2008 Woodie Awards
Women's swimming and diving takes second at ECAC's
Rich Arleo
Issue date: 2/22/07 Section: Sports
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The Marist women's swimming and diving team capped off another successful season at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships on Sunday. The team placed second in the meet, with a team score of 589.5.
Junior Jamie Falco finished off an amazing junior season by being named swimmer of the meet. In the event, Falco won the 200-yard breaststroke while setting a new school record in the event with a time of 2:02.63. She also led the team of Kim Koehler, Jenell Walsh-Thomas, Sandra Bujalski, and herself to a third place finish in the 400 yard freestyle relay. The team finished with a time of 3:32.76.
Falco heads into her senior season next year, and a very excited coach Larry Van Wagner thinks she has already shown herself to be one of the premiere athletes here at Marist.
"I'm ecstatic," Van Wagner said. "She has become, this season, the best all-around athlete in school history."
Van Wagner said that Falco already broke half of the school's swimming records.
"She broke six individual school records this season including the 50, 100, and 200 yard backstroke," Van Wagner said. "All in all, she broke 10 of the 20 possible school records."
Falco certainly had a spectacular season, but hopefully not lost in her outstanding achievements is the success the team has had this year.
In regards to their final meet of the season, the coach said the team performed, "better than expected." He was also more than pleased with the team's overall success.
"We basically repeated what was said last year, and that was that this was our most successful season overall," Van Wagner said. "We won the conference by the widest margin in school history and finished second to Harvard in the ECAC's, which is well-regarded as being one of the more prominent swimming programs in the nation."
Marist received impressive performances by senior Lauren Malski, Bujalski, Lyndsey Martin, and senior Kim Koehler.
Malski met an NCAA 'B' Qualifying Standard for the second straight day on Sunday, finishing with a time of 2:16.13 in the 200-yard breaststroke. The senior also met the Qualifying Standard in the 100-yard breaststroke the previous day.
Junior Jamie Falco finished off an amazing junior season by being named swimmer of the meet. In the event, Falco won the 200-yard breaststroke while setting a new school record in the event with a time of 2:02.63. She also led the team of Kim Koehler, Jenell Walsh-Thomas, Sandra Bujalski, and herself to a third place finish in the 400 yard freestyle relay. The team finished with a time of 3:32.76.
Falco heads into her senior season next year, and a very excited coach Larry Van Wagner thinks she has already shown herself to be one of the premiere athletes here at Marist.
"I'm ecstatic," Van Wagner said. "She has become, this season, the best all-around athlete in school history."
Van Wagner said that Falco already broke half of the school's swimming records.
"She broke six individual school records this season including the 50, 100, and 200 yard backstroke," Van Wagner said. "All in all, she broke 10 of the 20 possible school records."
Falco certainly had a spectacular season, but hopefully not lost in her outstanding achievements is the success the team has had this year.
In regards to their final meet of the season, the coach said the team performed, "better than expected." He was also more than pleased with the team's overall success.
"We basically repeated what was said last year, and that was that this was our most successful season overall," Van Wagner said. "We won the conference by the widest margin in school history and finished second to Harvard in the ECAC's, which is well-regarded as being one of the more prominent swimming programs in the nation."
Marist received impressive performances by senior Lauren Malski, Bujalski, Lyndsey Martin, and senior Kim Koehler.
Malski met an NCAA 'B' Qualifying Standard for the second straight day on Sunday, finishing with a time of 2:16.13 in the 200-yard breaststroke. The senior also met the Qualifying Standard in the 100-yard breaststroke the previous day.
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