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Brandeis Falls to Clark on Senior Day

Brandeis Falls to Clark on Senior Day

From Brandeis University Athletics

The Brandeis University swimming and diving teams celebrated their four seniors today as the Judges met Clark University in their final home meet of the season. The Brandeis men won 10 of 16 events to claim a 160-132 victory, while the Clark women also took 10 wins, including one in the final event to claim a 147-144 victory.

FOR THE WOMEN

  • In her final career home meet, senior Fallon Bushee (Malden, Mass./ Mystic Valley Regional Charter Sch.) was the only double winner for the Judges, winning the two breaststroke events. She took the 100 in 1:16.48 and the 200 in 2:42.54.
  • Single-event winners for the Judges were sophomore Sherry Tu (Guangdong, China / Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women (N.Y.) in the 100 backstroke (1:04.83); rookie Kylie Herman (Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay) in the 200 butterfly (2:21.37); and sophomore Amy Sheinhait (Framingham, Mass./Framingham) in the 100 free (57.83 seconds).
  • The quartet of Sheinhait, Bushee, Tu and Herman opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay, posting a time of 1:59.07.
  • Brandeis owned a two-point lead headed into the final 200-yard freestyle relay, but Clark pulled out a win by 1.08 seconds, offsetting Brandeis's second and third places to clinch the meet win by three points.

THE SENIORS

  • This was the final meet in the careers of Lazarovich, Bushee, Fay Laborio (Cranston, R.I. / Cranston West) and Theresa Gaffney (Braintree, Mass. / Braintree), who were part of head coach Mike Kotch's first team in 2013.

TEAM RECORDS

  • The Brandeis men won their second meet in a row to improve to 2-8-1. The women see a three-meet winning streak snapped and fall to 4-9.
  • The Clark women improve to 3-4, the Cougar men fall to 1-5.