March 2, 2008

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- The Navy women's swimming and diving team finished in ninth place at the ECAC Open Championship that concluded Sunday evening at Trees Pool in Pittsburgh. Navy's 10-member squad totaled 181 points over the three days.

"It was a very pleasing meet for us," said Navy head coach John Morrison. "The fact that we were able to score a lot of points with few people made for a great three days."

Navy's Tessa Snow (Fr., Hamlin, N.Y.) advanced to her third final in as many nights at the meet Sunday with her ninth-place finish in the trial heats of the 200 breaststroke. She would go on to swim in the championship final of the event, her first of the meet, and place fifth in the race with a time of 2:27.95.

Also swimming Sunday night in an individual event was Lauren Milliron (Jr., Richmond, Va.) as she placed fifth in the consolation final of the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.46.

Navy divers Katie Griffin (Sr., Ellicott City, Md.) and Desiree' Robison (Jr., Tucson, Ariz.) placed second and fourth, respectively, in the preliminary round of one-meter diving. Griffin would place second in the finals with a score of 252.25, with Robison finishing in eighth place with a tally of 211.80 points.

"We received a number of great efforts this weekend, but our divers, Tessa and Natalie Albertson (Fr., St. Paul, Minn.) really performed well," said Morrison.

The meet closed with Navy's 400 freestyle relay team of Alli Warwick (Fr., Lansdale, Va.), Clare McKenna (Jr., Garden City, N.Y.), Milliron and Snow finishing fourth in the consolation final of the event with a time of 3:43.20.

Navy Results
1-M Diving
Prelims -- Katie Griffin, 2nd, 252.25; Desiree' Robison, 4th, 211.80
Finals -- Katie Griffin, 2nd, 263.45; Desiree' Robison, 8th, 180.10

200 Backstroke
Prelims -- Clare McKenna, 18th, 2:12.45; Natalie Albertson, 19th, 2:12.59

100 Freestyle
Prelims -- Lauren Milliron, 14th, 54.49; Alli Warwick, 23rd, 55.53
Consolation Final -- Milliron, 5th (13th), 54.46

200 Breaststroke
Prelims -- Tessa Snow, 9th, 2:29.67; Allison Aichele, 20th, 2:32.67
Championship Final -- Snow, fifth, 2:27.95

200 Butterfly
Prelims -- Cate Sheerin, 27th, 2:14.31

400 Freestyle Relay
Prelims -- Navy, 15th, 3:45.15 (McKenna, Warwick, Snow, Milliron)
Consolation Final -- Navy, 4th (12th), 3:43.20 (Warwick, McKenna, Milliron, Snow)