Vulcan Dual Meet Challenge: Session 2 and 3

Session #2 was our dual meet vs Chatham,  with the same dual meet style as last night. We picked up the win 90-33

The first session of the day began at 10am. To recap:

The 200 Medley Relay of Kayla Schnars, Laura Stephens, Shannon Milstead, and Carley Nitchie got first place points with the time of 1:57.78.

Kristin Taylor took the 400 IM with a time of 5:02.12, registering a time and allowing her to swim it at PSACS.

Rehrig won the 100 back with a time of 1:02.06.

Freshmen Amanda Thomas and Junior Ciara Conklin went 1-2 in the 200 Breaststroke with times of 2:45.10 and 2:49.56 respectively. Very awesome to see as these two have been pushing each other along all year.

Britt Rehrig took 1^st in the 50 fly with a time of 26.75, just off of the meet record of 26.57 set by LHU great Jenna Brooks.

Abby Miller had a big swim in the 100 free with a 56.99.

Lunch was a quick trip to Subway. It was nothing too exciting or out of the ordinary, but hey, if it’s good enough for Michael Phelps its good enough for us!

After lunch we packed up and headed over to the new Cal conference center to check out the first half of the women’s basketball game against LHU. Something I really like about this school is that the athletes really support one another and want the other teams to do well. “Haven Nation” is two words that mean something to our athletic programs, and our women were proud to support the team on their huge game on the road.

When we returned we got a long warmup for the third and final session, a 84-51 loss to Cal

The events for the session were:

15.400 Medley Relay

16. 500 Free

17. 200 Back

18. 50 Breast

19. 100 Fly

20. 50 Free

21. 100 IM

22. 400 Free Relay

The 400 medley relay team of Schnars, Rehrig, Allie Muha, and Kristen Capretti took first with a time of 4:13.28.

Kristin Taylor dropped 6 seconds from her season best in the 500 with a time of 5:33.88. Emily Shultz in front of family from Washington PA (Only 20 mins away from Cal) swam a time of 6:07.99, dropping nearly 17 seconds from her lifetime best!

Kristin Taylor was outside smoke from lane 6 in the combined 100 fly, taking 1^st in the meet against Cal and overall with a time of 1:03.02.

Rehrig took the 100 IM with a time of 1:00.87, falling only to her meet record from last year.

Overall a pretty good weekend away from “The Haven”. This meet is always a good one, because though the women are at very different points in their seasons, there is still something to swim for. This is the start of the taper season for those who have not yet qualified for an individual event at the PSAC meet, (with the Haven Invite yet to go next week) and those that have can swim some events they don’t normally.

Our dinner was take out from Lagerheads, a delish burger for me and some good picks for the swimmers. We made a pit stop at Sheetz on the way home in Altoona, and are almost back to LHU. 

Its hard to believe that the next time we travel as a team, it will be to PSACs, its also hard to believe that the last dual meets of the season are over. Practice and classes begin again on Monday…A lot of big things happening at LHU. Lets finish this season out strong. GO HAVEN!