W. Swimmers killed by Tigers

Call it growing pains. Call it a learning experience. The fact remains it was a blowout. With one of the nation's top women's swimming teams visiting Penn's Scheerr Pool yesterday, it was to be expected. "Princeton is the best team in the league," Penn coach Kathy Lawlor-Gilbert said. "They're pretty deep. They have a lot of good swimmers." The Tigers (2-0, 1-0 Ivy League) did nothing to tarnish their reputation, pounding the Quakers 162-97. The score could have been worse had Princeton not conceded the final three events to Penn (0-3, 0-3). "If there was a poll, they'd definitely be Top 25," Penn senior Grace Tsuei said. The Tigers can boast two All-Americans among their swimmers. Senior Carwai Seto has won the award in each of her three seasons in addition to all-Ivy and all-East honors. Seto also represented Canada in Barcelona at the 1992 Olympics. Fellow senior Grace Cornelius was also an All-American last year after winning Swimmer of the Meet honors at the Eastern Conference championship. Seto was in top form yesterday, winning the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 30.61 seconds. She took the lead 20 yards into the race and overpowered the rest of the field, winning by seven yards. Princeton swept first through third places in the 100 butterfly, the 100 freestyle, and the 1-meter diving contest before handing the final events to the Quakers. Penn's most impressive performance came from junior Alison Zegar, who finished first in the 200 freestyle and third in the 50 freestyle. Freshman diver Naomi Stoller struggled on both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards. On the 1-meter board, Stoller finished a distant fourth behind Princeton senior Debbie Rubin and freshmen Daphne Hernandez and Bianca Freda. The Tigers were able to complete the sweep even without star diver Sheryl Summerton competing. Summerton is a two-time NCAA qualifier and was the league's Diver of the Year last season. After having tallied 155.20 points on the 3-meter board against Cornell and Yale, Stoller's score dropped to 119.6. She was one of the Quakers to be awarded a first place to keep the score close. With only one diver on Penn's roster, each of Stoller's dives become crucial. The Quakers took the loss in stride. Penn will be one of many teams to lose to Princeton this year. The Quakers, many of whom raced in just their second collegiate meet, put up a strong fight. "They did the best they could at this point in the season," Lawlor-Gilbert said.