Emily Munday Sets Records with Boston University Terriers

Here's the local newspaper write-up on daughter Emily's performance at her conference championship swim meet. Photos are by EcoRover.

Butte's Munday breaks record at conference meet

By The Montana Standard Staff - 02/26/2009

Butte native Emily Munday, a junior at Boston University, competed recently for the Terriers in the America East Conference Swimming and Diving Championships.

Seven NCAA Division I teams swam at the four-day event hosted by Boston University. The BU women took the title for the first time in 14 years, besting two-time defending champion University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

[Team and coaches in the pool celebrating their championship:]

Munday broke her own school record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 54.73 seconds in the preliminary round, and went on to take top honors in the finals with a 54.88.

[Emily in lane 5, off to a lead in the first 50 yards of the race:]

[Preliminary times with a new team record of 54.73; closing in on the 54.54 conference record (next year!):]

Munday also proved a big asset to the Terrier's relay teams.

The Terrier women clinched their conference victory by smashing the school and conference record in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:24.30. The winning combination was sophomore Kirsten Tullis, Munday, sophomore Maria McIntyre and senior Eve Kinsella. Munday swam her leg of the race in 50.96.

[Kirsten, Emily (second from left, with cap), Maria and Eve after the big relay:]

The BU women's 200 freestyle relay team took first place and set a school record of 1:33.94. Munday led off with a 24.17, followed by Tullis, McIntyre, and Kinsella.

Munday helped her 200-yard medley relay team to a second place and another new school record of 1:42.24. Relay members included McIntyre, freshman Kristen Connors and Tullis, with Munday swimming the butterfly leg of the race.

Boston took third place finish in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:49.41 by McIntyre, Connors, Munday and Kinsella. Munday swam the butterfly leg.

Munday also put points on the board in individual events with a fifth place finish of 23.89 in the 50-free and a fifth place time of 58.13 in the 100 backstroke.

[Emily with Evan Morris (BU '09), supper at the Union Oyster House:]

Munday is a marine biology major and has one remaining year of eligibility. She was a Butte Tarpon and Butte High School swimming standout.