Men's and Women's Swimming
2008-09 Meet Results

last updated 03/25/2009

Franklin & Marshal Invitational
Saturday, Dec. 6-Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008
Franklin & Marshall College - Lancaster, Pa.

• Preview
• Franklin & Marshall Invitational Web site
• Results
• Standings | Event Winners
• Saturday Recaps  
• Sunday Recaps

PREVIEW

LANCASTER, Pa. — The Kutztown University men's and women's swimming teams will travel to Lancaster for the Franklin & Marshall Invitational this weekend.

The invite opens Saturday morning at 9 a.m. with the first session. Session II begin at 6 p.m. and session III is at 10 a.m. Sunday. Results will be posted as they are released.

Real time results and live video of certain lanes of the pool are available via links on Franklin & Marshall's Web site.

Along with Franklin & Marshall and KU, Elizabethtown, Marymount (Va.), McDaniel, Rowan, St. Mary's (Md.), Swarthmore and Widener will compete this weekend.

The KU women, led by Stephanie Jeppesen (jr. Bethlehem/Liberty), will look to defend their first-place finish at the invitational last season. The men's team placed third.

FINAL STANDING

EVENT WINNERS
Men
200 medley relay: Franklin & Marshall  1:37.32
400 medley relay: Franklin & Marshall 3:31.62
200 free relay: Rowan University 1:27.44
400 free relay: Franklin & Marshall 3:12.40
800 free relay: Kutztown (Jack Crellin, Steve Krater, Derek Orr, John Pandish) 7:09.84
50 free: Greg Murtha (Saints) 21.57
100 free: Peter Fishler (F&M) 47.26
200 free: Fishler (F&M) 1:45.01
500 free: Kevin Wallace (RU) 4:48.31
1650 free: Jeff Terrell (RU) 16.57.30
100 butterfly: Greg Murtha (Saints) 52.09
200 butterfly: Wallace (RU) 1:58.42
100 breast: Tom Grabiak (F&M) 58.58
200 breast: Grabiak (F&M) 2:10.42
100 back: Crellin (KU) 53.24
200 back: Matt Jaffee (F&M) 1:55.18
200 IM: Grabiak (F&M) 1:58.27
400 IM: Pandish (KU) 4:17.64

Women
200 medley relay: Kutztown (Nikki Hinsdale, Stephanie Jeppesen, Jordan Shapiro, Allison Sheely) 1:50.55
400 medley relay: Kutztown (Shapiro, Jeppesen, Laura Heebner, Sheely) 4:01.85
200 free relay: St.  Mary's (Md.) 1:40.02
400 free relay: Kutztown (Shapiro, Hinsdale, Jeppesen, Sheely) 3:40.34
800 free relay: Kutztown (Hinsdale, Jeppesen, Shapiro, Sheely) 8:06.13
50 free: Shapiro (KU) 24.96
100 free: Emily Campbell (Saints) 54.69
200 free: Hinsdale (KU) 1:58.90
500 free: Alex Crigler (KU) 5:16.31
1650 free: Crigler (KU) 17.53.87 (school record)
100 butterfly: Rachel Hotchko (Seahawks) 58.00
200 butterfly: Hotchko (Seahawks) 2:12.61
100 breast: Jeppesen (KU) 1:06.10 (school record, NCAA B-time ({provisional qualifier})
200 breast: Jeppesen (KU) 2:21.86 (school record, NCAA-A time {automatic qualifier})
100 back: Brie McDowell (Seahawks) 58.54
200 back: McDowell (Seahawks) 2:08.91
200 IM: Jeppesen (KU) 2:10.74
400 IM: Heebner (KU), 4:46.34 (school record)
 

12/07/08

GOLDEN BEAR WOMEN CLAIM FIRST AT FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL

LANCASTER, Pa. — The Kutztown University women's swim team finished first in the nine-team field at Franklin & Marshall Invitational on Sunday afternoon.

The Golden Bears women finished with 773 points, more than 200 points ahead of second place Franklin and Marshall (530.5). Rowan (468), St. Mary's (400) and Marymount (362.5) rounded out the top five.

