Meet results
Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey women’s swimming and diving team won their second straight New Jersey Athletic Conference championship defeating Rowan University at TCNJ’s Aquatic Center.
The Lions (8-1, 4-0 NJAC) bested the Profs by a score of 183-110. Since men’s and women’s swimming returned to the NJAC as a sport last year, both Lions’ squads have claimed back-to-back titles.
On senior day, seniors Chrisina Falcone (Newtown, PA/Notre Dame), Ashley Robb (Blackwood, NJ/Gloucester Catholic), Stephanie Seto (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert), and Julianne Clapp (Allentown, PA/Parkland) teamed up in meet's final event and placed first in 400-yard freestyle relay with a winning time of 3:54.54.
Falcone also won the 200-yard butterfly event in 2:11.86 and Robb also contributed to the 200 medley relay winning time of 1:51.31. Seto placed second in the 200 free touching the wall in 203.46.
Junior Margaret Molloy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East), sophomore Traci Hofer (Millville, NJ/Millville), sophomore Laura Pierce (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West), and freshman Kayleigh Shangle (Highland Park, NJ/Highland Park) were multiple event winners.
Junior diver Amanda Obst (Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape May Regional) placed first in the 1-meter dive with a score of 215.45 and took second in the 3-meter dive posting 208.80.
The Lions return to the waters on February 19 when they compete in the Metropolitan Conference Championships held at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ.