Caitlin Callahan Sets School Record, Earns All-NESCAC Recognition

BRUNSWICK, Maine - Bowdoin College junior Caitlin Callahan (Essex, Conn.) has received All-New England Small College Athletic Conference recognition based on her showing last weekend at the conference championship meet. Callahan placed second in the 50 yard breaststroke as the top three finishers in each event at the 2009 NESCAC Championship garnered All-Conference honors.

Callahan set a new Bowdoin record in the event, posting a time of 30.47 seconds to finish just .41 seconds behind the winning pace. Her time breaks the record set by Molly Fey in 1995. In addition to her runner-up placement in the 50 breaststroke, Callahan just missed out on All-Conference honors by .23 seconds to place fourth in the 100 breaststroke. Callahan then teamed with Erin McAuliffe, Megan Sullivan and Allison Palmer to place fifth in the 200 medley relay, setting a new school record in a time of 1:50.34.

Other top showings by Polar Bears at the championship included Palmer setting a new school record in the 100 freestyle (53.03), edging the mark previously held by Katie Chapman, and taking sixth overall. Palmer also placed sixth in the 50 freestyle race (24.44). Finally, the 400 freestyle relay team of Sullivan, Jessie Small, Allen Garner and Palmer posted a time of 3:35.28 in the 400 freestyle relay, setting a new program record and taking sixth overall.