Feb. 24, 2008
Results | Saturday Final Results | Sunday Final Results | All Team Scores
East Meadow, N.Y. - Junior Goran Bistric (Saugus, Calif./William S. Hart) broke four Georgetown University swimming records in the 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 200 medley relay, while becoming the first Georgetown swimmer since John Willey in 1999 to earn a medal at the BIG EAST Championships at the Nassau Aquatic Center in East Meadow, N.Y. over the weekend. Overall the Hoyas set 12 new school-records, recorded 34 All-Time Top 10 times and set seven new freshmen team records at the BIG EAST Championships. Bistric, who was one of two Hoya swimmers to qualify for the finals, broke his school-record of 1:51.25 to finish in fifth place with a time of 1:48.86. Bistric's time is currently the 96th best in the nation. Sophomore Laura Stark (Martinsville, N.J./Mount St. Mary) was the other Hoya swimmer to make the finals, doing so in the 100 butterfly. Stark finished eighth in a time of 56.96, missing a school-record by just four-tenths of a second. Senior Caitlin Colling (Monson, Mass./Monson), who had already set new school-records in the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 50 freestyle, broke her own school-record in the 100 freestyle early on Saturday then broke it again later in the day, finishing with a time of 52.12 in 14th place. Overall the GU men finished ninth out of 11 with 106 points, shattering its 2007 finish of 11 out of 12 with 73 points. The women finished 10 out of 12 scoring 91 points to better the 87 points they scored in 2007.
New Georgetown Records: Men: 100 Yard Butterfly: Goran Bistric 50:52 100 Yard Backstroke: Goran Bistric 50:71 200 Yard Backstroke: Goran Bistric 1:48.86 100 Yard Breaststroke: Thomas Graham 59.47 200 Yard Individual Medley: David Ballinger 1:57.18 200 Yard Medley Relay: Goran Bistric, Kevin Taylor, David Ballinger, Wes Going 1:34.84. Women: |
