The women’s swimming and diving team placed third and the men took fourth at the 2007 UAA Championships Feb. 8-10 in Cleveland.
The women totaled 10 event titles in three days and were paced by junior Meredith Nordbrock, who posted three individual titles and helped Bears relay squads win three additional events. She swept the 200-yard and 400-yard individual medleys and the 200-yard backstroke; and she swam the second leg of the winning 400- and 800-freestyle relays, while she led off the winning 200-medley relay squad.
Junior Priya Srikanth garnered Women’s Diver of the Year honors by sweeping the one-meter and three-meter diving titles
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On the men’s side, freshman Alex Beyer won the 400-yard IM in 4:03.05 for an NCAA provisional mark; he also swam the second leg of the 800-free relay, which won the UAA title in 6:49.75. For his efforts, Beyer was named the Men’s Rookie of the Year.
Men’s basketball bounces back
Junior Troy Ruths scored a team-high 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the No. 11 men’s basketball team defeated visiting Case Western Reserve, 86-65, Feb. 11 in UAA action. Senior Nick Nikitas and sophomore Sean Wallis each chipped in 13 points for the Bears, who improved to 18-3, and 9-2 in the UAA.
On Feb. 9, the Bears defeated Emory University, 74-62, at the Field House. Wallis paced the Bears with a career-high 27 points and nine assists; he scored 23 of his points in the second half.
Women’s basketball wins pair of UAA games
The women’s basketball team (17-5, 9-2 UAA) picked up two critical home conference wins last weekend at the WUSTL Field House.
The Red and Green defeated Emory, 62-50, Feb. 9 behind senior Sarah Schell’s game-high 19 points.
Freshman Janice Evans added a career-best 13 points.
On Feb. 11, WUSTL upended Case Western Reserve, 67-56, as Schell led the way again. She scored 15 of her 18 points in the second half and hit 16 of 20 free throws; she added two blocked shots and five steals. Senior Rebecca Parker added 17 points and nine rebounds.
Men’s, women’s track and field shine
The men’s and women’s track and field teams turned in impressive performances Feb. 10 at the Illinois College Blue Classic in Jacksonville, Ill., each taking second.
Senior Beth Herndon won the 5,000-meter run; classmate Natalie Badowski took first place in the 400 meters (59.72); and sophomore Alli Alberts did the same in the 800 (2:22.20). In the field events, sophomore Jessica Lane won the pole vault and senior Delaina Martin improved her NCAA provisional mark in the weight throw (15.75m, 51-8).
For the men, freshman Iby Umana and sophomore Nate Koslof finished second and third, respectively, in the 400 meters. Umana posted a team-season-best time of 51.02 and Koslof finished in 51.16.