Harvey Leads Titans At Falcon Invitational
Melissa Harvey (Sr. • Kingsford, Mich.) took seventh place
in the 100-yard backstroke to highlight UW-Oshkosh’s results
at the Falcon Women’s Swimming and Diving Invitational on
Friday and Saturday (Dec. 2-3) in Minneapolis, Minn.
With her 100-yard backstroke time of 1:00.74, Harvey marked the
Titans’ lone top-10 finish. She then clocked a time of
2:12.49 in the 200-yard backstroke for an 11th-place position.
Samantha Sommers (Sr. • Suamico) captured another solid
individual result with her 13th-place time of 2:16.54 in the
200-yard butterfly.
The 1,650-yard freestyle race had Brittney Hilgendorf (Fr. •
Madison) come in 16th with a time of 18:38.43. Katie Duffey (Jr.
• McFarland) contributed an 18th-place time of 2:22.42 in the
200-yard butterfly.
Harvey, Hilgendorf, Sommers and Hannah Forcey (So. •
Appleton) clocked a time of 1:46.04 to earn 24th place in the
200-yard freestyle relay. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Forcey,
Harvey, Hilgendorf and Vanessa Jagodinsky (So. • Green Bay)
took 20th with their time of 3:49.53.
The Titans had three other finishes in the top 25. Sommers gained
23rd place in the 100-yard butterfly at 1:02.71, while Jagodinsky
came in 25th with her 2:24.40 time in the 200-yard butterfly. The
400-yard medley relay of Harvey, Hilgendorf, Jagodinsky and Sommers
also placed 24th with a mark of 4:17.67.
UW-Oshkosh returns to dual-meet action against Lawrence University
on Friday (Dec. 9) in Appleton.