Spring Break
MU swimming teams honor seniors, take on EMU Eagles
Erika Hadley
Issue date: 2/5/08 Section: Sports
"(Saturday) was senior night," Stephens said. "I haven't really felt an added pressure to go out at my best, but it's just something I've wanted to do. I think overall, though, it was good for me to have one more go in this pool because it was another opportunity to see what changes I can make, what little things I still need to work on before it's too late, before MACs."
While Stephens stepped up her game for the women's team in the stroke events, Ricard was solid in distance for the men's squad. Friday night, Ricard recorded a winning, season-best time of 1:43.11 in the 200-free, and also clocked in a 4:38.52 in the 500-free, also good for first place. Additionally, Ricard had a superior performance on his senior day as he swam to a first place finish in the 1,000-free with a time of 9:28.98, beating his former season best by nearly four seconds. He then went on for a repeat victory in the 500-free as well with a time of 4:38.41.
Emphasizing the amount of depth that the RedHawks possess, Stevens was successful in the freestyle sprints during Friday night's contest against Kenyon. Stevens won both the 200-free and the 100-free in times of 1:54.83 and :53.77, respectively.
"I think overall we did really well this weekend," Stephens said. "We were down in some events and up in others, but we function really well as a team and when you break it down into sprint groups and distance groups and stroke groups, those groups are really tightly knit within the team and we're all here for each other."
McHugh also cited depth as one of the team's primary strengths.
"A lot of our depth guys are really starting to step up and become more confident," McHugh said. "So I would just say that across the board we've had some really good performances."
The RedHawks have just one more dual meet remaining in their season before they are set to compete at the Mid-American Conference Championships later this month. Next Saturday, the teams will travel to Muncie, Ind., to face off against Ball State University.
While Stephens stepped up her game for the women's team in the stroke events, Ricard was solid in distance for the men's squad. Friday night, Ricard recorded a winning, season-best time of 1:43.11 in the 200-free, and also clocked in a 4:38.52 in the 500-free, also good for first place. Additionally, Ricard had a superior performance on his senior day as he swam to a first place finish in the 1,000-free with a time of 9:28.98, beating his former season best by nearly four seconds. He then went on for a repeat victory in the 500-free as well with a time of 4:38.41.
Emphasizing the amount of depth that the RedHawks possess, Stevens was successful in the freestyle sprints during Friday night's contest against Kenyon. Stevens won both the 200-free and the 100-free in times of 1:54.83 and :53.77, respectively.
"I think overall we did really well this weekend," Stephens said. "We were down in some events and up in others, but we function really well as a team and when you break it down into sprint groups and distance groups and stroke groups, those groups are really tightly knit within the team and we're all here for each other."
McHugh also cited depth as one of the team's primary strengths.
"A lot of our depth guys are really starting to step up and become more confident," McHugh said. "So I would just say that across the board we've had some really good performances."
The RedHawks have just one more dual meet remaining in their season before they are set to compete at the Mid-American Conference Championships later this month. Next Saturday, the teams will travel to Muncie, Ind., to face off against Ball State University.
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