East Carolina University
Marshall
Swimming & Diving Teams Post Victories In Quad-Meet
November 04, 2006 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 4, 2006
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. --- The East Carolina men and women's swimming and diving teams improved each their overall teams records Saturday in a quad-meet with Duquesne, Marshall and West Virginia.
The Lady Pirates improved to 7-1 with wins over Duquesne (231-63) and Marshall (212-88), while suffering its first setback of the season to the Mountaineers (140.5-159.5).
The men's team also defeated Duquesne (196-96) to post its fifth win of the year, while it also suffered its first loss of the year to WVU (101.5-195.5).
"This was a very good meet for us," said Pirate head coach Rick Kobe. "We posted some very fast times today and have a lot of confidence heading into the Nike Cup."
The junior diving tandem of Ryan Hunt and Christie Icenhower continued their outstanding seasons as they combined to sweep all four of the diving events. Hunt and Icenhower each claimed first place scores on the one-meter and three-meter boards.
Four members of the Lady Pirates won individual events led by a pair of Greenville natives, Rebecca Perry and Megan Pulaski.
Pulaski won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:10.89, nearly two seconds better than second place finisher Lindsey Largo of West Virginia.
Perry claimed her first non-50 or 100-yard freestyle victory of the season, winning the 200-yardfreestyle with a time of 1:51.09.
Senior Kate Gordon posted the Lady Pirates' third top finish of the meet, winning the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 0:56.90, 0:00.22 better than WVU's Taylor Stallings.
Freshman Jacquelynn Jones turned in another first place finish in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:07.76.
ECU returns to competition November 16-18 at the prestigious Nike Cup in Chapel Hill, N.C.
