LAKE FOREST, IL - The Lake Forest College swimming and diving team opened its 2000-01 season Saturday (November 4th) with a dual meet at home against Lawrence University, a team whose men and women each defeated the Foresters twice last year. In this year's dual meet, the women from Lake Forest avenged those losses by a score of 130-101 and the men were victorious over the reigning Midwest Conference champions 127-92.

The Forester women had the top finisher in nine of the fourteen events. Junior Randi Estes (LaBelle, FL) won the 800m freestyle and the 100m butterfly. Junior Jie Li (Gurnee, IL) finished first in the 100m backstroke and the 200m individual medley. Sophomore Dana Tate (Appleton, WI) was the top diver in the meet off both the 1m and 3m boards. Other event-winners included senior Karie Schuenke (Quincy, IL) in the 200 freestyle, freshman Celeste Plautz (Downers Grove, IL) in the 400 freestyle and sophomore Erin Poynter (Fort Collins, CO), who joined Li, Estes and Schuenke on the winning 200m medley relay team.

The Forester men were victorious in seven of the thirteen events contested, including both the relays. Sophomores Anthony Laurino (Wichita, KS), Andrew Morgan (Libertyville, IL) and Brandon Johnson (Phoenix, AZ) joined freshman Aaron Lawlor (Vernon Hills, IL) on the winning 200m freestyle relay. The fastest 200m medley relay team was made up of a senior, Steve Williams (Leawood, KS), and the freshman trio of Lawlor, Brady Lowdermilk (Parker, CO), and Joe Isaacs (Shorewood, MN). Isaacs also won the 50m and 100m freestyle races and Laurino, Lowdermilk and Williams were the fastest swimmers in the 800m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke, respectively.

The swim teams will be in action again next Saturday (November 11th) when they travel to Kenosha, WI to face Carthage College in another dual meet, starting at 11:00 AM.