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Washington Women Finish First at 30th Annual WU Invite

Washington Women Finish First at 30th Annual WU Invite
Posted: Jan 11, 2014

From Washington University Athletics

The Washington University in St. Louis women's swimming & diving team won 10 event titles on its way to capturing the team title at the WU Invite for the fifth time in the last seven years.

The Washington U. women scored 1,139 points to win the team title over NCAA Division II Lindenwood University, who finished second with 855. DePauw University was third in the women's team standings with 760 points. Lindenwood claimed the men's team title with 894.5 points, while the WUSTL men finished second with 740 and NCAA Division II Missouri University of Science & Technology place third with 698.

Sophomore Sophie Gan won a pair of individual events and raced on two winning relays for the Washington U. women at the two-day meet. She won both the 100 (1:07.43) and 200 breaststrokes (2:23.20), and added a third-place finish in the 200 individual medley (2:14.21). Senior Chi Pham won the event in 2:13.33, while freshman Lauren Carlos finished fourth in 2:14.24. Gan also teamed up with sophomore Katie Anderson, Carlos and sophomore Kristalyn McAfee to win both the 200-medley relay (1:49.99) and the 400-medley relay (4:02.25).

Carlos also had an individual title for the Washington U. women, finishing first in the 100 butterfly in 59.30. Freshman Connie Gan placed second (1:00.36) and sophomore Amanda Stadermann was fourth (1:00.70). Stadermann added a first-place finish in the 200 butterfly in 2:09.56 for the Bears. The 200-freestyle relay team of Anderson, Pham and freshmen MariMac Collins and Claire Savage finished first in 1:40.24, and the 400-free relay of Collins, junior Sara Taege, McAfee and Connie Gan swam to first place in 3:36.22, more than five seconds faster than the runner-up team.

Freshman Emily Ramos was the final individual winner for the Washington U. women, finishing first in the three-meter diving with a score of 374.00. She also placed second in the one-meter diving (356.10) during Saturday's action. Freshman Michael Lagieski was the lone event-winner for the Washington U. men, swimming to first in the 100 breaststroke in 58.15.