Cardinals Place Sixth in NESCAC Championships as Two Free Relay Team Records Fall
Wesleyan claimed sixth place among the 11 teams in the NESCAC Championships hosted by Middlebury Feb. 29 through March 2 while establishing two team records. Wesleyan had nine top-eight individual finishes during the NESCAC championships as well. Both records came in the free relay as the team of Jeff Stein '08, Dan Storms '10, Chris Becker '09 and Mike Pepi '08 combined for a fourth-place finish in the 200 free relay, timed in 1:24.45, and a sixth-place showing in the 400 free relay with a 3:09.00 clocking. Both times eclipsed marks set by the same quartet during the 2007 NESCAC meet. Michael Bailey '11 (main photo) led the way in individual events by placing seventh in three events - the 200 and 400 IM as well as the 200 breast. Diver Dave Wilkinson '09 (photo insert lower right) had the highest finish by a Cardinal capturing third in the one-meter board while also placing sixth in the three-meter event. J.P. Valette '10 grabbed eighth on the three-meter board. Pepi nailed down sixth place in the 50 free, Dana Drost '11 was eighth in the 200 IM and Storms secured eighth in the 200 free.
