Hurricanes Fall to South Carolina
Nov. 13, 2004
Coral Gables, Fla. – The University of Miami swimming and diving team dropped a non-conference meet to visiting South Carolina, 202-98, Saturday afternoon at the Norman Whitten Student Union Pool.
The Hurricanes (3-4 overall, 0-3 ACC) returned to the pool for their second meet in as many days to face the Gamecocks.
“I was pleased with their performance considering they swam back-to-back meets,” said head coach Mariusz Podkoscielny. “However, they need to do a better job of finishing their races.”
“We lost to one of the Top 15 teams in the nation,” Podkoscielny continued. “I’m proud of their performance this week.”
The Hurricanes opened up the meet with a second place finish in the 400-yard medley relay. The relay team of Katalin Ferenczi, Colleen Adkins, Nancy Gajos and Taylor McFarlane combined for a total time of 3:58.61.
Freshman Taylor McFarlane came in first in the 200-yard backstroke, out touching the second place finisher with a time of 2:05.46. Classmate Lauren Shue followed suit with a first place finish in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:03.70.
Freshman Jenna Dreyer continued her success on the boards after taking first in the three-meter with a score of 305.40. She also garnered second place on the one-meter board with a 289.42.
Senior Manon van Rooijen placed second in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.35) and the 100-yard freestyle (53.14).
“We only have five days before we head to the Georgia Tech Invitational,” Podkoscielny concluded. “We need to focus on what we need to do to get ready for next week. I’m excited about swimming in Georgia Tech since the ACC Championships will be held at their pool. We should have some solid swimming next weekend.”
The Hurricanes will travel to Atlanta, Ga. for the Georgia Tech Invitational which will take place Nov. 19th through the 21st.
