OWINGS MILLS, Md. - The Gallaudet University women's swimming and diving program lost its regular-season finale here Saturday to Stevenson University, 154-95, at the McDonogh School.
Gallaudet (4-7) set nearly a dozen personal records in the loss. Sophomore Jackie Perkins (Hampton, Va.) picked up Gallaudet's two wins as she finished first in the 50- and 100-yard breaststroke events with times of 34.83 and 1:16.56, respectively. Perkins finished second in the 50-yard butterfly as she narrowly lost with a time of 32.98.
Junior Jana Kiefer (Leander, Texas) was second in the 1,000-yard freestyle with personal best time of 13:50.34. Sophomore Jessica Monroe (Senoia, Ga.) was second in the 100-yard butterfly (1:19.03) as she edged out Kiefer in third (1:24.28). Monroe took second in the 500-yard freestyle (6:43.41) while senior Faye Frez-Albrecht (Canton, Conn.) was third (8:00.36).
Stevenson (4-6) won 12 of the 14 events led by Julianna Burnett, who won three individual events and was a member of a first-place relay team.
BISON TRACKS
- Kiefer set a personal best time in the 100-yard IM (1:24.39) where she was third
- Monroe was third in the 200-yard freestyle (2:26.94) with a personal best
- Junior Alisia Metante (Pleasanton, Calif.) was third in the 50-yard backstroke (37.16) and 100-yard freestyle (1:05.39)
- Metante posted a personal best 29.37 in the 50-yard freestyle where she was fourth
- Junior Alyssa Hanbury (Orlando, Fla.) was third in the 50-yard butterfly (38.92)
- Freshman Jin Xianyu (Chengdu, China) set a personal best with her third-place finish in the 50-yard backstroke (1:03.91)
- Xianyu was third in the 100-yard breaststroke (2:17.32)
- GU's 200-yard medley relay team finished second (2:18.78)
- There was no diving event
GALLAUDET PERSONAL RECORDS
| Men's Team | |||||||||
| Event | Name | Old Time | New Time | ||||||
| 50 freestyle | Alisia Metante | 29.48 | 29.37 | ||||||
| 50 breaststroke | Jin Xianyu | 1:04.52 | 1:03.91 | ||||||
| 50 butterfly | Alyssa Castillo | 1:12.61 | 1:06.82 | ||||||
| 100 IM | Jana Kiefer | 1:26.01 | 1:24.39 | ||||||
| 100 butterfly | Faye Frez-Albrecht | 1:59.42 | 1:51.34 | ||||||
| 200 freestyle | Jessica Monroe | 2:27.28 | 2:26.64 | ||||||
| 100 backstroke | Kelsey Prickett | 2:49.70 | 2:46.45 | ||||||
| 200 freestyle | Kelsey Prickett | 3:13.00 | 3:07.53 | ||||||
| 200 freestyle | Alyssa Castillo | 4:11.56 | 4:07.84 | ||||||
| 500 freestyle | Kelsey Prickett | 8:47.06 | 8:39.34 | ||||||
| 1,000 freestyle | Jana Kiefer | 13:57.50 | 13:50.34 |
UP NEXT
Gallaudet completes its regular-season schedule and will next prepare for the 2018 North Eastern Athletic Conference championship which will be held Feb. 16-18 in Cobleskill, N.Y. The Bison finished fifth in last year's conference championship.