MIDDLETOWN, CT – Sophomore Amanda Gottschalk swam an NCAA B time in the 400 individual medley to highlight the Tufts women's swimming & diving team's second day at the 2015 NESCAC Championships hosted by Wesleyan on Saturday.
Gottschalk recorded the time in the preliminaries with a 4:34.23 touch, more than two seconds better than the 4:36.69 B qualifying mark. She was seventh in the final (4:35.03). Three Jumbos scored in the top 16 for the event overall.
The national mark was the second notched by the Jumbos at the conference meet. Sophomore diver Kylie Reiman recorded an NCAA B cut with her 398 score to place fourth in the one-meter event on Friday. Her finish is the best for the Jumbos thus far. She improved upon a 384.55 preliminary score.
Head coach Nancy Bigelow's Jumbos posted two fifth-place finishes on Saturday. Senior tri-captain Kathryn Coniglio timed 1:53.60 in the 200 freestyle for fifth. The 800 freestyle relay of Wachenfeld, junior Sarah Mahoney, senior tri-captain Scarlett Hao and Coniglio closed Saturday's action with a 7:49.58 for fifth.
Swimming the anchor leg of the 200 freestyle relay which started the meet on Friday, Coniglio finished her 50 in a fast 23.82 seconds to lead Tufts to sixth in the event. First-year Jess Lee, sophomore Sophia Lin and Hao joined Coniglio for a 1:37.35 time overall.
Tufts has top-eight finishes in four relays thus far. Friday's 400 medley relay which closed the swimming portion of the first day saw the Tufts foursome touch in 3:59.30 for seventh place. The Jumbo team consisted of first-years Kelsey Gallagher, Meghan Casey and Anna Kimura along with Coniglio. Gallagher, Casey, Lee and Lin opened Saturday's finals with a 1:49.71 for seventh in the 200 medley relay.
Coniglio won the consolation final in the individual 50 free with a 24.42 touch Friday. She was ninth in the final after swimming 24.40 in the preliminaries for 10th. Lee also won the consolation final in the 50 butterfly. Her 26.32 for ninth in the final improved upon her 26.56 that was 12th in the preliminaries. Wachenfeld also added a 10:32.44 in the 1,000 for ninth place on Saturday.
Head coach Nancy Bigelow's Jumbos are seventh in team scoring after two days with a 575 score. Williams (1,406.5), Bates (1010) and Middlebury (886.5) are the top three.
The third and final day of the conference championshp starts with the preliminaries tomorrow at 10 am.
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