Somers Wins Twice At CCSU Sprint Meet

Friday, January 26

New Britain, Conn.

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

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CCSU SPRINT MEET

1/26/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving

The Sacred Heart University swimming and diving team dropped a 122-58 decision to host Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. The Pioneers drop to 5-7 on the year in dual meet action.

The meet featured all sprint events, with no individual event longer than 200 yards. Lauren Somers paced the Pioneers effort with a pair of wins, capturing the 50 and 100 freestyle events.

SHU is back in action Saturday when it travels to NJIT to take on Monmouth at 11:00 am.

Freestyle

Somers won the 50-free with a swim of 24.39
Somers captured her second win of the night with a 52.55 effort in the 100
Kim Hylan placed third for the Pioneers in the 200, touching at 1:59.36

Diving

Nicole Pergolotti was second on the one-meter board with 153 points

Butterfly

The Pioneers took the second and third spot in the 50, with Emily Peter at 26.97 and Fiona Maxwell at 27.86

Relays

Somers anchored the Pioneers 200 freestyle relay, with a split of 24.85, as SHU placed second at 1:43.15
Margaret Flaherty led off the closing relay, followed by Alana Donabie and Peter
Emily Shenk, Jessica Poole, Nikole Rudis and Victoria Catizone combined for a time of 1:54.72 to place second in the 200-medley relay to open the meet