Lessard Tops 200 Wins
Swim coach Kim Lessard recorded her 200th victory at Washington
College on January 23 as the Shorewomen defeated Goucher, 137-67,
in a non-conference meet at Casey Swim Center.
With that win, Lessard became the fifth coach in Washington
College athletics history with at least 200 wins at the school.
Two school records were broken in the meet and two Shorewomen
swam to NCAA “B Cut” times.
Lessard, who picked up her 201st win in the men’s portion
of the meet, has spent her entire collegiate head  coaching
career at Washington. At presstime, she was 120-45 (.727 winning
percentage) in 14 seasons coaching the Shorewomen and 81-51-1
(.614) in 13 seasons coaching the Shoremen, for a combined record
of 201-96-1 (.677).
She joins Edward L. Athey, J. Thomas Kibler, Tom Finnegan and
Penny Fall as the only coaches to record at least 200 combined
wins at Washington College. Athey, Kibler, Finnegan and Fall
have all been inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall
of Fame.
The milestone win for Lessard also featured some historic swims.
Freshman Ally Simons, sophomore Becky Binns, freshman Sidra
Carman, and senior Margaret Klag broke the school and pool records
and in the 200 freestyle relay, swimming a 1:41.83 in exhibition.
Simons also broke the school and pool 400 individual medley
records, winning that event in an NCAA “B Cut” time
of 4:41.06.
Klag recorded the evening’s other NCAA “B Cut”
time, winning the 100 breaststroke in a WC season best time
of 1:08.25. Simons and Klag each won one other event. Simons
won the 200 backstroke in a WC season-best time of 2:13.39,
while Klag won the 100 freestyle in a lifetime-best time of
55.35. Simons, who swam the 200 backstroke for the first time
in college, came within a fraction of a second of both the school
and pool records and is now WC’s third-fastest swimmer
ever in that event.
Freshman Erin Jones, junior Samantha Shaffer, junior Emily Rawson
and senior Carolyn Myers each won one individual event. Jones
was first in the 1000 freestyle in 11:15.66, Shaffer won the
50 freestyle in 26.97, Rawson won the 200 butterfly in 2:15.97,
and Myers was first in the 500 freestyle in 5:30.13. The Shorewomen
also won the 200 medley relay in 1:57.95.
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