Feb. 20, 2006

Final Stats

The Sacred Heart women's swimming and diving team placed 10th at this weekend's Northeast Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. The Pioneers finished with 99 total points, three points behind NEC rival St. Francis (NY) for the ninth spot.

Gardner-Webb captured its third consecutive NEC Swimming & Diving Championship crown with 742 points, outdistancing its nearest competitor by 135 points. Central Connecticut State finished in second with 607 points, followed by Wagner (499 pts.), Georgia Southern (409.50 pts.) and Radford (380.50 pts.) to round out the top five teams. Three meet records fell on the final day of competition, while two NCAA-B qualifying standards were met.

The Bulldogs Terra Wilson earned the Outstanding Swimmer award, while CCSU Juliana DiPlacido took home her third career Outstanding Diver honor. Rookie of the Meet honors went to Radford's Agnes Mago. GWU head coach Mike Simpson was tabbed NEC Coach of the Year by his peers for the third consecutive year.

Wilson won the 100 free in 49.95, tying her meet record from last season and meeting NCAA-B standards to collect her second individual gold en-route to being named Outstanding Swimmer. The junior collected the gold a day earlier in the 200 free with a new meet record and NCAA-B qualifying standard of 1:48.28 and posted a runner-up performance in the 50 free. Wilson also swam the opening leg of the record-setting 800 free relay and 400 free relay squads.

DiPlacido captured both the one-meter (218.45 pts.) and three-meter diving (224.70 pts.) events en-route to her Outstanding Diver award. The senior finishes her career with seven career NEC diving crowns. Mago tallied three individual gold medals throughout the championship on her way to being named Rookie of the Meet. The rookie won the 200 fly title with a new meet record of 2:01.97.She also captured the 500 -free on day one (4:54.21) and the 400 IM on day two with an NCAA-B qualifying time and new meet record of 1:48.28.