Aine Scholand, Simmons (Sr., Albuquerque, N.M.)

 

The senior earned the Bruce Hutchinson Award as the Swimmer of the Meet at the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association Championship on February 13-16. Scholand won all three of her events to score the maximum 96 points and became the only swimmer in school history to win all three of her individual events in three different years. She also helped the Sharks win three relay races and place second in another to earn All-NEISDA status in seven events. The New Mexico native won the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:05.81 to win by more than 84 seconds and eclipse the NCAA "B" cut qualifying standard. She also won the 500-yard freestyle with a "B" cut time of 4:59.30 to win by more than 21 seconds. Scholand won her third distance event with a mark of 10:15.75 to capture the 1000-yard freestyle by more than 48 seconds. Scholand opened the winning 800-yard freestyle for the Sharks and helped them post a time of 7:57.48 to go with a winning mark of 3:35.32 in the 400-yard freestyle relay that she swam third in. She again swam third in the 200-yard freestyle relay to contribute to the team's first-place time of 1:39.26 and helped Simmons place second in the 400-yard medley relay as the opening backstroke leg to combine on a time of 4:02.78.