Lake Forest College Sports Information
February 23, 2002 
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Partial Squads End Forester Swimming Season on a Positive Note
Ten swimmers tallied 186 points at Midwest Invitational 
  

Emily Woods and Brady Lowdermilk each registered 
two top-four finishes.
WHEATON, IL - Individual success was the goal as the Lake Forest College swim teams traveled to Wheaton, Illinois, for the Midwest Invitational February 22 and 23. Just five competitors each from the men's and women's teams attended the meet, but together they recorded six new season-best times. Despite the squad size, the Forester men scored 109 points to finish in seventh place (14 teams), while the women finished ninth with 77 points (16 teams). The host teams from Wheaton College won both meets.   

The men's team totaled six top-six finishes and had three swimmers record season-best times. Brady Lowdermilk (Parker, CO/Regis) did so twice as he finished third in the 100-yard butterfly (54.18) and fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (56.44). The team's top points scorer this season, Eric Boarini (Wadsworth, IL/Carmel), placed second and third, respectively, in the 50- (22.46) and 200-yard (1:48.34) freestyle events. Jeremy Koop (Newton, KS/Newton) was fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (57.22), and his season-best time of 1:05.30 was good for tenth place in the 100-yard breaststroke. Finally, Brandon Johnson (Phoenix, AZ/Brophy) cut almost two seconds off his previous best time in the 100-yard backstroke to finish sixth in 56.69.     

The sole winner for Lake Forest was first-year swimmer Emily Woods (Signal Mountain, TN/Girls Prep), who claimed first place in the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.35) and fourth in the 200-yard butterfly. Her time of 2:14.00 in the preliminaries of the 200 was more than four seconds faster than her previous best and was the Foresters' top time this season. 

Junior Erin Poynter (Fort Collins, CO/Ft. Collins) recorded a season-best time in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.61), adding a thirteenth place to her sixth and eighth place finishes in the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley, respectively. Closing out the scoring for the Forester women was Ellen Lillegard (Gardnerville, NV/Douglas), who placed fifth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:50.08).

The Foresters showed improvement throughout the 2001-02 season and concluded with a feeling of optimism. The men's team had a 4-2 dual meet record and finished third at the Midwest Conference Championship Meet. The women were 2-4 in dual meets and also placed third in the conference meet.  Both teams lose only one senior, and Head Coach Alec Webster believes they are just a few swimmers away from their goal of winning next year's conference championships.
 
 
 
 

Meet Results: Women/ Men