Lyons take second to defending national champion Ohio State at 2002 Wheaton College Invitational
February 23, 2002
NORTON, MA- Wheaton College once again held their annual synchronized swimming invitational, this time hosting the defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes, as the Lyons placed second overall Saturday afternoon in Balfour Natatorium with 102.5 points.
The impressive Ohio State squad posted top finishes in all but one category, as the Buckeyes totaled 119 points. The club teams from the University of Rhode Island and Boston University rounded out the meet's scoring with third and fourth place standings, respectively. The Rams totaled 52.5 points on the afternoon, while the Terriers recorded 37 points.
Wheaton used both of its squads in the team competition, as the Lyons were able to pick up 30 points with second and third place finishes. The Bucks, with Brazilian Olympian Isabela Moraes, ran away with the team title, while Boston rounded out the scoring in fourth place. Sophomore Beth Percy (St. Louis, MO/Parkway West) also ran into Brazilian Olympian and sister Carolina Moraes in the solo routine, as Percy naturally earned the runner-up position.
The Moraes' pair then went onto capture the duet routine, while siding with teammate Mary Hofer for the top finish in the trio portion of the competition for Ohio State. For Wheaton, Percy sided with junior co-captain Jamie Sallier (St. Louis, MO/Ladue Horton Watkins) for a third-place mark in the duet routine.
Sallier also joined junior co-captain Elizabeth Maga (Dayton, OH/Chaminade-Julienne) and first-year Blair Feldman (Tuscon, AZ/Green Fields Country Day School) for a bronze in the trio event. The second trio team, consisting of junior Emily Padow (Richmond, VA/The Steward School) and freshmen Jamie Olken (Rochester, NY/Brighton) and Bevin Hughes (Akron, OH/Walsh Jesuit), was not far behind with a fourth place mark overall.
In the technical elements competition, Percy assisted the Wheaton squad in collecting second-place points in the A category, while Padow, Sallier, Maga and Feldman finished in the second through fifth spots, respectively in the B category, also giving the Lyons second-place marks.
Wheaton did not count its C category, as Olken, Hughes and junior Kerri Moran (Hanson, MA/Whitman-Hanson Regional) went in order at three, four and five in the event. Sophomores Aimee Sears (Norwell, MA/Thayer Academy) and Andrea Barkoukis (Brecksville, OH/Gilmour Academy) captured the top two places in the D category, leading Wheaton to first-place points on the day.
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