica Di Marzio took 13th in the 500 Freestyle with a swim of 4:59.32 and Cara Martin finished in a tie for 17th (5:02.23), followed by Brittany Wilkerson's 22nd place showing (5:05.60).
Marshall currently sits fourth going into day three of competition with 159.5 points. FIU still leads the pack with 328.5.
Also competing in the preliminaries but not advancing:
500 Freestyle
Oda Gjerde (5:08.04)
200 IM
Maggie Stovall (2:08.24)
Rachel Hughes (2:12.19)
Justine Jagga (2:12.34)
Head Coach Ian Walsh
"It was another strong session for the Herd. Our divers really set the tone, setting personal bests on 3-meter with Maddie Young's mark being the fourth-best in school history.
All of our 500 swimmers had really gutsy swims and improved their seed from the morning. Catherine was exceptional tonight, winning her third 200 IM title in a row and she broke the 23-second barrier for the first time in her leadoff leg of the 200 Free Relay. Caroline was right off her personal best in the 200 IM and won the consolation final.
Our 50 Freestyle was a big event for us as we scored 24 points. Darby breaking the 23-second barrier to place fourth was fun to watch. Our 200 Free Relay was strong and posted the fourth-fastest time in program history, but, as a group, there were some things we could've executed better.
Our staff is looking forward to tomorrow. There are a lot of opportunities to score for us and the team is excited to build upon tonight's success."
DAY THREE – ORDER OF EVENTS
(10:30 a.m. start)
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
1m Dive
(6 p.m. start)
Finals
Bendziewicz netted 20 team points by winning the event in a school-record 1:58.94, beating her 2017 mark (1:59.29). Caroline Wanner finished ninth (2:02.06) in the event and Maddie Schaefer placed 16th (2:06.06).
Darby Coles placed fourth in the 50 Freestyle (22.98), topping her all-time best set during Thursday morning's preliminaries. Hannah Robins (T-11th, 23.487), Raeleigh Mooij (14th, 23.62) and Regan Raines (16th, 23.70) rounded out Marshall's participation.
The Thundering Herd also took fourth in the 200 Free Relay (Bendziewicz, Robins, Mooij and Coles) in 1:32.31.
Maddie Young (10th, 262.20) and Sarah McGlumphy (15th, 199.85) competed in the 3-meter diving event.
Angelica Di Marzio took 13th in the 500 Freestyle with a swim of 4:59.32 and Cara Martin finished in a tie for 17th (5:02.23), followed by Brittany Wilkerson's 22nd place showing (5:05.60).
Marshall currently sits fourth going into day three of competition with 159.5 points. FIU still leads the pack with 328.5.
Also competing in the preliminaries but not advancing:
500 Freestyle
Oda Gjerde (5:08.04)
200 IM
Maggie Stovall (2:08.24)
Rachel Hughes (2:12.19)
Justine Jagga (2:12.34)
Head Coach Ian Walsh
"It was another strong session for the Herd. Our divers really set the tone, setting personal bests on 3-meter with Maddie Young's mark being the fourth-best in school history.
All of our 500 swimmers had really gutsy swims and improved their seed from the morning. Catherine was exceptional tonight, winning her third 200 IM title in a row and she broke the 23-second barrier for the first time in her leadoff leg of the 200 Free Relay. Caroline was right off her personal best in the 200 IM and won the consolation final.
Our 50 Freestyle was a big event for us as we scored 24 points. Darby breaking the 23-second barrier to place fourth was fun to watch. Our 200 Free Relay was strong and posted the fourth-fastest time in program history, but, as a group, there were some things we could've executed better.
Our staff is looking forward to tomorrow. There are a lot of opportunities to score for us and the team is excited to build upon tonight's success."
DAY THREE – ORDER OF EVENTS
(10:30 a.m. start)
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
1m Dive
(6 p.m. start)
Finals
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