Men's and Women's Swimming Overpower Cabrini

(results)

Widener's men's and women's swimming dominated Cabrini with the men notching a 103-73 triumph and the women posting a 104-78 win at Schwartz Center on Saturday.

The 200-yard medley relay team of freshman Jeremy Lahn (Philadelphia, PA) and senior Michael Lawley (Philadelphia, PA) to go with sophomores Andy Madore State College, PA) and Stephen Ranalli (Wildwood, NJ) captured first place with a time of 1:42.63.

Lahn and Ranalli returned to the pool to win individual races. Lahn, in the 200-yard IM swam 2:08.88 and Ranalli raced the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.52 seconds.

In the 1,000-yard freestyle, junior captain Vadim Belogorodsky (Huntingdon Valley, PA) swam 10:47.79 as freshman Jacob Lightman (Turnersville, NJ) placed second in 11:11.48.

Freshman standout Ian Gaynor (Donegal, Ireland), already having set multiple school records in his first season, won both the 50-yard freestyle in 21.24 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in 47.03 seconds.

In the women's competition, Widener again controlled the meet as both Jennifer Barkofski (Norristown, PA) and Sara Leonelli (Vineland, NJ) won two individual races.

Barkofski won the 200-yard IM in 2:21.55 and returned to take first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:08.18. Leonelli won both the 100-yard freestyle in 58:06 and the 1,000-yard freestyle in 11:42.24.

Senior All-America Laura Harris (Phoenix, MD) added another individual win in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.20 seconds. Freshman freestyle specialist Melaney Heald (Georgetown, DE) recorded her first home victory in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:10.45.

Widener will return to its newly renovated pool on Thursday at 6:00 pm against Washington (MD).

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