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MEET-BY-MEET SUMMARY OF 2007-08 WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING SEASON

2007-08 Final Record: 6-4 duals, 10-4 overall

11/17/07:  Wesleyan  150, Bates  129
Link to complete Bates meet results

11/19/07:  Amherst  143, Wesleyan  95
Link to complete Amherst meet results

12/1-2/07:  Cardinal Invitational - Wesleyan 1312, Clark 917.5, Albright 876, WPI 461, Cabrini 438.5
Link to complete Cardinal Invitational meet results

12/8/07:  Wesleyan  129, at Trinity  103
Link to complete Trinity meet results

1/19/08:  Williams  212, Wesleyan  88 ; Wesleyan  154, Tufts  146
Link to complete Williams & Tufts meet results

1/26/08:  Wesleyan  256, Colby-Sawyer  33 ; Conn. College  165, Wesleyan  134
Link to complete Colby-Sawyer & Conn. College meet results

2/2/08:  Wesleyan  155, Colby  137 ; Bowdoin  162, Wesleyan  134
Link to complete Bowdoin & Colby meet results

2/9/08:  Wesleyan  179, Coast Guard  119
Link to complete Coast Guard meet results

2/22-24/08:  NESCAC Championships at Wesleyan - 6th of 11 teams
 TEAM SCORING - Williams  1853, Middlebury  1481.5, Amherst  1428.5, Conn. College  831, Tufts  814, Wesleyan  765, Bowdoin  737.5, Colby  727, Bates  612.5, Hamilton  579, Trinity  318.
HIGHLIGHTS - Wesleyan had 12 top-eight individual finishes during the NESCAC championships and four team records were set.  Establishing a team mark in the 50 backstroke while leading off Wesleyan's record-setting 200 medley relay was Cara Madden '11 with a time of :28.48.  The 200 medley relay, during a time trial, cranked out a national "B" cut 1:48.48 for a team standard while also coming up with a 3:58.36 in the 400 medley relay, also good for a national "B" cut.  The relay squad included Madden, Amanda Shapiro '08, Kate Krems '08 and Janine Zaltsman '11.  These four combined for nine of the 12 individual top-eight placings as Shapiro was second in the 100 breast and fourth in the 50 breast ; Krems grabbed second in the 50 fly in team-record time (:26.11) and third in the 100 fly ; Madden was sixth in both the 50 and 100 back and seventh in the 200 back ; Zaltsman picked up a sixth in the 50 free and an eighth in the 100 free. Both Krems and Shapiro had national "B" cuts in their respective 100-yard swims.  Caitlin Bethlahmy '09 was good for two distance free top-eight efforts with a sixth in the 1000 free and an eighth in the 1650 free.  Amelia Lupinetti '11 rounded out the top performances with her eighth place in the 400 IM.
Link to complete NESCAC meet results

3/13-15/08:  NCAA Division III Championships at U. of Miami (Ohio) - 39th (tied) of 53 scoring teams
 Top 10 Team scoring - Kenyon  566.5, Amherst  341, Denison  328, Emory  288, Williams  269.5, Washington U.  224, Middlebury  168, Calvin  140, Depauw  132, Whitworth  120.5.  Wesleyan (39th-tied) - 13 points..
HIGHLIGHTS - Amanda Shapiro picked up All-America honors in the 100-yard breaststroke for the third year in a row, placing sixth with a time of 1:05.45.  She had placed fifth in 2007 and sixth in 2006.  She also competed in the 200-yard breaststroke and placed 18th of 31 entries.