January 31, 2009
Shorewomen Soak Bears, 127-75
Glasser Wins Three Individual Events

CHESTERTOWN, MD - Sophomore Rachel Glasser (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook) won three individual events to lead host Washington College to a 127-75 Centennial Conference women's swimming victory over visiting Ursinus this afternoon at Casey Swim Center. The Shorewomen improved to 9-3 overall and 2-3 in conference meets with the win.

Glasser captured the 1000 freestyle in a Washington College season-best time of 10:50.31, the 200 freestyle in 2:01.48, and the 500 freestyle in 5:23.76. Junior Kathy Gerhart (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville Area) and freshman Kelly Dunbar (Williamsburg, VA/Lafayette) each won two individual events. Gerhart took the 50 freestyle in 25.16 and the 100 freestyle in 55.74. Dunbar swam a 4:55.89 in the 400 individual medley to win the race and become the Shorewomen's 10th-fastest swimmer ever in that event. She also won the 200 breaststroke in 2:35.34. Junior Cailin Eisele (Egg Harbor Township, NJ/Egg Harbor Township) finish first in the 100 butterfly in 1:02.37.

Senior Kimber Shoemaker (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga), Dunbar, Eisele, and Gerhart led off the meet by winning the 200 medley relay in 1:56.32. Gerhart swam the anchor leg of the relay and turned a 1.11-second deficit at the start of her leg into a victory by 36 hundredths of a second. Eisele, freshman Laura Risell (Collegeville, PA/Perkiomen Valley), freshman Morgan Phillips (Charlottesville, VA/Albermarle), and freshman Ellen Liebenow (Sellersville, PA/Pennridge) swam as an exhibition entry in the 200 freestyle relay and turned in the event's fastest time of 1:47.83.

Freshman Mary Stroman (Bala Cynwyd, PA/Friends Central) added second-place finishes in the 200 freestyle (2:05.07) and the 100 freestyle (57.76), while Shoemaker was second in the 100 backstroke in 1:05.39.

The Shorewomen return to action one week from today with a 1:00 p.m. Centennial Conference home meet against McDaniel.

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