Princeton Leads at EAIAW's; Aquawomen Move Into Seventh

Buoyed by their win in the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships two weeks ago, the Princeton University aquawomen demonstrated last night that their strength is not just limited to the Ivy League, as they held on to a tenuous 30 point lead over national powers like Penn State and Pittsburgh at the conclusion of the second day of the Eastern AIAW Swimming and Diving Championships in Pittsburgh.

The relatively small Crimson corps of seven swimmers and three divers was bolstered yesterday by strong performances that nudged them ahead one place to seventh in the overall team standings.

Versatile freshman Debbie Zimic was the Crimson standout witha lifetime-best clocking of 4:34.8 in the grueling 400-yd, individual medley--a time that copped her third place in the meet and established a new Harvard team record.

"It felt really good the whole way," Zimic said after the race, adding that the fact that her mother and her younger sister had driven up from Arlington, Virginia to see her compete had motivated her to swim well.

Other good Crimson performances in the 400 medley came from sophomores Kathy Davis (4:49.2--15th place) and Terri Frick. Frick swam a lifetime best of 4:41.1 in the preliminary heats in the morning, but rose to a 4:47.1 in the finals to finish eighth.

Frick also blazed to a personal best of 25.64 in her leadoff leg of the 200-yd. freestyle relay, and swam a season best of 2:10.9 in the preliminary heats of the 200 fly--an event she finished 16th in last night.

Sophomore butterfly ace Kathleen "Mad Mac" McCloskey again proved her mettle in the longer butterfly races, recording a season best of 2:07.12 in the 200-yd. fly to take fifth.

"I felt good the whole way, but I didn't want it badly enough to win," McCloskey said last night.

Fire Extinguishers

Yardling Floyd swam a solid--if not particularly fast--time of 1:57.07 in the 200-yd. freestyle to take 12th place honors.

With three dives left to complete tonight in the finals of the 3-meter diving competition, sophomore Adriana Holy stands in 12th place, junior Pam Stone is 13th, and yardling Cathy Josman is 25th.

Stone--who won the 3-meter contest at Ivies two weeks ago--was hurt in the scoring when her hand hit the board on one dive and came perilously close on another one.

Assistant coach Patti Cashman said last night that she expects today's performances to be better than the previous two days'. Among today's highlights will be sophomore miler Maureen Gildea's swim in the 1650-yd. freestyle--an event she is ranked sixth in, and which shestands a chance at winning.