Swimming Preview: Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, 2011 (Part 1)
The Ivy League Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship Central will be taking place at Princeton, New Jersey. The fans of swimming and all the young athletes of the prestigious Ivy League colleges enjoyed a great deal of entertainment last year when they witnessed the best swimmers of the eight colleges clash in the Championships. The same enthusiasm is being felt this year when the eight teams will once again compete for the exalted Frank Keefe Trophy. The teams will be competing at the ever famous Princeton’s DeNunzio Pool.
It has been reported that the meeting will take place from the 24 February through the 26 and host ultimate competitions of swimming and diving. The three days will be enjoyed by the athletes as they will be participating in the preliminary races that will start at 11 a.m. every morning. The prelim sessions will be followed by the final competition sessions that will be staged in the evening, with every final race starting at 6 p.m.
In the last racing season, the talented Princeton team was successful in holding off the Harvard team by 27 points. Yale was the third place finisher and is reported to be 115 points behind the winning team. The 2010 championship was just the third meeting of the eight Ivy Leagues since the year 1998. The dual-season of the 2011 meet was also contended by The Tigers along with the Harvard team. According to the reports The Tigers finished this meeting posting a record of 7-0. They were the first place finishers followed by Harvard and Yale. The Harvard team posted a record of 6-1, meanwhile the Yale team was just able to make a record of 5-2 and finished third.
It is indeed very interesting to note that the head coach of the Princeton swimming team, Susan Teeter, favours her Tigers since she thinks that their dual season standings establish them as champions.
When she approached by the correspondents regarding the progress of her team and the encounter with chief rivals, the head coach of the Princeton team was reported as saying, “As much as people think we might be the front-runners, I feel that Harvard is the team to beat.” She went on to say, “We’ll have to rely on all our talents and have a really special meet from the entire team to keep the trophy at home this year. It should be exciting for both the competitors the great fans of the Ivy League, and we look forward to racing after a long year of hard work.”
All the eight times and the fans of swimming are looking forward to the event as it will be staging some really exciting races and it will indeed be a very intriguing journey for all the participants as they will make their way through to claim the Frank Keefe Trophy. The honour will be given to the winner of the Ivy League Championship of the much anticipated 2011 meeting. The final list of the competitors will be decided by the head coaches of the eight teams as they will be filling out the race cards. Nonetheless, it is expected that as many as eight swimmers will be taking place in this event to claim their 2010 championship victories. Rachel Rosenberg of Yale, the winner of the three metre diving in the last season’s meet is also expected to be seen competing to defend her title.
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