2010 NCAA Division II Women's Swimming & Diving Championships - Final Day Results
2010 NCAA Division II Women's Swimming & Diving Championships - Complete Results
CANTON, Ohio – Senior Jackie Borkowski captured her third individual national championship on the final day of competition and took home female swimmer of the meet honors in the process at the 2010 NCAA Division II Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships held inside C.T. Branin Natatorium Saturday night to lead West Chester University to a fourth-place finish.
Borkowski won the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 49.77 seconds, coming .44 seconds from the national record. She becomes West Chester’s first three-time national champion in a single year since Kathrin Dumitru won three titles in 2007. Borkowski becomes the third female swimmer at WCU under head coach Jamie Rudisill to win swimmer of the meet honors. Dumitru won that destinction in 2007 one year after Tammy Leane did it in 2006.
Drury claimed its third team title in the last four years and sixth since 1997, accumulating 657 points. Wayne State was runner up with 531 points and UC San Diego third with 318. West Chester finished fourth with 313.5 points.
Borkowski also led off the 400 free relay team that was a runner-up in the final event of the championships. For the weekend, Borkowski won three national titles, finished fourth in the 500 free and helped three relay teams all earn All-America certificates.
Kristen Montello picked up her third All-America citation of the championships with a fifth-place finish in the 1,650 free. She touched the wall in 17 minutes, 15.85 seconds. Teammate Danielle Ierley was ninth, winning the consolation final, with a time of 17:23.64. Montello was also a part of all three relay teams that Borkowski participated with to take home five All-America plaudits on the weekend.
NOTES: West Chester finishes in the top four at the NCAAs for the fourth time under head coach Jamie Rudisill ... West Chester brought home 12 top-eight finishes ... West Chester's senior class accounted for 31 All-America certificates over its four-year college career ... the seniors added another 14 honorable mention citations as well ... Jackie Borkowski ends her prolific college swimming career with 22 All-America plaudits, including three national titles, to her credit ... Borkowski won 11 individual All-America certificates and 11 as a member of a relay ... Borkowski also won two honorable mention All-America citations her freshman year (2007) ... Borkowski named NCAA Division II Swimmer of the Meet her senior year (2010) ... Danielle Ierley won seven All-America plaudits during her college swimming career and added another nine honorable mention honors ... Ierley earned three individual All-America awards and four as a member of a relay ... Rachael Gale won two All-America citations as a member of a relay and added three more honorable mention honors as a member of a relay.
