WORCESTER, Mass. – Kira Parker, Jackie House and Kara Campbell set new UVM records Friday evening as the Catamounts put together a fantastic evening performance. Four Catamounts earned individual All-Conference honors and UVM won the 200 Free Relay as they moved into second place with 274 team points. New Hampshire leads the way through two days with 323.5 points.
 
RELATED LINKS
AmericaEast.TV: Parker Wins 50 Free | Parker Interview
Day 2 Results (.pdf)
Photo Gallery
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Parker set a new UVM record winning the 50 free in a time of 23.30. She won the race by .25 seconds over UNH's Cate Wardinski. Parker is the first Catamount in America East history to win the race.
• Kara Campbell set another UVM record in the 200 IM Friday evening. She finished third overall and earned All-Conference honors with a time of 2:04.50. Her time Friday was 2.39 seconds faster than her previous season best.
• Mina Poppas and House earned All-Conference honors in the 500 free placing second and third in the event. Poppas finished in a time of 4:52.31 and House set a new UVM first year record with a time of 4:53.04.
• The Catamounts quartet of Parker, House, Cailin Campbell and Poppas won the 200 free relay to close out Friday's action. Their win makes it five of the last seven years that UVM has won the event at the America East Championships. Their time of 1:33.64 was .05 seconds ahead of UNH.
• Sarah Campbell was the Catamounts sole representative in the 3m finals in diving. She placed fifth overall with a score of 217.55.

WHO'S NEXT
The Catamounts are back in action tomorrow for day three of the championships. UVM will compete in the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back and 400 medley relay. A full schedule for the meet is available at https://go.uvm.edu/o1zpe. Prelims begin at 10 a.m. tomorrow and all of the action will be streamed live on AmericaEast.TV.
 
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