Boston University
America East Championships
Swimming and Diving Leads After Day One of Competition
February 15, 2008 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Feb. 15, 2008
After one day of competition at the 2008 America East Swimming and Diving Championships, the men's team sits in the top spot with 118 points - 15 over four-time defending champion UMBC - while the women's squad is 25 points ahead of UNH to take hold of first place.
In a close third is Binghamton with 99 points, followed by fourth place Stony Brook (84) and fifth place Maine (69).
The Boston women (125) lead the way followed by New Hampshire (100), and last year's conference champions, UMBC (84) in third. In fourth place is Binghamton (82), while Maine (73), Vermont (69), and Stony Brook (50) round out the seven-team field.
On Day 1 of competition conference records were shattered all around. Boston University's 800-freestyle relay of Brigette O'Shaughnessy, Clara Van Allen, Lisa Young, and Eve Kinsella won the event in a blazing time of 7:26.41 breaking the previous meet record of 7:30.14 set by UMBC in 2007. In women's diving, Tess Waresmith of Boston University won the 3-meter event with a score of 268.60.
In the 200-medley relay the Terrier team of Jeff Wurm, Eric Carlson, Matt Rickett, and Arik Seiler won the event in a time of 1:31.86 just missing the conference record by .44 tenths of a second. In men's diving, Boston's Andre Watson won the men's 1-meter with a score of 335.65.
