Swimming Sweeps Past Transylvania

Oct. 21, 2006

Complete Results

Lexington, Ky. - Butler swam to 19 event wins, including 10 season-best times, en route to a pair of wins over host Transylvania on Saturday (Oct. 21) afternoon. The women's team scored a 146-116 victory over the Pioneers, while the men's team notched a 148-112 triumph.

The win was the first dual meet victory for the women's team since 2004 and the first since 2001 for the men's team.

Mary Beth Arnold, Sarah Lynne Gates and Ali Overgaard paced the Butler women's squad with two wins a piece. Arnold dominated the breaststroke events, swimming the 100 breast in 1:09.48 and the 200 breast in 2:32.64. Gates notched top marks in the 200 back (2:19.93) and 200 IM (2:19.21), while Overgaard scored fast times in the 100 free (57.57) and the 100 fly (1:03.03).

Stephanie Altepeter also scored a win of her own in the 200 free (2:05.89), while Beth Ann Mensing, swimming in the 1,000 free for the first time in her career, notched a second-place time of 11:46.49. Melissa Nemec was tabbed as the women's team's swimmer of the meet for her lifetime-best performance in the 100 fly (1:07.08) and season-best mark in the 100 back (1:06.85).

Raj Duggal paced the men's squad with three event wins of his own, notching fast times in the 500 free (5:04.82), 1,000 free (10:45.43) and 200 fly (2:06.31). Chris Gordon added two wins of his own in the 100 free (49.65) and the 200 free (1:49.76), while Korey McCulley notched victories in the 50 free (22.52) and the 100 back (57.05). Jason Brozek also swam to a pair of wins with fast times in the 200 IM (2:04.43) and the 200 breast (2:18.21).

Ben Shafer added a pair of second-place times in the 500 free (5:22.60) and the 1,000 free (11:09.09), while Jeff Harrigan was named the men's team's swimmer of the meet with his lifetime-best times in the 100 back (1:05.54) and 200 back (2:20.74).

Both squads scored wins 200 medley relay with season-best marks. The women's quartet of Gates, Arnold, Overgaard and Stephanie Moles swam to a first-place time of 1:54.59, while the men's team of McCulley, Brozek, Jimmy Howard and Gordon claimed victory with a 1:41.86. The men's team also scored the win in the 200 free relay, with Duggal, Howard, Shafer and Josh Bennett swimming to a 1:33.80.

"I am proud of this team's effort and competitiveness today," head coach Maurice Stewart said. "Our swimmers fought hard and raced well, not only by winning individual races but by our depth swimmers placing third, fourth and fifth in many events which allowed us to solidify winning the meet.

"It was great to see our swimmers excited with their accomplishments today," Stewart added. "This win will definitely improve team moral and boost our confidence going into our next meet in two weeks."

The Bulldogs have two weeks of preparation for their next competition when they head to Youngstown State on Nov. 3. The women's team will battle the Penguins in dual meet action, while the men's team will take on Grove City in neutral waters.