Mahwah, NJ: The Ramapo College women's swim team wrapped up their regular season with a 134.5-127.5 home win over NJAC rival Montclair State University. The Roadrunners finish the dual meet portion of the season with a 5-3 overall record, 2-2 in the NJAC while the Red Hawks now stand at 7-3 overall, 1-3 in the conference.
Ramapo will return to action when they travel to the Metropolitan Conference Championships on February 19th – 22nd at Rutgers University. The Roadrunners look to improve on their 2015 finish at the MET Championships where they placed 6th overall with 646 points, both program bests.
Danielle Bach,
Brenda Arthur,
Meghan Trewhella and
Maggie Herbert teamed up to out-touch MSU in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:52.43. Herbert won the 200-yard freestyle when she clocked in at 2:00.82 while D. Bach and
Julia Housel went 1-2 in the 100-yard backstroke with times of 1:01.92 and 1:02.72 respectively.
Samantha Chan won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:13.66 while Herbert earned two more first place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle (24.41) and the 100-yard freestyle (55.15). Chan and
Emily Hegarty went 1-2 in the 200-yard breaststroke with times of 2:41.45 and 2:44.69 respectively. Arthur then won in back-to-back events in the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.99) and 200-yard IM (2:17.95).