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Bruins Women's Swimming Finishes Second at Speedo Cup (Marilyn's news)
Erin Thomas earns runner-up finish in 1650 Free.
Dec. 4, 1999
IRVINE, Calif. - The UCLA women's swimming and diving team took second place at the Speedo Cup, held December 2-4 at UC-Irvine. The Bruins concluded the meet with 811 points, while Nevada ran away with the team title at 928. Oregon State finished third, well behind the Bruins at 711.50 points.
UCLA's top finishes in days two and three of the meet came in the 800 freestyle relay and the 1650 freestyle as the Bruins finished runner-up in both events. In the 800 free relay, the team of Erin Thomas, Geraldine Schick, Emily Melina and Marilyn Chua finished in a time of 7:39.65, nine seconds behind Nevada's quartet. In the 1650 free, Thomas completed the event in 17:05.44, while Nevada's Ping Luo won in 16:52.83.
Junior Brighid Dwyer also had an excellent meet, taking fifth place in both the 100 fly (57.61) and 100 back (58.20). The Bruins' 400 free relay team of Chua, Ashley Grissom, Dwyer and Katie Ryan finished fifth in a time of 3:33.10.
Day 2
800 free relay 1. Nevada, 7:28.83, 2. UCLA (Erin Thomas, Geraldine Schick, Emily Melina, Marilyn Chua), 7:39.65, UCLA (Stacy Kearney, Holiday Powell, Emily Whichard, Rachel Stratton), 7:58.31
Day 3
100 free 1. Sun Jim Lin, Nevada, 50.44, 9. Marilyn Chua, UCLA, 52.73, Katie Ryan, UCLA, 53.58, Ashley Grissom, UCLA, 54.32
400 free relay 1. Nevada, 3:23.72, 5. UCLA (Marilyn Chua, Ashley Grissom, Brighid Dwyer, Katie Ryan), 3:33.10, UCLA (Erin Thomas, Angela Belloni, Holiday Powell, Emily Melina), 3:37.77
Marilyn's Swimming Profile in UCLA
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Monash swimmers shone in MAPCU swimming tournament (Shu-Fenn's news)
19 April 2005
19 April 2005
Monash swimmer Cheng Shu-Fenn shone at the recent swimming tournament organised by the Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities (MAPCU), with a medal haul of one gold, five silver and a bronze.
Cheng, a first year engineering student, took home the gold in the 50m freestyle while the rest of her medal haul came from the breaststroke and backstroke events.
A triumphant Cheng said she was surprised to have outperformed her stronger opponents despite the lack of practice. "I did not really practice for the tournament except while coaching the Selangor state synchronized swimming team."
Cheng has been swimming competitively for almost a decade and her last outing was in last year's SUKMA Games, a national sporting event which involved participants from all over Malaysia, Brunei and the Northern Territory of Australia.
She emerged champion in the eight-member synchronized swimming event and has since been elected to coach the Selangor state synchronized swimming team.
Cheng said she plans to retire from representing the State in competitive swimming but would continue to represent the university in swimming meets.
Her team mate Alvin Ng, also a first-year engineering student at Monash University Malaysia, said he would continue representing the university in swimming competitions if they did not clash with his study schedule.
Ng won the gold in the 50m breast stroke as well as a silver and a bronze in the 100m and 200m breaststroke events at the MAPCU meet.
Monash University Malaysia's Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Merilyn Liddell said it is important for students to strike a balance between the rigour of university study and co-curricular activities as these help in building wholesome personalities.
"We want our students to excel not only in their studies but in whatever sporting or community engagements they choose to be involved in.
"The university is fully supportive of our students to take part in activities that bring positive benefits to themselves, the campus, community and nation," she added.
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