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Pitman Girlz Rule!

Sunday, January 27, 2002

By Charlie Barker
SJSports Staff Writer

The Pitman girls swim team won the 5th Annual Girlz Rule Invitational after coming in third place last year. The Lady Panthers did it by winning the 200 medley relay and the Senior 200 freestyle relay, as well as placing in the top three in five other events. Pitman's Senior relay team of Samanatha Becker, Melissa Settar, Megan Gilmore, and Lauren Conova set a new meet record for the 200 freestyle. The all-girls meet, hosted by Highland and Triton, with the support of the Rowan University Swimming & Diving Teams, also was joined by Audubon-Collingswood, Camden Catholic, Delsea, Deptford, Eastern, Gateway, GCIT, Haddon Twp., Kingsway, Sterling, Timber Creek, and Williamstown.

The Girlz Rule tournament was set up to allow girls who swim and dive on co-ed teams an opportunity to "strut their stuff" by competing in a girls-only meet. At the end of the meet, there is a special test of endurance called "This Girl Rulz!" in which each team selects a representative to compete in a series of 25 meter sprints. After each sprint, the girl who finishes last is eliminated. This year the event was won by Alyson Hunt of Audubon-Collingswood, who had come in second last year.

Team Scores:
  1. Pitman - 641
  2. Kingsway - 574.5
  3. Eastern - 543
  4. Gateway - 530
  5. Haddon Twp. - 488
  6. Delsea - 449
  7. Sterling - 355.5
  8. Deptford - 279
  9. Timber Creek - 275
  10. Highland - 262
  11. Audubon-Collingswood - 259
  12. Triton - 253.5
  13. Camden Catholic - 248
  14. GCIT - 204.5
  15. Williamstown - 200
200 medley relay:
  1. Pitman - 2:03.46 (Samantha Becker, Cindy Jenkins, Lauren Conova, Melissa Settar)
  2. Eastern - 2:06.89
  3. Haddon Twp. - 2:07.28
200 freestyle:
  1. Kara Allen, Kingsway - 2:03.99
  2. Caitlin Richards, Eastern - 2:05.32
  3. Kelly McErlean, Eastern - 2:13.89
200 individual medley:
  1. Kristin Gorman, Eastern - 2:24.11
  2. Lauren Conova, Pitman - 2:24.27
  3. Erin McNally, Gateway - 2:33.65
50 freestyle:
  1. Meredith David, Triton - 25.72 (meet record)
  2. Alyson Hunt, Audubon-Collingswood - 25.88
  3. Kathryn Geissler, Haddon Twp. - 26.40
100 butterfly:
  1. Kristin Gorman, Eastern - 1:07.76
  2. Jen Pisani, Camden Catholic - 1:08.24
  3. Kelly McErlean, Eastern - 1:11.21
100 freestyle:
  1. Emily Weichard, Eastern - 57.56
  2. Barb Caccia, Sterling - 58.31
  3. Melissa Settar, Pitman - 58.34
500 freestyle:
  1. Caitlin Richards, Eastern - 5:39.90
  2. Sue Sollenberger, Sterling - 6:02.12
  3. Stephanie Pelullo, Eastern - 6:07.17
200 freestyle relay:
(Freshmen)  
  1. Haddon Twp. - 2:00.78 (Kelsey Scattergood, Jenna Eubank, Mallory Joyce, Christine Harper)
  2. Kingsway - 2:01.08
  3. Pitman - 2:04.35
200 freestyle relay:
(Sophomores)  
  1. Kingsway - 1:57.17 (Caitlin Gechter, Jesse Gerber, Susan Capasso, Anita Dudek)
  2. Gateway - 2:04.07
  3. Pitman - 2:08.49
200 freestyle relay:
(Juniors)  
  1. Sterling - 1:51.57 (Sue Sollenberger, Jill Sollenberger, Jen Barikian, Barb Caccia)
  2. Eastern - 1:51.93
  3. Kingsway - 2:03.07
200 freestyle relay:
(Seniors)  
  1. Pitman - 1:50.17 (Samanatha Becker, Melissa Settar, Megan Gilmore, Lauren Conova) (meet record)
  2. Eastern - 1:51.42
  3. Audubon-Collingswood - 1:57.11
100 backstroke:
  1. Meredith David, Triton - 1:01.02 (meet record)
  2. Alyson Hunt, Audubon-Collingswood - 1:04.02
  3. Kathryn Geissler, Haddon Twp. - 1:05.54
100 breaststroke:
  1. Emily Weichard, Eastern - 1:12.04
  2. Lauren Conova, Pitman - 1:15.55
  3. Karen Custodio, Highland - 1:16.11
400 freestyle relay:
  1. Eastern - 4:00.95 (Caitlin Richards, Kelly McErlean, Stephanie Pelullo, Kristin Gorman)
  2. Kingsway - 4:14.85
  3. Gateway - 4:25.89
Diving:
  1. Kate Wittenberger, Delsea - 207.30 (meet record)
  2. Erin Aweau, GCIT - 142.60
  3. Brandi Kavaliauskas, Highland - 139.10
This Girl Rulz:
  1. Alyson Hunt, Audubon-Collingswood

 

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