Women's Swimming Takes Second At Notre Dame Invitational
12/4/1999 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Dec. 4, 1999
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Freshman Katie Duncombe (Erie, Pa.) set a school record in the 200 backstroke and captured first place in the event at the Notre Dame Invitational Saturday.
The Michigan State?s women?s swimming and diving team captured a second-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational, Saturday, Dec. 4, with 1,197 points. Notre Dame captured first with 1,292.5 points.
Duncombe swam the 200 backstroke in 2:00.71, a personal best and more than a second better than the previous school record of 2:01.88, set by Ashby Baldock in 1999.
Sophomore Ildiko Szekely (Budapest, Hungary) swam a personal best in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:02.70, earning a second-place finish.
The Michigan State women?s swimming and diving team will be in action again on Saturday, Jan. 15, at Purdue at noon.
SATURDAY?S EVENTS First-Place Finisher Top MSU Finisher200 Backstroke Katie Duncombe, MSU (2:00.71)100 Freestyle Megan Zerhusen, WKU (0:51.16) 5th, Andrea Stewart (0:53.00)200 Breaststroke Cary Greegor, NMU (2:19.73) 4th, Catrin Lenfers (2:23.55)200 Butterfly Alison Newell, ND (2:01.40) 2nd, Ildiko Szekely (2:02.70)400 Freestyle Relay Western Kentucky (3:26.79) 3rd, Michigan State (3:32.17)