Steph Jeppesen (jr. Bethlehem/Liberty), who won one event on Saturday, tacked on two more individual first-place finishes on Sunday. She was a part of four first-*place finishes in relays, as well.

After winning the 100-yard breaststroke yesterday, she took first in the 200 breast at 2:21.86, which gave her an automatic qualifying time and set a new school record. Jeppesen also took top honors in 200 IM, posting a time of 2:10.74.

Jeppesen, along with Allison Sheely (so. Enola/Trinity), Jordan Shapiro (fr. Trenton, N.J./Princeton) and Laura Heebner (sr. Easton/Easton) claimed first place in the 400 medley relay (4:01.85). Nicole Hinsdale (fr. Glen Mills/Bayard Rustin), Jeppesen, Sheely and Shapiro took first place in the 400 free relay (3:40.34) and the 800 free relay (8:06.13).

Alex Crigler (so. West Lawn/Wilson) set a KU record in the 1,650 free with a time of 17:53.87. The record was formerly held by Ashley Singer at 17:54.98. Crigler also placed first in the 500 free with a time of 5:16.31, with teammate Kerry Choplin (so. Thorofare, N.J./West Deptford) taking second place (5:19.09).

Shapiro won the 50 free with a time of 24.96.

The Golden Bears will return to action at 6 p.m. Jan. 9 at Albright.

12/07/08

KU MEN TAKE SECOND AT FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL INVITE

LANCASTER, Pa. — The Kutztown University men's swim team finished in second out of eight teams on Sunday at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational.

Host Franklin and Marshall finished ahead of the Golden Bears with 683 points to KU's 612.5. Rowan (521), Widener (383.5) and Swarthmore (350) rounded out the top-5 finishers.

KU got a first place finish from John Pandish (sr. Milford/Delaware Valley) in the 400 IM at 4:17.64. Pandish also claimed second place in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:59.59.

Jack Crellin (fr. Pittsburgh/North Allegheny), who placed first in the 100 back Saturday, finished second in the 200 back (1:55.44), just behind Franklin & Marshall's Matt Jaffee (1:55.18). He also finished in second in the 500 free with a time of 4:51.94.

In the 1,650 free, Joe Lahovski (fr. Allentown/Emmaus) took second place, posting a time of 17:06.00.

The men will return to the pool at 6 p.m. Jan. 9 at Albright.

12/06/08

KU WOMEN TOP FIRST DAY EVENTS AT FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL

LANCASTER, Pa. — The Kutztown University women’s swimming team took first place after the first day events at the Franklin and Marshall Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

The 200 medley relay team of Nicole Hinsdale (fr. Glen Mills/Bayard Rustin), Steph Jeppesen (jr. Bethlehem/Liberty), Jordan Shapiro (fr. Trenton, N.J./Princeton) and Allison Sheely (so. Enola/Trinity) took first place with a time of 1:50.55. The relay team also took first place in the 800-yard freestyle, with a time of 8:06.13.

Jeppesen placed first for the Golden Bears in the 100 breast with a time of 1:06.10, the time established a new school record and was an NCAA B-cut. Hinsdale took first in the 200 free, posting a time of 1:58.90.

In the 400 IM Laura Heebner (sr. Easton/Easton) took first place, setting a school record with a time of 4:46.34.

Kerry Choplin (so. Thorofare, N.J./West Deptford) finished second (4:50.31).

KU MEN SECOND AFTER FIRST DAY AT F & M INVITATIONAL

LANCASTER, Pa. — The Kutztown University men's swimming team finished out the first day of the Franklin and Marshall Invitational in second place after Saturday afternoon's events.

The relay team of Jack Crellin (fr. Pittsburgh/North Allegheny), Stephen Krater (jr. Port Carbon/Pottsville Area), Derek Orr (sr. Easton/Easton) and John Pandish (sr. Milford/Delaware Valley) took first in the 800-yard freestyle.

Crellin also took first place for the Golden Bears in the 100 backstroke, with a time of 53.24.

The 400 IM had the first two spots taken by KU swimmers. Pandish grabbed the first spot with a time of 4:17.64 and Scott Thomas (sr. Schuylkill Haven/Blue Mountain) took second with a time of 4:22.24.