College Park, Md. – JULIE TIEDEMANN won the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship in 200 freestyle as several school records fell during the third day of the NJAC Championships on Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Tiedemann led five Red Hawks with her first-place time in the 200-freestyle. The junior clocked in at 1:56.47, .01 quicker than second-place. ROURKE PERALTA, who also qualified for the "A" finals, registered a fourth-place time of 1:57.13. JULIANA SKOPP-CARDILLO was 13th in 1:58.69 as CATTY GEYER (1:59.78) and KACIE GADZINSKI (2:01.35) also made the finals.
• MARIANNE TASSINARI broke the school record in the 400-IM twice en route to a third-place finish. She turned in a time of 4:40.82 during the preliminary round before clocking in at 4:36.25 in the finals. Both marks surpassed Claire Luigard's previous record of 4:42.45.
• MADELINE ROGERS set the school standard in the 100-butterfly, taking seventh in 57.76. She clipped Margaux Winchock's record by a mere .01 seconds. SYDNEY MCGANN also made the finals of the 100-fly, placing 22nd in 1:02.05.
• ABBY BROCK capped off the record-setting day with a third-place time of 1:04.7 in the 100-breaststroke. The junior took down Laura Spadoni's mark of 1:05.25, set during the Metropolitan Championships in 2009.
• The Red Hawks began the day with a third-place mark in the 200-freestyle relay. The foursome of Peralta, Rogers, MADDY WISHNOW, and Skopp-Cardillo clocked in at 1:38.59.
• LILI SHAY took 12th in the 100-breaststroke (1:07.62), and SADIE CRISPELL was 20th (1:09.29). JULIA WEINREB qualified for the "A" finals in the 100-back and took seventh in 59.58. SOPHIA SHOPOVICK won the "B" flight by touching the wall in 59.68. In the same event, ABBY PANZARELLA capped off the day with a 14th-place time of 1:01.16.
• OLIVIA SALMONS and AUDREY HITCHENS advanced to the finals of the 1-meter diving. Hitchens finished third with 306.10 points, and Salmons was sixth with 239.95 points.

FROM THE POOL
"Another really good session for us. The energy on our team couldn't be any better. Mary Washington might be too far ahead (heading into Sunday) but we will continue to chase them till the very end." - Head Coach Brian McLaughlin 

UP NEXT
The Red Hawks wrap up the NJAC Championships tomorrow, with the preliminary round starting at 9:30 am and the finals beginning at 5:30 pm.