Nashville, Tenn. - Day two of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Swimming and Diving Championships finished in historic fashion as nine of the ten events contested finished in record fashion. Every event, except for the men's 400 medley relay, saw new conference bests as the Trinity University women maintained its day on lead. The DePauw University and Trinity University men ended day two tied for first. Official Championship Website
Centre College and DePauw both had impressive
showings. The Colonels won three of four relays with wins in both
the men's and women's 400 medley relay and the women's 200
freestyle relay. The Centre 200 freestyle relay team of
Meredith Angel, Lauren Gates, Colleen Maggard and Caroline Stephens
set a new SCAC record with a time of 1:36.62. The time was good
enough for an NCAA "B" cut.
Meanwhile on the men's side, the DePauw 200 freestyle relay team of
Josh Baugh, John Cook, Steve Klabak and John Montgomery set a new
SCAC record by finishing in a blistering 1:22.98. The mark earned
the team an NCAA "B" cut time and eclipsed the previous conference
best (1:24.60) by over a second.
Other conference records set included the women's 500 freestyle
(DePauw's Callie Boehme, 5:06.62), the men's 500 freestyle
(Trinity's Alex Miranda, 4:37.66), the women's 200 IM (Centre's Lis
Starr, 2:06.36), the men's 200 IM (DePauw's Baugh, 1:54.54), the
women's 50 freestyle (Centre's Angel, 23.42, NCAA "A" cut), and the
men's 50 freestyle (DePauw's Cook, 20.51, NCAA "A" cut 20.51).
The SCAC Championships contine on Friday February, 13 at 10:30 a.m.
Central with preliminary action as well as the women's 3-Meter
diving. Finals are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Central.