Senior Day 2K14

The Lady Eagles dove back into the water Saturday for their last regular season invitational! This was also a special meet for the seniors, since they were recognized for all their hard work during their college swimming careers.  The 5 seniors that are finishing up their season include; Ciara Conklin, Kristen Capretti, Kaitlyn Druby, Kristin Taylor, and Kayla Schnars.  Jimmy Mattern was also recognized at the meet since this was his final year with the Lady Eagles.

The meet started at 1pm on Saturday and began with the senior recognition.  The juniors did a splendid job at decorating the pool with signs and streamers.  The seniors also walked into a locker room filled with streamers, balloons, and quotes written on the white board!  This is a meet the seniors never forget!

The meet kicked off with Emily Schultz making a splash in her 500 freestyle, swimming a 6:15.16 and taking third place! The next event was the 200 yard IM.  Three of the seniors were in this event and went first, second, and third! Kayla Schnars went a 2:26.12, Kristen Capretti swam a 2:29.48, and Ciara Conklin did a 2:31.81. Four of the Lady Eagles swam the 50 free. Carley Nitchie grabbed 1st, Jamie Mason got 2nd, Megan Dunn got 5th, and Allie Muha grabbed 6th place!

Swimmers Danielle Parowski and Taylor Andress went 1st and 2nd in the 100 yard backstroke.  Ciara grabbed a 2nd place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:10.82!  Meghan Kuhn swam a 1:13.95 to give her a 3rd place finish, and Emily got 4th swimming a 1:14.52.  The next event was the 200 yard free where Allie Muha swam to a 3rd place finish!

Kaitlyn Druby swam the 100 yard breaststroke and went a season best time of 1:10.60!  We can't wait to see her go that 1:09 in the relay at PSAC's this year!  Danielle Parowski also swam the 100 breaststroke to finish 3rd overall.  Kristin Taylor was the only one to swim the 400 yard IM but was very happy with her time of 4:58.08!

There were 6 LHU swimmers in the 100 yard freestyle Abby Miller grabbed a 1st place while Jamie got 3rd, Carley got 4th, Kayla got 5th, and Megan Dunn got 6th!  Abby is looking to split some real fast times in the relays at PSAC's.  Allie Muha swam to a 1st place finish in her 200 butterfly while Meghan Kuhn grabbed the 2nd place finish! The final race of the day was the 200 yard backstroke.  Kristin Taylor got a first place finish and can also say that she has swam every event in her college career!  Taylor Andress finished the race with a close 2nd!

Some of the girls decided that they wanted to time trial medley relays for fun!  The theme of these relays were each of the girls worst strokes.  The 3 girls that did the backstroke for the relay finished their meet by doing a cannon ball into the pool giving the official the authority to disqualify all 3 of the relays before the race even started!

The tailgate afterwards began with the seniors leading the way through the buffet line of delicious food the Haven Parents brought. After everyone enjoyed their food Joel said some remarks about the seniors and then turned it over to the three juniors, Allie, Carley and Abby. Each of them said their fondest memories of these lovely ladies and laughs and tears were shared. We cannot wait to see what the seniors will do in their futures and we wish them the best of luck! It is sad to see the end to something that these girls have been doing almost their whole lives. But we cannot wait to see all 5 of them back in action together at the Haven Crimson and White Meet this Fall!

Watch for updates on the Lady Eagles that will be traveling to the PSAC swim meet on February 19th which will continue till Sunday February 23rd. Those that aren't swimming at PSACs have a short break from the water until after spring break but we've heard almost all hit the gym today! Can't wait to see what next season brings for the underclassmen and the new freshmen class!