SHENANDOAH, TX - Four members of the Tufts women's swimming team are in action at the 2013 NCAA Div. III Championships at Conroe Natatorium this week.
Competing in the trials on Wednesday, senior Christine Garvey (West Chester, PA) was in the first event of the meet. She swam 5:11.71 to place 36th in the 500-yard freestyle.
In the 50-yard freestyle later on Wednesday, sophomore Samantha Sliwinski (Weymouth, MA) timed 24.40 seconds to swim 43rd overall.
That pair then joined teammates Lizzy Grainger (Nashville, TN) and Kathryn Coniglio (Branchburg, NJ) for a 1:52.30 finish in the 200-yard medley relay to place 25th. The Jumbos lined-up Sliwinski in the backstroke, Grainger in the breaststroke, Garvey in the butterfly, and Coniglio in the freestyle.
On Friday, the 200 freestyle relay of Coniglio, Garvey, Grainger, and Sliwinski swam 24th with a 1:38.78 time. Also on Friday Garvey was the 24th finisher in the 400 individual medley trials (4:35.66).
Tufts did not qualify for the final in any of the events.
Action continues through Saturday. On Friday, Garvey is entered in the 200-yard butterfly as the 11th seed with a 2:04.74 qualifying time. The 800-yard freestyle relay squad is seeded 10th (7:37.16).
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