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Feb. 26, 2009
BROWN DEER, Wis. – The Wright State swimming and diving program has opened up competition at the 2009 Horizon League Championships, hosted by Milwaukee. Molley Pipkorn broke the school record in the 1,000 Freestyle event, while the men’s squad set a pair of relay records and one individual school best on day one of the league summit.
In the men’s program, Wright State got started on a good note with a second place showing in the 200 Freestyle Relay. The team of Danny Munoz, Hermanus Botha, T.J. Collins and Zach Fisher set a new school record in the event with a time of 1:20.06.
Nathan Demchuk followed that with a second place finish in the 1,000 Freestyle event – breaking his own school record in the process. Demchuk touch in a time of 9:16.70, besting his school mark by two seconds, to set a season-best by over 20-seconds.
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The second relay event of the evening watched the Raiders best another school record, finishing fourth as a team in the 200 Medley Relay. Scott Bey, Munoz, Fisher and Collins swam a 1:30.72 in the event, topping the old record of 1:31.16.
The women’s squad opened up the meet with a near school-record in the 200 Freestyle Relay, placing second to Green Bay in the event. The team of Molley Pipkorn, Kelsey Cooper, Marta Kokot and Erin Stevning touched in a time of 1:34.87, missing the school record by .01-seconds.
Pipkron posted a season-best time of 10:10.73 in the 1,000 Freestyle, setting a new school record in the event by more than six seconds, but placed second behind defending champion Danielle Wenger of Milwaukee.
The final swimming event of the night for the women almost saw another school record fall, missing this one by just .08-seconds. Kelsey Cooper, Kim Martella, Candace Thornburg and Erin Stevning placed second in the 200 Medley Relay in a time of 1:44.67 to place second to UWGB.
Stevi DiMasso ended the day by placing seventh in the 3-meter diving event with a score of 199.75.
In the team standings, the Raiders sit in third place on both the men’s and women’s side. Complete standings are below.
Men’s Standings
UIC, 113
Cleveland State, 111
Wright State, 94
Milwaukee, 82
Green Bay, 80
Valparaiso, 55
Women’s Standings
Milwaukee, 180
Green Bay, 127
Wright State, 120
UIC, 111
Youngstown State, 71
Cleveland State, 61
Valparaiso, 58
Butler, 44
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