FEBRUARY 14, 2010
KING'S SWIMMERS WRAP UP MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS AS NEALER, SMITH PLACE 3RD, 5TH IN 1650 FREESTYLE RELAY
WILKES-BARRE -- Maggie Nealer became King's highest female place-winner in the past decade as the King's College swim teams wrapped up the 2010 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships Sunday at the Wilkes-Barre Catholic Youth Center.
As a team, King's women finished in eighth place with 186 points while the men's squad registered 11 points. In all, King's women's team set six new school-records during the three-day event.
Nealer placed third in the 1650-freestyle by setting a new school-record of 19:00.33, shattering the 19:32.28 mark she set last season. Lady Monarch teammate Becca Smith was also outstanding, placing fifth in the same event while also breaking Nealer's previous record as her time of 19:21.70 stands as the second fastest in King's history.
King's came in seventh in the women's 400-freestyle relay as the team of Nealer, Smith, Krystna Homanko, and Carissa Cook posted a 3:59.30, falling just short of the school-record 3:59.08 set last season.
For the men, Eric Stencovage finished 12th in the 200-breaststroke with a time of 2:25.08.
Other highlights happening during the previous two days include the following:
On Friday, Nealer set the 500-freestyle record in the morning preliminary round with a time of 5:30.92. She eventually placed seventh with a 5:33.16. Also, the second record to fall was the 400-medley relay as the team of Amanda Casey, Homanko, Cook, and Nealer posted a time of 4:36.53.
On Saturday, King's best showing came in the women's 800-freestyle relay where the team of Nealer, Cook, Smith, and Homanko placed fifth with a new school-record time of 8:43.17, surpassing the previous King's record of 8:52.2 set last season.
In the 200 medley relay, King's team of Casey, Susie Hughes, Homanko, and Smith finished seventh by swimming a 2:06.72.
In the women's 400-individual medley, Nealer was 11th with a 5:13.12 after posting school-record 5:12.26 in the qualifying round. Nealer broke the previous Lady Monarch record of 5:17.91 set during the 2007-08 campaign.
Smith finished 10th in the 200-freestyle, twice breaking the school-record in the event. She swam a record 2:06.82 in the preliminary round, then broke the record in the finals with a 2:06.45. She bettered the previous King's record of 2:07.80 set a year ago.
For the men, in the 100-breaststroke, Eric Stencovage finished 12th with a 1:03.86 after posting a 1:03.20 in the qualifying round.
Results, awards, and additional information can be found at the following link: