Gophers Notch Pair of Wins to Finish at .500

Phillipson-Weiner Beats Runner-Up by Over :42 in 500 Free

MADISON, N.J. —  Britt Hogstrom (Killington, Vt./Woodstock Union) and Lindsey Phillipson-Weiner (Merion, Pa./Lower Merion) not only placed first in a pair of individual events apiece, but both were on Goucher's victorious 200-yard free relay, helping the Gophers come away from this afternoon's triangular meet against two other Landmark Conference schools with the two wins they needed to finish at .500.

The Gophers (6-6, 3-3 Landmark) defeated Drew, 54-39, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 52-43.

Hogstrom's first-place performances were in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyles, two of the events in which she is the defending Landmark Conference champion. She completed the 100 in :56.33 and the 200 in 2:05.11

Phillipson-Weiner beat out USMMA's Erika Lawson by :19.45 with her winning time of 11:38.87 in the 1000 free. Goucher's Hillary Fabrico (Bloomington, N.Y./Poughkeepsie Day School) was third (13:03.38).

Phillipson-Weiner's margin of victory in the 500 free was even greater: her 5:38.53 was :42.36 faster than runner-up Lauren Callahan of the Mariners.

Joining Hogstrom and Phillipson-Weiner on the quartet that captured first place in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:49.03 were Abbey Wegman (Knoxville, Tenn./Berean Christian) and Victoria Adinolfi (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie).

Goucher's entry in the 200 medley relay finished in second place.

In addition to Fabrico, four Goucher swimmers placed third in at least one individual event: Emily Hasse (Montvale, N.J./Pascack Hills) in the 100 breaststroke (1:21.30) and 200 individual medley (2:37.90), Adinolfi in the 100 butterfly (1:06.63), Wegman in the 100 backstroke (1:12.80) and Rachel Lyon (Fallston, Md./The John Carroll School) in the 500 free (6:22.63).