Women’s Swim Wins NJAC Swimming/Diving Championship

The Mary Washington women’s swim team are the champions of the inaugural New Jersey Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championship meet — and have now claimed 33 total conference championships throughout its team history!

The Eagles posted a total of 1,204 total team points from Thursday-to-Sunday to claim the championship title.

UMW beat second place Salisbury, who finished second and scored 1,032 total team points.

On Sunday, Mary Washington claimed two event victories. The first, won by Bridget Zagrobelny in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.42), while Kinsey Brooks finished second with a final time of 2:20.03 — both swimmers qualified for the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships “B Cut” with their finishes.

The second event was won Bri Wilson (200-yard butterfly), finishing with a final time of 2:06.37, while Rose McMullen finished sixth with a final time of 2:11.09. Meanwhile, Phoebe Root claimed second place in the 200-yard backstroke with a final time of 2:04.71.

Selby Heyman finished fourth in the 100-yard freestyle with a final time of 53.08.

In a time trial, the Eagles’ 400-yard medley relay qualified for the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships “B Cut” with a final time of 3:49.13. Root, Brooks, Wilson and Heyman are all part of the relay.

Here’s a recap of what happened during the NJAC Swimming and Diving Championships from Thursday-Saturday:

THURSDAY

The Mary Washington women’s swim team captured a pair of podium finishes on Thursday night on Day 1 of the New Jersey Athletic Conference swimming and diving championships in College Park, Md.

Phoebe Root, Kinsey Brooks, Bri Wilson and Margie Jones all teamed up for the Eagles’ first win in the 200-yard medley relay in the second event (1:44.75).

In the 800-yard freestyle relay, Ann Karr, Rose McMullen, Marina Klein, and Bridget Zagrobelny took home third place with a final time of 7:50.25.

FRIDAY

The Mary Washington women’s swim team showed out in Day 2 of the New Jersey Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships in College Park, Md. on Friday evening.

The Eagles swept the podium in the 200-yard IM as Kinsey Brooks took home the gold (2:03.87), finishing ahead of her two teammates, Bridget Zagrobelny (2:07.70) and Delaney Humphrey (2:08.03), who finished second and third, respectively.

In the final event of the night, UMW took home first place in the 400-yard medley relay as Phoebe Root (back), Brooks (breast), Bri Wilson (fly) and Margie Jones (free) all teamed up to finish five seconds ahead of the competition (3:50.16).

Rose McMullen (5:14.63; fifth), Ashley Dyler (5:16.17; seventh), Marina Klein (5:22.88; eighth), Kaylie Curran (5:15.47; 12th), April Groce (5:16.07; 15th), and Ann Karr (5:18.18; 20th) all competed in the 500-yard freestyle.

SATURDAY

The Mary Washington women’s swim team took part in Day 3 of the New Jersey Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships and currently sit in the lead in the NJAC’s women’s swimming and diving championships heading into Sunday’s final day.

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Kinsey Brooks and Bridget Zagrobelny qualified in the NCAA Division III “B Cut,” meaning they have the chance to be invited to the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships next month. Brooks finished first with a final time of 1:03.47, while Zagrobelny finished in a close second place (1:03.99).

The Eagles also won the 200-yard freestyle relay as Brooks, Zagrobelny, Bri Wilson and Margie Jones finished with a final time of (1:37.33).

Other notes:

• Ann Karr finished 10th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.65).
• Wilson finished fourth in the 100-yard butterfly (57.53).
• Delaney Humphrey finished fifth in the 400-yard IM (4:38.88)