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QUARTET OF SWIMMERS LEAD MILLERSVILLE PAST MANSFIELD


December 9, 2007 – Freestyle specialist Katy Motter (fr. Manchester/Northeastern) claimed victory in three events Saturday while her teammates Sarah Johnson (sr. Bloomsburg/Bloomsburg), Kara Rapp (jr. Myerstown/Lititz Christian) and Katie McDade (jr. Philadelphia/Archbishop Ryan) each won two to lead the Millersville University swimming team past Mansfield University Saturday afternoon, 112-60.


In the opening 200-yard medley relay, Motter, McDade and Johnson teamed up with Becca Laufer (so. Mountville/Hempfield) to claim victory in a time of 2:02.30.  Millersville’s second team, made up of Lauren Jendzurski (fr. Collegeville/Spring-Ford), Stephanie Mouthann (fr. North Wales/North Penn), Ana Martinez (jr. Abington/Abington) and Courtney Wallace (fr. West Chester/West Chester East) finished in a time of 2:04.11, good enough for second place.


Motter would continue to rack up points for the Marauders finishing first in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events.


Motter finished the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 26.85, less than a second faster than Martinez who grabbed second.  Motter capped her impressive day by finishing the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 59.05 seconds.


McDade, an individual medley specialist, won the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:21.06 for her second win of the afternoon.


Backstroke specialist Johnson continued to dominate the pool in the backstroke, winning with a time of 1:04.36.  Teammates Amanda Wetzler (so. Hummelstown/Elizabethtown) and Jendzurski placed second and third in the event, respectively.


Rapp, the final two-race winner for the Marauders, claimed victory in both the 200-yard freestyle and 1650-yard freestyle events.


The Lady Marauders improve to 3-1 in dual meets this season and after a long break will be back at it Saturday, January 12, when they host Kutztown University for a 1:00 p.m. start.  Recently, at the Golden Bear Invite hosted by Kutztown, the Golden Bears were the only team to score higher than the Marauders in the nine-team field.