ANNAPOLIS, Md. (11/04/2006)—Colgate University sophomore Beverly Walker (Marietta, Ga.) grabbed a pair of individual victories and two runners-up awards as the Raiders’ women’s swimming and diving team competed against Navy and Lehigh. Colgate defeated Lehigh 200-99 but fell to the Midshipmen by a score of 186-109.

 

Walker got her first victory over the day in the 100-meter backstroke, touching in at 1:05.52, nearly a second ahead of the runner-up from Navy. She came right back and added a top finish in the 200 backstroke, edging Navy’s Jennie Spencer by .09 of a second in 2:22.70.

 

The second-year swimmer took second place in the 100 fly, hitting the wall in 1:05.55. Mallory Dietrich of Navy won the race convincingly with a time of 1:02.77. Walker rounded out her afternoon as a member of the runner-up 200-meter medley relay team.

 

She was joined by sophomore Emily Murphy (Syracuse, N.Y.), freshman Kate Murphy (Williamsburg, Va.), and sophomore Ashley Bottger (Weston, Conn.).

 

Emily Murphy also helped the 400 free relay squad of Bottger, Kate Murphy, and Lisa Marchi (Scottsdale, Ariz.) to the top spot with a winning time of 3:55.89, nearly 10 seconds faster than second place Colgate “B” relay.

 

The “B” relay team was made up of Kim Siembieda (Narberth, Pa.), Caitlin Grant (Seekonk, Mass.), Caitlin Dwyer (Hicksville, N.Y.), and Keriann Fitzsimons (Red Hook, N.Y.).

 

Emily Murphy also added an individual runner-up performance in the 100 breaststroke, clocking in at 1:14.01, just .22 faster than Lehigh’s Melanie Rolish.

 

Marchi added a pair of third-place finishes for the Raiders in the 100-meter freestyle and 200 free races. She turned in a time of 59.15 for the 100 free and went 2:07.26 in the 200.

 

Kate Murphy and Fitzsimons went third and fourth in the 400 free race, touching the wall in 4:33.09 and 4:37.36, respectively. Kate also added a runner-up finish in the 200 fly, completing the race in 2:24.56.

 

In the 200 breaststroke it was Alaina Sullivan (Shaker Heights, Ohio) and Caitie Curran (Alpharetta, Ga.) bringing in a third and fourth-place finish for Colgate. The finished less than a second apart, going 2:44.88 and 2:45.44, respectively.

 

Curran had another third-place showing in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:31.96, while junior Colby Seamans (Naperville, Ill.) clocked in at 2:28.56 to take second behind Lehigh’s Rolish.

 

Colgate’s Gretchen Swarr (Southport, Conn.) led the divers, finishing fourth on both the 1 and 3-meter boards with respective scores of 207.50 and 212.40.

 

The Raiders return to the pool on Nov. 5, at UMBC at 11 a.m.