BOYDS, Md. — After day two of the Landmark Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, Catholic sits in second place, just behind Scranton. The Cardinals trail the Royals by 27 points after the conclusion of 28 events.
Freshman Katie Herman followed up yesterday's NCAA B-Cut time in the freestyle sprint with another individual victory today, this one coming in the 200 free. Herman's time of 1:54.94 set a new program record in the event as she outswam Elizabethtown's Sarah Marston, who took second.
Another one of yesterday's winners, Ava Snyder, also claimed third in the 200 free. She followed Herman and Marston to the wall with a time of 1:55.25, coming in just .11 behind second to earn bronze.
After Emily Albans, Madeline Doucette, Angele Parral and Herman finished last night's session with a win and a new program record in the 400 medley relay, they combined again in the shorter medley relay. The quartet battled Drew all the way to the wall, ultimately touching at the exact same time (1:47.13) to earn a tie for first place in what was a thrilling race.
More Catholic success came in the form of another relay team. Maura Sadowski, Emma Gould, Bella Mugno and Snyder gelled brilliantly to close the second night with an emphatic victory. The squad came together to win the 800 freestyle relay by nearly four full seconds, posting a new program-record time of 7:53.35.
Individually, Parral swam to silver in the 400 IM. She clocked a time of 4:41.17 to finish behind Katie Cashen of Drew, who bettered her own previous championship-meet record (4:31.61). Mugno also finished fifth in the event with a personal-best time of 4:46.10.
Doucette earned her way onto the podium in the 100 breast, clocking a time of 1:07.04 to finish. Sadowski also earned an individual bronze, posting a sub-minute time of 59.89 in the 100 back as Albans (59.95) and Alexa Hipp (1:00.50) followed her to the wall in quick succession.
In the diving well, Lucy McHale repeated her performance last night on the 1-meter platform to grab another silver medal tonight in the 3-meter competition. The freshman put together an impressive effort, coming up just about a point shy of Scranton's Jeanna Gailius, who took gold.
Catholic will look to close the gap on Scranton tomorrow in an effort to win its third championship in the last four seasons. Preliminary swims will commence at 10 a.m with finals scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
