With her third-place finish in the 50-yard breaststroke at Friday's NESCAC Championship meet, junior Chloe Young-Hyman earned a spot on the 2006 All-NESCAC swimming squad.
Finishing with a time of 30.24 seconds, slightly slower than her preliminary time of 30.22, Young-Hyman broke the Tufts record of 30.81 seconds set last year by then-freshman Allison Palomaki. As all top-three finishers in each event receive All-NESCAC recognition, Young-Hyman's performance automatically qualified her for the award.
Young-Hyman followed up her Friday night accomplishment by swimming the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:07.15 on Saturday, reaching a National B qualifying time to give herself a chance at Nationals. She improved upon that time in the championship finals, finishing in 1:06.94.
Tufts finished fourth in the NESCAC championships, compiling 931 points behind Williams (1,878.5), Middlebury (1,583) and Amherst (1,353.5).
