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High School Swimming:
Kingsway Girlz Rule!
Sunday, January 16, 2000
By Charlie Barker
SJSports Staff Writer
The Kingsway girls swim team won the 3rd Annual Girlz Rule Invitational for the second year in a row. The Lady Dragons did it by finishing in the top three of all four 200 freestyle class relays, as well as strong individual performances by Bethany Turse and Kristen Best. The Tournament, hosted by Highland and Triton, with the support of the Rowan University Swimming & Diving Teams, also was joined by Camden Catholic, Delsea, Deptford, Eastern, Gateway, Glassboro, Haddon Township, Pitman, Sacred Heart, St. James, and Williamstown.
The Girlz Rule tournament was set up to allow girls who swim and dive on co-ed teams an opportunity to "strut their stuff" by competing in an all-girls meet. At the end of the meet, there is a special test of endurance called "This Girl Rulz!" in which each team selects a representative to compete in a series of 25 meter sprints. After each sprint, the girl who finishes last is eliminated. This year the event was won by Bethany Turse of Kingsway, who just edged last year's winner, Lauren Briggs of Highland.
| Team Scores: |
- Kingsway - 789
- Eastern - 715.5
- Highland - 562.5
- Gateway - 523
- Triton - 445
- Williamstown - 440
- Sacred Heart - 439
- Camden Catholic - 437
- Delsea - 429
- Pitman - 338
- Haddon Township - 267
- Glassboro - 214
- Deptford - 87
- St. James - 84
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| 200 medley relay: |
- Kingsway - 2:06.03 (Becky Workman, Lauren Stillwell, Kristen Best, Bethany Turse)
- Gateway - 2:08.21
- Highland - 2:08.9
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| 200 freestyle: |
- Caitlin Richards, Eastern - 2:07.63
- Kristen Best, Kingsway - 2:09.93
- Ali Hartman, Sacred Heart - 2:14.48
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| 200 individual medley: |
- Lauren Conova, Pitman - 2:25.84
- Kathy Pustizzi, Delsea - 2:29.22
- Jenna Traill, Williamstown - 2:29.40
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| 50 freestyle: |
- Kristen Greer, Eastern - 26.07
- Bethany Turse, Kingsway - 26.18
- Kate Daly, Highland - 27.68
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| 100 butterfly: |
- Lauren Briggs, Highland - 1:03.30
- Karen Fry, Eastern - 1:12.60
- Desiree Tubb, Kingsway - 1:16.73
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| 100 freestyle: |
- Bethany Turse, Kingsway - 57.06
- Kristen Greer, Eastern - 57.52
- Ronessa Selfridge, Highland - 1:00.71
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| 500 freestyle: |
- Lauren Briggs, Highland - 5:36.31
- Caitlin Richards, Eastern - 5:36.85
- Kristen Best, Kingsway - 6:03.66
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200 freestyle relay:
(Freshmen) |
- Kingsway - 2:03.55 (Nicole Sweeten, Tara Pavlowski, Katlyn Conneen, Desiree Tubb)
- Gateway - 2:11.46
- Eastern - 2:12.93
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200 freestyle relay:
(Sophomores) |
- Gateway - 2:02.12 (Jess Fean, Bessie Bell, Erin McNally, Jen Walsh)
- Kingsway - 2:11.08
- Williamstown - 2:18.39
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200 freestyle relay:
(Juniors) |
- Eastern - 1:52.59
- Sacred Heart - 2:01.00
- Kingsway - 2:02.17
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200 freestyle relay:
(Seniors) |
- Kingsway - 1:50.53 (Lindsay Baker, Lauren Stillwell, Kristen Best, Bethany Turse)
- Camden Catholic - 1:58.23
- Eastern - 1:59.35
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| 100 backstroke: |
- Ali Hartman, Sacred Heart - 1:05.75
- Tara Ulissi, St. James - 1:06.96
- Erin McNally, Gateway - 1:07.00
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| 100 breaststroke: |
- Jenna Traill, Williamstown - 1:16.31
- Danielle McMahon, Deptford - 1:19.62
- Allison Rose, Pitman - 1:20.93
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| 400 freestyle relay: |
- Eastern - 4:05.17 (Caitlin Richards, Kristen Gorman, Stephanie Pellulo, Kristen Greer)
- Triton - 4:13.63
- Pitman - 4:20.37
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| Diving: |
- Sara Barger, Eastern - 190.15
- Kate Wittenberger, Delsea - 171.10
- Laurie Moore, Triton - 146.70
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| This Girl Rulz: |
- Bethany Turse, Kingsway
- Lauren Briggs, Highland
- Kristen Greer, Eastern
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Photos by Forrest Robleto
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