Wheaton equals highest finish at NEWMAC Championship; Lyons place fifth overall and shatter eight school records

February 22, 2004

CAMBRIDGE, MA- The Wheaton College women's swimming and diving team equaled its highest finish ever at a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship over the weekend, as the Lyons placed fifth overall with 292.5 points and in the process shattered an impressive eight school records at MIT's Zesiger Center. Moving up four placements in two short seasons, Wheaton also finished fifth in the NEWMAC's inaugural season in 1998-99.

The Lyons began the meet in strong fashion on Friday, setting 13 personal-best times while breaking the school mark in the 400-yard medley relay. Juniors Amanda Berthelette (Milford, NH/Milford) and Blake Worrall (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) alongside freshmen Cassie Bohn (Manhattan Beach, CA/Mira Costa) and Colleen Smith (Milford, CT/Lauralton Hall) finished fifth overall with a time of 4:12.30.

On Saturday, Wheaton witnessed four more school records fall, including two additional relays. The 200-yard medley relay team, consisting of Berthelette, Bohn, Smith and senior captain Katie Levine (Needham, MA/Needham), collected a fifth-place result in 1:55.65. The foursome broke a record that had stood since 1998. Also placing fifth and shattering a mark from 1996 was freshman Katie McNicholas (Acton, MA/Acton-Boxboro) in the 400-yard individual medley, finishing in 4:52.40.

Wheaton's 800-yard freestyle relay made school history, as the team comprised of Worrall, Levine, McNicholas and sophomore Lauren Pcholinski (Old Saybrook, CT/Old Saybrook) finished fourth with a time of 8:19.18, which was a solid 10 seconds faster than the 1999 record. Earlier in the day during the preliminary races, Smith snapped a five-year record in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:02.66.

The Blue and White completed their solid meet on Sunday by once again etching multiple names in the Wheaton record book. Rounding out their four relay records was the Lyons' 400-yard freestyle relay team, as Worrall, Levine, McNicholas and freshman Kristen Behrens (Uxbridge, MA/Uxbridge) garnered a fifth-place finish in 3:45.95. Berthelette and Smith also set school marks, placing 10th overall in the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard butterfly events, respectively, as Berthelette finished the back with a time of 2:15.46 and Smith 2:18.60 in the fly.

All told, Wheaton had an impressive 20 point scoring performances individually, including eight top-10 finishes and 10 scoring relay finishes, including five top-five marks. Berthelette posted the Lyons' highest mark during the meet, as she placed fourth overall in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.88. Levine placed seventh in the 100-yard back in 1:02.59, McNicholas eighth in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:19.04 and Bohn ninth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:12.61. Behrens rounded out the top-10 placements with a 10th-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley in 5:02.51. The Blue & White's 200-yard freestyle relay team, consisting of Worall, Smith, Levine and sophomore Courtney Catalano (Westford, MA/Westford) placed fourth overall in 1:43.89.

Following is a complete list of the top 16 individual and relay finishers for Wheaton over the three-day competition of the NEWMAC Championship:

Individual
Name Event Time Place
Amanda Berthelette 100 backstroke 1:01.88 4th
Katie McNicholas 400 individual medley 4:52.40* 5th
Katie Levine 100 backstroke 1:02.59 7th
Katie McNicholas 200 individual medley 2:19.04 8th
Cassie Bohn 100 breaststroke 1:12.61 9th
Kristen Behrens 400 individual medley 5:02.51 10th
Amanda Berthelette 200 backstroke 2:15.46* 10th
Colleen Smith 200 butterfly 2:18.60* 10th
Katie Levine 50 freestyle 25.58 11th
Katie McNicholas 200 butterfly 2:19.26 11th
Colleen Smith 100 butterfly 1:03.05 11th
Blake Worrall 100 freestyle 56.59 11th
Cassie Bohn 200 breaststroke 2:37.01 12th
Kelly Allinson 1,650 freestyle 19:22.12 13th
Kristen Behrens 200 breaststroke 2:38.11 13th
Katie Levine 200 backstroke 2:18.51 13th
Blake Worrall 200 freestyle 2:03.01 13th
Ashley Jankowski 200 butterfly 2:23.19 14th
Cassie Bohn 200 individual medley 2:20.98 15th
Lauren Pcholinski 1,650 freestyle 19:44.68 16th

Relay
Name Event Time Place
Worrall, Catalano, Smith, Levine 200 freestyle relay 1:43.89 4th
Worrall, McNicholas, Pcholinski, Levine 800 freestyle relay 8:19.18* 4th
Berthelette, Bohn, Smith, Levine 200 medley relay 1:55.65* 5th
Berthelette, Bohn, Smith, Worrall 400 medley relay 4:12.30* 5th
Worrall, Behrens, McNicholas, Levine 400 freestyle relay 3:45.95* 5th
Behrens, Allinson, Gustafson, Bohn 800 freestyle relay 8:38.74 14th
Pcholinski, Behrens, Jankowski, Catalano 200 medley relay 2:01.46 15th
McNicholas, Behrens, Jankowski, Catalano 400 medley relay 4:22.86 15th
McNicholas, Jankowski, Pcholinski, Berthelette 200 freestyle relay 1:48.62 15th
Bohn, Pcholinski, Smith, Catalano 400 freestyle relay 3:53.36 15th

* Denotes school record

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