Gophers fall short against Blue Jays

The Goucher Gophers fell to Elizabethtown College today in their second swim meet of the 2017-18 season by a score of 133.5-128.5.  With the loss, the Gophers drop to 2-2 on the season.

Gophers fall short against Blue Jays
October 28, 2017
Elizabethtown, PA- The Goucher Gophers fell to Elizabethtown College today in their second swim meet of the 2017-18 season by a score of 133.5-128.5.  With the loss, the Gophers drop to 2-2 on the season.
 
Here's how it happened:
  • Touching within less than a second the Gophers senior Rachel Kieffer (Granada Hills, Ca), senior Kyanna Cadwallader (Gainsville, Fl.), junior Ila Jackson (Columbia, Md.), first-year Alexis Liszewski ((St. Louis. Mizz) took home a second-place finish in the first event the 400 Medley Relay with a time of 4:34.46
  • The women's 1000 Free was the Gophers strongest showing of the day with 1, 2, 3 finishes from all three Goucher swimmers: Co-Captain and senior Alexis Regopoulos (Fitchburg, Ma) 11:25.69, first-year Katie Shannon 11:47.99, and sophomore Catey Yost (Brattleboro, Vt.) 13.53.37.
  • Going back to back in the women's 200 free Regopoulos was again victorious with a time of 2.06.97.
  • Cadwallader tied for 1st in the 50 Breaststroke with a time of 34.64.
  • Claiming 2nd place in the 100 Butterfly was Jackson with a 1:10.83
  • Leszewski brought home 1st place in the 50 Free in 26.09.
  • Going back to back with her victories, Leszewski easily claimed the 100 Freestyle in 1:00.60.
  • Another strong first-year swimmer's performance came from first-year Katie Shannon (Thousand Oaks, Ca.) in the 100 Backstroke as she claimed victory with a 1:07.39.
  • Senior Co-Captain Kyanna Cadwallader continued her domination in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:14.13.
  • Alexis Regopoulos claimed her 3rd win for the day as she easily too the 500 Freestyle in 5:40.19.
  • Jackson(28.52) and Cadwallader (30.14) rallied strongly for the Gophers by finishing 1st and 2nd respectively in the 50 Butterfly.
  • Jackson put on a last-minute surge in the 200 IM and was narrowly defeated claiming 2nd in a time of 2:26.29.
  • The Gophers grabbed the last relay in the 400 Freestyle with sophomore Maddie Chism (Erie, Co.), Leszewski, Regopoulos, Shannon as the took 1st place with 4:01.32.
 
Team Scores:  Goucher College 128.5  -  133.5 Elizabethtown College