Buckeyes Finish First At OSU College Association Meet – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/9/2002 12:00:00 AM | Artistic Swimming
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%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State synchronized swimming team finished first at the OSU College Association Meet held Saturday at the Mike Peppe Aquatic Center in Larkins Hall. The Buckeyes totaled 122 points, while Walsh finished second (84) and William & Mary was third (78.5).%^$
%^$The Buckeyes captured the top two places in the team event. Senior Carolina Moraes (San Paulo, Brazil/Club Paineiras de Murumby) notched top honors in the solo event, scoring a 96.667. Teammates Mary Hofer (Sr., Spring Valley, Calif./Sweetwater Dolphins) and Heather Burdick (Fr., Walnut Creek, Calif./Walnut Creek Aquanuts) placed second and third, respectively. Sisters Carolina and Isabela Moraes (San Paulo, Brazil/Club Paineiras de Murumby) were first in the duo event with a score of 97.000, while Victoria Bowen (Jr., Plano, Texas/Pirouttes of Texas) and Lindsay Newbill (Fr., Riverside, Calif./Riverside Aquettes) finished second. The Moraes sisters and Hofer teamed up to win the trio and Bowen, Suzanna Hyatt (Jr., Indianapolis, Ind./Indy Synchro) and Beth Kreimer (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Synchrogators) placed second.%^$
%^$OSU also fared well in figures as Carolina Moraes finished first in the ‘A’ figures, Lauren Marsh (Fr., Spring Valley, Calif./Sweetwater Dolphins) placed first in ‘B’ figures and Mary Elliott (Fr., Harrison, Ohio/Cincinnati Synchrogators) took first in the ‘C’ figures.%^$
%^$Ohio State will return to action Saturday with the team at split locations competing in Richmond, Va., and at the Walsh Invitational in Canton, Ohio.%^$
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%^$Ohio State College Association Meet (Top 3 and OSU finishers)%^$Columbus, Ohio%^$1. Ohio State 122%^$2. Walsh 84%^$3. William & Mary 78.5%^$4. Miami 60.5%^$5. Michigan 60%^$
%^$TEAM%^$1. Ohio State 97.500%^$2. Ohio State 93.833%^$3. William & Mary 83.417%^$
%^$SOLO%^$1. Carolina Moraes, Ohio State 96.667%^$2. Mary Hofer, Ohio State 95.666%^$3. Heather Burdick, Ohio State 89.333%^$
%^$DUET%^$1. Carolina Moraes & Isabela Moraes, Ohio State 97.000%^$2. Victoria Bowen & Lindsay Newbill, Ohio State 92.500%^$3a. Lauren Marsh & Kim Lester (honor), Ohio State 89.000%^$3b. Katie Meyer & Leilani Torres (honor), Ohio State 87.833%^$3. Kim Marsh and Katie Lauer, William & Mary 84.500%^$
%^$TRIO%^$1. Mary Hofer, Carolina Moraes, Isabela Moraes, Ohio State 96.000%^$2. Victoria Bowen, Suzanna Hyatt, Beth Kreimer, Ohio State 89.833%^$3a. Heather Burdick, Stacey Coffman, Sharon Mejia (honor), Ohio State 85.333%^$3b. Bethany Galla, Laura Green, Isla Turner (honor), Ohio State 83.000%^$3. Shea Driscoll, Mollie Mallon, Esther Calderon, Walsh 79.000%^$
%^$’A’ FIGURES%^$1. Carolina Moraes, Ohio State 84.701%^$2. Mary Hofer, Ohio State 84.724%^$3. Victoria Bowen, Ohio State 83.945%^$
%^$’B’ FIGURES%^$1. Lauren Marsh, Ohio State 74.814%^$2. Laura Green, Ohio State 74.769%^$3. Marjorie Ardito, Ohio State 74.428%^$
%^$’C’ FIGURES%^$1. Mary Elliott, Ohio State 64.337%^$2. Beverlyann Burson, Walsh 62.257%^$3. Allegra Glashausser, Michigan 61.412%^$
%^$’D’ FIGURES%^$1. Sara Torgerson, William & Mary 58.040%^$2. Jennifer Valaseck, Walsh 56.312%^$3. Jamie Drake, Walsh 56.288%^$
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