Salem swimmers fall to Novi

Sept. 20, 2010, 10:45 p.m.

  Salem's swimming and diving team dropped its season-opening meet to Novi, 114.5-69.5.

  The Rocks' only two first-place finishes of the night came in the final two events when Lauren Seroka touched first in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:13.42 and the 400-yard relay team of Emily Nelson, Jocey Lamoureux, Abby Aumiller and Julia Suriano won its event in 3:56.34.

  Kara Berg had a productive night for the Wildcats, winning the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle.

200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1. Novi (Andrea VanderMey, Hyejin Kim, Becca Berman, Kara Berg), 1:56.26; 2. Salem, 1:56.44; 3. Novi, 2:04.13.

200 FREESTYLE: 1. Becca Berman (N), 2:01.17; 2. Emily Nelson (S), 2;05.68; 3. Abby Glenn (N), 2:06.56.

200 IM: 1. Andrea VanderMey (N), 2:13.72; 2. Sarah Sultana (N), 2:22.10; 3. Abby Aumiller (S), 2:23.13.

50 FREESTYLE: 1. Kara Berg (N), 25.76; 2. (tie) Julia Suriano (S) and Madalyn Buha (N), 25.96.

1-METER DIVING: 1. Rachel Aepelbacher (N), 209.25; 2. Jillian Odom (N), 183.75; 3. Megan Patton (N), 174.30.

100 BUTTERFLY: 1. Maranda Buha (N), 1:00.89; 2. Lauren Seroka (S), 1:02.36; 3. Kelsey Shurmur (N), 1:04.24.

100 FREESTYLE: 1. Kara Berg (N), 57.95; 2. Emily Nelson (S), 58.45; 3. Madalyn Buha (N), 58.48.

500 FREESTYLE: 1. Becca Berman (N), 5:20.56; 2. Jacque Carless (N), 5:51.10; 3. Abby Aumiller (S), 5:34.61.

200 FREESTYLE RELAY: 1. Novi (Maranda Buha, Abby Hall, Kara Berg, Madalyn Buha), 1:46.02; 2. Salem, 1:49.01; 3. Salem, 1:52.97.

100 BACKSTROKE: 1. Andrea VanderMey (N), 1:00.27; 2. Julia Suriano (S), 1:01.54; 3. Sarah Sultana (N), 1:06.66.

100 BREASTSTROKE: 1. Lauren Seroka (S), 1:13.42; 2. Maranda Buha (N), 1:15.23; 3. Ashley Micek (S), 1:16.77.

400 FREESTYLE RELAY: 1. Salem (Emily Nelson, Jocey Lamoureux, Abby Aumiller, Julia Suriano), 3:56.342. Salem, 4:12.64.