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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The Alaska women's swim team put together another quality day in the pool, with more NCAA B-cut times and new varsity records being set on day two of the 2011 Husky Invitational at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
Alaska's relay tandems broke the varsity record and surpassed the NCAA B-cut standard in both the 800 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay.
The foursome consisting of freshman
Margot Adams (Anchorage, Alaska/Frontier Charter), freshman
Gabi Summers (Cheyenne, Wyo./Central), freshman
Danielle Lyons (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan/St. Mary's) and sophomore
Bente Heller (Hamburg, Germany/Albrecht Thzer Gymnasium) smashed the program record with a time of seven minutes, 38.88 seconds to finish in third place.
In the 200 medley, Heller, freshman
Genevieve Johnson (Fresno, Calif./University), Adams and Lyons took fourth as they hit the wall in 1:45.08.
Individually, six different swimmers raced their way into the finals of five events.
Heller qualified second in the 200 free with a new varsity record time of 1:51.78 and later broke her own record in the final with a third-place showing in 1:50.78. That time is .57 off the NCAA A-cut.
Adams made her mark in the 100 butterfly with a new varsity record as she posted a time of 59.47 in prelims to finish fifth, and improved in the final, taking fourth in 55.42. Heller was also 12th in qualifying in 57.17, but did not compete in the final.
Lyons achieved a life-time best swim in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:32.32 in preliminaries to finish fifth and later smashed her own PR in the final with a fifth-place showing and a time of 4:29.60.
Also in the 200, Lyons qualified 11th with a new B-cut time of 1:54.20 and took 12th in the final in 1:54.74. Summers was also 19th in the preliminaries with a season-best 1:55.55 and 23rd in the final with a time of 1:57.37.
Johnson took 21st in the prelims of the 100 breaststroke as she hit the wall in 1:07.50 and improved both place in the time in the final, taking 18th in 1:06.63. In the 100 backstroke, Adams qualified 21st in 59.47 and placed 17th in the final in 1:06.63.
Alaska moved up two spots to 11th in the standings with 344 points. The third and final day begins Sunday at 8:30 a.m.
