Day Four Results | Complete Championship Results

BOSTON – Sophomore Eve Kinsella picked up her second individual crown, and fourth overall for the Terriers, on Sunday evening in the final night of the 2007 America East Swimming and Diving Championships. The men’s team was highlighted by James Land’s second-place finish in the 200 fly, as the senior clocked in at 153:20, a lifetime best. The women’s team finished second overall, while the men took home fourth-place honors.

Sophomore Christina Ruggiero opened up the final night of competition with a second-place finish in the grueling 1650-free race. Ruggiero and Maine’s Colleen Miller battled through most of the race for the second-place spot. After dropping into third by almost three seconds, Ruggiero began to chip away at Miller’s lead and on the 29th lap the sophomore out of Wilmington, Del., pulled ahead for good. Ruggiero finished in 16:51.79, over three seconds ahead of Miller. Also competing in the event was freshman Liisa Young, finishing in sixth place in a time of 17:32.80.

Kara Olderog placed sixth overall in the final of the 200 back, as the junior touched the wall in 2:10.11. Freshman Ali Chester won the consolation final of the 200 back, clocking at 2:08.33. Chester won nine points for the Terriers and finished ninth overall in the event.

Sophomore Eve Kinsella picked up her second individual championship crown of the weekend, this time taking the 100 free in 51.27. Freshman Emily Munday won the consolation final of the 100 free in 53.42, turning in a season-best performance in the race, placing ninth overall in the event.

Senior Lidija Breznikar swam a 2:18.00 in the 200 back for second place. In the women’s one-meter diving event, sophomore Alex Crerar placed fourth with 239.30 points, while senior Megan White placed sixth with 229.70 points.

In the women’s 400-free relay, the Terriers placed second with a time of 3:30.16. O’Shaughnessy led off, followed by Munday, senior Marina Morie, and Kinsella closed out the relay.

In the 1650-free race, freshman Ben Kaiser was BU’s top finisher, completing the mile in 16:14.39, good for fourth place. Senior Michael Bear placed seventh with a time of 16:30.29. It was the first time since the Terrier Invite on Nov. 17 that Kaiser had raced the mile, and first time all season Bear had competed in the race.

Freshman Kyle Berg swam to an eighth-place finish in the 200 backstroke, clocking in at 1:58.22, a season best. Bear and junior Gordon Allan completed the field for BU, placing 12th and 14th, respectively.

Freshman Arik Seiler earned a third-place finish in the 100 free, swimming a lifetime-best of 46.85.

Senior Griffin Moodie swam a 2:09.14 to finish in seventh place in the men’s 200 breast. Senior James Lands swam a lifetime-best in the 200 fly, missing the school mark by just two tenths of a second, clocking in at 1:53.20 for second place.

In the final event of the night, the men’s 400-free relay team of Kyle Berg, Arik Seiler, Evan Morris and Ben Kaiser finished fourth in 3:12.06.