Moira McCloskey (Yale, '09) has joined to ranks of storied repeat champions as she turned away the competition to keep her 2005-06 title for 2006-07. McCloskey staved off a challenge from Lindsay Hart of Harvard ('09) to retain her title, while lowering her winning time from 56.34 in the 2006 Women's Ivies to 55.62.
Congratulations Moira on a well deserved 2nd consecutive championship swim.
She did it again.
When records fall, it is always a special thing to watch. When records are completely obliterated, the feat is nothing short of amazing.
And that, in a nutshell, is Alicia Aemisegger ('10, Princeton). Aemisegger electrified the home crowd with as dominating of a performance as any in the history of the Women's swimming competition. Not only did Aemisigger annihilate the Meet record by almost 15 seconds, she also destroyed her own Ivy and Pool record of 9:47.14 by unloading a blistering 9:37.55.
It should also be noted that fellow freshman, Alexandra Clarke (Harvard, '10) also bested the meet record with her swim. Unfortunately for her, on this night, nobody was going to catch Aemisigger. She was simply amazing.
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Live from DeNunzio Pool in Princeton, N.J.: Welcome to Day 2 of Women's Ivies.
The ladies are in the pool right now for warm up sessions. The preliminaries are set to begin at 11 am. Will there be continued success for the first place Princeton Tigers? Will Harvard or Yale charge to the top? Will surprises abound on the leaderboard? Will records continue to fall, left and right?
We'll soon find out.
