Women’s Swimming & Diving Takes Fifth at A-10 Championships

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Competition at the 2016 Atlantic 10 Championship has concluded at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio, with the Fordham women's swimming and diving team finishing fifth out of 11 teams.  The Rams scored 392 points for the Championship.
 
The best performance on the final night of competition came from junior Megan Polaha, who won her second event of the Championship, winning the 200 butterfly event in a school and Atlantic 10 record time of 1:58.46.  The time was also an NCAA "B" cut time.
 
Junior Kalena Laurent joined Polaha as a scorer in the 200 butterfly, as she placed 9^th in the event, winning the "B" final in 2:04.04.
 
Polaha wasn't the only record breaker on Saturday, as senior Chandler Lulley medaled for the first time as an individual at the Championship, taking third in the 100 freestyle in a school record time of 50.24 seconds.  Her sister, senior Shannon Lulley, joined in the scoring, placing seventh in the event in 50.67 seconds, as well as freshman Tara Brunner, who was 16^th in 52.31 seconds.

 
In the 200 backstroke, senior Theresa Goehring tied her best-ever finish, grabbing fifth in 2:01.96, while junior Morgan Fairclough was 15^th overall in 2:03.91.
 
Fordham also scored individually in the 200 breaststroke and three-meter diving events.  Junior Marie Feneron and senior Anna Marshall placed 11^th (2:19.73) and 13^th (2:20.93), respectively in the 200 breaststroke event, while sophomores Wendy Espina-Esquivel (249.65) and Natalie Wodniak (203.15) grabbed fifth and 15^th in the three-meter diving competition.
 
The only individual event Fordham did not score in was the 1650 freestyle, where sophomore Erin McBride finished 18^th overall in 17:33.79.
 
The final event of the Championship was the 400 freestyle relay, where the Lulleys joined Brunner and Megan Gray to finish fifth overall in 3:24.88.
 
First Team All-Atlantic 10
Megan Polaha (200 IM, 200 butterfly)
Shannon Lulley (100 butterfly)
 
Second Team All-Atlantic 10
Megan Polaha (400 IM)
Wendy Espina-Esquivel (1M Dive)
 
School Records
Chandler Lulley  - 100 freestyle – 50.24
Shannon Lulley – 100 butterfly – 53.82
Megan Polaha – 200 butterfly – 1:58.46
Megan Polaha – 200 IM – 2:00.85
Megan Polaha – 400 IM – 4:16.55
200 Freestyle Relay – Shannon Lulley, Megan Gray, Tara Brunner, Chandler Lulley – 1:33.01
 
Atlantic 10 Records
Megan Polaha – 200 butterfly – 1:58.46
 
Pool Record
Shannon Lulley – 100 butterfly – 53.82
 
NCAA "B" Cut Times
Megan Polaha – 200 IM – 2:00.85
Megan Polaha – 400 IM – 4:16.55
Megan Polaha – 200 butterfly – 1:58.46
Shannon Lulley – 100 butterfly – 53.82