Seton Hall University
Navy Invite
Bush, Mallon Lead Pirates in Regular Season Finale at Navy
1/31/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
ANNAPOLIS, MD. - Senior Megan Mallon (Glen Mills, Pa.) and junior Melody Bush (Guelph, Ontario) picked up victories as the Seton Hall women's swimming & diving team closed the regular season at the Navy Invite Saturday.
The Hall scored at least one top-five finish in eight other events at the eight-team competition that included American, Bucknell, Lafayette, Loyola (MD), Shippensburg and hosts Navy on the women's side.
Bush totaled two individual top-five finishes, one less than junior Tessa Lindner (Sun Prairie, Wis.) who was also a part of a runner-up showing in the 200-medley relay.
 | WINNER'S CIRCLE |
- Bush sped her way to a 100-back win with a season-best time of 57.28 that was just .5 seconds off her own school record pace. Freshman Aitana Robinson (London, Ontario) posted a time of 58.88 that was good enough to earn a tie for third while Paige Anderson added a sixth-place mark of 59.64.
- Mallon delivered the fastest opening leg of 31 100-breast competitors and was able to carry that pace to a winning time of 1:06.93. Sophomore Sydney Simpson (Tallahesse, Fla.) reached the wall in 1:08.36 as the Pirates split the top-four spots with Bucknell.
| PIRATE NOTABLES |
- Bush also recorded a team-best 200-back time of 2:04.31 to lead a group of three SHU women among the top-nine. Anderson placed eighth in 2:09.91, one spot ahead of Katie Adams (Linwood, N.J.) (2:11.32)
- Lindner posted a 1:57.45 mark in the 200-free to rank third out of 38 entrants. The junior later swam her way to a fourth-place time of 24.73 in the 50-free (92 entrants); wrapping the meet with the trio of top-five performances after taking fifth with a 100-free time of 53.63 to open her program. Bush (10th) and freshman Courtney McCardle (Hurley, N.Y.) (13th) also logged top-15 times
- Junior Cece Henry (St. Charles, Mo.) recorded a 400-IM mark of 4:41.43 to place third as the Pirates claimed half of the top-six spots in the event. Courtney Regan (Southbury, Conn.) and Kylene Ronayne (Springfield, Pa.) reached the wall fifth and sixth respectively.
- Simpson highlighted The Hall's 100-fly efforts with a fifth-place time of 58.47, finishing as one of three Pirates with multiple top-five individual performances at the meet.
| RELAY REPLAY |
- Robinson, Mallon, Lindner and McCardle were just over .5 seconds outside the top spot in the 200-medley relay, finishing second among 29 squads by finishing in 1:48.86
- Lindner and McCardle also teamed with Ronayne and Kat Carosn (Katy, Texas) to turn in a 200-free mark of 1:40.03 to claim fourth out of 31 teams
| FROM THE BOARD |
- Senior Gabby Signorelli (Massapequa, N.Y.) dove her way to a score of 233.25 from the oine-meter board to rank seventh out of 17 competitors in the event
| NEXT UP |
The Pirates will get several weeks off from competition before traveling to the Nassau Acquatic Center for the 2016 BIG EAST Championships from February 24-27.
