January 16, 2004
Simons, Klag Record "B Cuts" at Widener
Shorewomen Post 107-88 Victory

CHESTER, PA - Freshman Ally Simons (Camp Hill, PA/Cumberland Valley) and senior Margaret Klag (Silver Spring, MD/Sherwood) each swam an NCAA "B Cut" time to headline a 107-88 victory for visiting Washington College over host Widener University in non-conference women's swimming action this evening in Chester, PA.

Simons' "B Cut" time came in the 200 butterfly as she swam a 2:11.96 to take first place in the event. That time, accomplished in Simons' first collegiate 200 butterfly race, make her WC's third-fastest swimmer ever in that event. Simons swam two other events for the first time as a collegian, the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle. She won the 200 free in 2:02.12 to become WC's sixth-fastest swimmer ever in that event and finished second in the 500 free in 5:20.11 to become the school's fifth-fastest swimmer in that event.

Klag recorded her NCAA "B Cut" time in the 200 breaststroke in 2:26.00. That time is her fastest ever in a dual meet in her four-year collegiate career. Klag also swam a lifetime-best time of 55.94 in the 100 freestyle to become the Shorewomen's fourth-fastest swimmer ever in that event. Klag won both the 200 breaststroke and 100 freestyle.

Sophomore Chrissy Romano (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) also recorded an individual first-place finish against Widener, winning the 100 backstroke in 2:19.36. Klag joined freshman Liz Shoemaker (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga), junior Emily Rawson (Derwood, MD/Richard Montgomery), and sophomore Becky Binns (Orwigsburg, PA/Blue Mountain) to win the 400 medley relay in 4:14.31.

The Shorewomen also placed second in five individual events. Freshman Erin Jones (Crofton, MD/Arundel) was second in the 1000 freestyle in 11:23.58, Binns finished second in the 50 freestyle in 26.63, Rawson was second in the 200 butterfly in 2:17.28, Shoemaker placed second in the 100 backstroke in 2:21.00, and junior Samantha Shaffer (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) was second in the 200 breaststroke in 2:41.07.

The Shorewomen, 4-2 overall this season, are back in action tomorrow with a 12:00 p.m. meet at Bryn Mawr.

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