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Swimming Record Book Takes a Beating If a swimming team's success can be Senior Buffy Burke concluded an measured by the number of records it outstanding career for the Western breaks, then the Western Maryland Maryland women by winning the squads of 1994-95were simply Centennial 500 freestyle title in outstanding. school-record time. She went on to Mike Welter and Andy The Green Terror men posted nine place second in the 200 free and new school records, seven of them third in the 100. Kalisperis are poised and waiting for the start of the coming in the Centennial Conference(CC) Karen Alexander duplicated backstroke. championship meet at Swarthmore. Burke's Centennial effort with a first Sophomore Peter Fuller set new marks place in the 200 backstroke, a while winning the 200-yard individual runner-up finish in the 400 medley, and finishing second in the 100 individual medley, and a third in breaststroke and fourth in the 200 breast. the 100 back. The junior then earned Fuller's classmate, Mike Welter, was NCAA Division III All-America seventh in the 100 backstroke and eighth honorable-mention status by in the 200 back while setting new Green garnering 14th place in the 200 back Terror records. Finally, senior Paul and 15th in the 100 back at the Matkovic set new marks in the 500, 1,000 divisional championship at and 1,65~-yard freestyle events, with the Wesleyan (Conn.) Universityin record in the 500 coming at the CC meet. March. Matkovic, Welter and Fuller joined The Green Terror, who were sixth of with Kevln Lundell to set the 800 freestyle eight teams in the Centennialmeet, went relay record at Swarthmore as well. as the 8-4 in the dual-meet season. Western Green Terror men placed fifth out of Maryland's men were 5-6. seven teams. 1st Row (left to right): Head Coach Kim Easterday, Tara Harbold, Kelly Benvin, Brandy Mulhern, Marlene Wagner 2nd Row: Martha Ivey, Heather Roy, Joe Hilton, Mike Welter, Tasha Berry, Julie Brown; 3rd Row: Alison Denlinger, Chris Drawbaugh, Karen Alexander, Elaine Eierman, Ien Sacks; 4th Row: Andy Kalisperis, Steve Ferrara, Peter Fuller, Kevin Lundell, Dave Mirra, Paul Matkovic, KC. Fisher, Anthony Fitzpatrick, Buffy Burke; not pictured: Junko Honda, Assistant Coach Steve Easterday 112Sports