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- Eagles tie for fifth place at ODAC meet - 02/17/2008
Bridgewater College tied for fifth place at the ODAC Swimming Championships held at the Dedmon Center on the Radford University campus. The championship was the first-ever appearance for the Eagles at the ODAC meet.
Bridgewater scored 239 points to tie Guilford College for fifth place. Washington & Lee placed first with Randolph-Macon second, Sweet Briar third and Randolph College fourth. Hollins in seventh and Emory & Henry in eighth rounded out the standings.
Bridgewater had four Top 10 individual performances during the meet with three coming in the same event – the 200-yard freestyle.
Michelle Smith placed seventh with a time of 2:13.43 and Megan Cordle was eighth with a time of 2:14.94. Lauren Gladish placed 10th in the event at 2:16.48.
Katie Schexnayder earned a 10th-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:38.60.- Swim team eight after Day 1 at ODAC meet - 02/16/2008
- The Bridgewater College swim meet finished the first day of the ODAC/Atlantic States swim meet in eigth place out of 11 competing team.
Following are the results from the first day of competition. [Day 1 Results] - Swim team competing at ODAC meet - 02/15/2008
- The Bridgewater College swim meet is competing at the ODAC/Atlantic States swim meet beginning today.
The meet runs through Sunday and is being hosted by Radford University at the Dedmon Center. Visit the [meet Website ] for Live Stats updates throughout the weekend. - Eagles gain victory over E&H - 02/02/2008
The Bridgewater College swim team picked up its second victory of the season Saturday afternoon at the Bridgewater pool in a meet with Washington & Lee, Randolph-Macon and Emory & Henry.
W&L was 3-0 on the day while Randolph picked up wins over BC and E&H. Bridgewater picked up its victory by defeating E&H.
Top individual performances by the Eagles included a second-place finish by Morgan Cordle in 400 freestyle and third-place finishes by Lauren Gladish in the 400 freestyle and Kateland Schlemm in the 100 breaststroke.- Eagles pick up first victory - 01/31/2008
- The Bridgewater College swim team picked up its first victory in the program’s history Thursday night when the Eagles defeated Hollins, 62-33, at Sweet Briar College.
The Eagles also competed against Sweet Briar, losing to the host team by a score of 67-28.
Morgan Cordle was the lone individual winner for the Eagles as she took first place in the 400 freestyle with a time of 5:11.71.
The Eagles return to action Saturday when they host Washington & Lee, Emory & Henry and Randolph at the Bridgewater College pool. The meet begins at 2 p.m. [Meet Results] - Eagles lose meet at Randolph-Macon - 01/12/2008
The Bridgewater College swim team traveled to Ashland on Saturday and lost a dual meet to Randolph-Macon 114-68.
The Eagles won the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:54.74. The swimmers were Michelle Smith, Kristen Carter, Katie Schlemm and Morgan Cordle.
Indiviudally, Michelle Smith took second place in both the 100-yard and 50-yard freestyle. Also placing second were Katie Schexnadyer in the 100 backstroke, Kristen Carter in the 100 butterfly and Kim Dahl in the 100 breatstroke. [Meet Results].- Swim team places third at Randolph-Macon - 12/01/2007
- The Bridgewater College swimmers place third at Saturday at a seven-team meet hosted by Randolph-Macon.
Ten of BC's 12 swimmers scored individually while everyone on the team scored in a relay.
The top individual performace for the Eagles was turned in by Kim Dahl, who placed third in the 200 backstroke. Other top finishes included: Morgan Cordle, fourth in the 200 free, Katie Schexnayder, fifth in the 100 meter backstroke and Kristen Carter, sixth in both the 50 free and 100 fly.
Randolph-Macon won the meet, followed by Hood, Bridgewater, Randolph, College of Notre Dame, Hollins and VMI. [Meet Results]. - Swim team loses first meet - 11/17/2007
Bridgewater participated in its first-ever collegiate swim meet Saturday at Ragan-Brown Field House pool on the campus of Guilford College.
Morgan Cordle won the 400 meter freestyle for the Eagles with a time of 5:21.66.
Guilford won the meet by a score of 181-77.- Smith named BC's first swim team coach - 05/09/2007
Bridgewater College announced Monday that Fran C. Smith has been hired as the first head coach of the women’s swim team at the college.
Smith has been involved with the area swim scene for the past 15 year.
She has coached the summer swim league team since 1993 with great success. In the past 10 years, her team has won the league championship meet five times.
She became the first head coach of the Turner Ashby High School swim team in 2004. At Turner Ashby, she has had at least five swimmers qualify for the state championship meet in each of the past three years. In 2006, she coached the men’s 50-yard freestyle state champion.
Since 1975, Smith has taught Physical Education and Health in the Rockingham County School System. She has taught at Montevideo Middle School since 1992 and during her career has also coached girls’ basketball and boys’ and girls’ track and field.
Smith graduated from Turner Ashby High School in 1971 and then attended James Madison University where she graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical and Health Education K-12.- BC Establishes Varsity Women's Swim Team - 04/05/2007
For the first time in its history, Bridgewater College has established a varsity women's swim team that will compete with seven other institutions in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
Curt Kendall, BC's athletic director, said the team grew out of a swim club that, over the last three years, has become "self sustaining" in terms of student involvement.
"Until that happened, we couldn't consider it as a potential varsity sport," Kendall said. "Now we can. The interest is there, the sport is in place and the search for a head coach has begun."
Kendall said Bridgewater will compete beginning in the fall of 2007, with swim teams from Washington and Lee University, Guilford College, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Randolph-Macon College, Sweet Briar College, Hollins University and Emory and Henry College. At least once during the 19-week season, said Kendall, Bridgewater will host a meet.
He said the new team will most likely start with between 10 and 15 members.
"I think it's a good sport for us, one we can be successful in, particularly in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference," Kendall said. "Plus, it can help us draw women to the athletic side of life at Bridgewater, where we are somewhat underrepresented."