Buckeyes Win Capital District Collegiate Invitational – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/24/2002 12:00:00 AM | Artistic Swimming
Feb. 24, 2002
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State synchronized swimming team captured first place at the Capital District Collegiate Invitational hosted by Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. The Buckeyes finished with a team score of 119.0. Wheaton finished second (102.5), Rhode Island placed third (52.5) and Boston was fourth (37.0).
Senior Carolina Moraes (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Club Paineiras do Murumby) placed first in the solo competition with a score of 94.167. Carolina and sister Isabela Moraes (Sr., San Paulo, Brazil/Club Paineiras do Murmby) captured first place in duet with a score of 94.334. Mary Hofer (Sr., Spring Valley, Calif./Sweetwater Dolphins) joined the Moraes twins to notch top honors in the trio competition with a score of 93.333. The Buckeyes also placed first in the team event with a score of 94.833.
Ohio State will return to action Saturday playing host to the North Regional Championships at the Mike Peppe Aquatic Center in Larkins Hall.
RESULTS 1. Ohio State 119.0 2. Wheaton 102.5 3. Rhode Island 52.5 4. Boston 37.0
SOLO 1. Carolina Moraes, Ohio State 94.167 2a. Mary Hofer, Ohio State (honors) 91.167 2. Beth Percy, Wheaton 88.333
DUET 1. Carolina Moraes & Isabela Moraes, Ohio State 94.334 2. Victoria Bowen & Lindsay Newbill, Ohio State 89.500 3. Beth Percy & Jamie Sallier, Wheaton 86.000
TRIO 1. Carolina Moraes, Isabela Moraes, Mary Hofer, Ohio State 93.333 2. Victoria Bowen, Suzanna Hyatt, Beth Kreimer, Ohio State 89.000 3. Blair Feldman, Elizabeth Maga, Jamie Sallier, Wheaton 77.000
TEAM 1. Ohio State 94.833 2. Wheaton 81.476 3. Wheaton 69.333
