Women's Swimming
 

last updated 01/10/2010

Women's swimming earns national ranking

KUTZTOWN, PA (January 10, 2010) – The Kutztown University women’s swimming team is ranked 20th in the most recent CSCAA/CollegeSwimming.com Top 25 poll.

Enjoying a strong start to the year, Kutztown (11-1 overall) have won 10 consecutive meets. In addition, Kutztown won the Golden Bear Invitational and finished second at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational. The Golden Bears began 2010 by finishing third in the Bob Mowerson meet in Fort Lauderdale (Fl.) Thursday afternoon.

Kutztown swept the 400-meter freestyle in chilly Florida with Kerry Choplin (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford), Heather Wolkom (Rumson, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven) and Alex Crigler (Sinking Spring/Wilson) claiming the top three spots.

Steph Jeppesen (Bethlehem/Liberty) snagged a first place finish in 50-meter breaststroke with a time of 36.64. Jeppesen has automatically qualified in the 100 and 200-meter breaststrokes for the NCAA Division II championships to be held at Canton (Ohio) in March. Sophomore Jordan Shapiro (Yardville, NJ/Princeton) was fourth in the 50-meter backstroke.

Kutztown returns to the pool on Monday, January 18 when it hosts the University of Alaska-Fairbanks in a meet beginning at 1 p.m.
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