Crusaders Sweep Past Goucher In First Landmark Meet

TOWSON, Md. - BALTIMORE, MD- Freshman Christie Savard's (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) two wins and one school record helped lead the Susquehanna University Crusaders to a 124-81 victory against the Gophers of Goucher College in the inaugural Landmark Conference swim meet.

Savard doubled up on the Gophers with two first-place finishes, including a record-breaking swim in the 100 backstroke. Savard touched the wall first in the 200 freestyle, clocking 2:06.53 and reset the former 100 backstroke standard of 1:03.53 with a time of 1:03.28. Jenn Elkins set the former standard back in 1995.

Lauren Snyder (Leesport, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) also won two events, tying teammate Abby Letterese (Morristown, N.J./Morristown) in the 200 individual medley (2:26.78) and edging out Goucher's Sarah Keifer in the 500 freestyle (5:43.41).

Susquehanna closed out the meet with a one-two finish in the 200 freestyle relay (1:52.56). The winning contingent included Sarah Springer (Sykesville, Md./Glenelg), Samantha Meddaugh (Hamilton Square, N.J./Steinert), Amanda Brooker (Stevens, Pa./Cocalico) and Erica Picatagi (Brick, N.J./Brick).

Lindsey Moretti (Alfred, N.Y./Alfred-Almond) accounted for the other Susquehanna win, taking first in the 100 breaststroke (1:14.01).

Goucher's Sara Sutherland won two individual events for the Gophers. She captured the 50 freestyle in a 27.30 and the 100 butterfly in a 1:04.83 time.