EVANSTON, Illinois, November 13. AFTER trailing for much of Friday night's meet against Wisconsin at the Norris Aquatics Center, Northwestern charged back to earn its first dual-meet victory of the season, 157-143.
Wisconsin won the opening 200 medley relay in NCAA `B' provisional qualifying fashion, breaking a nine-year-old Norris Aquatics Center record with a 1:41.88. Northwestern (1-2) took both second and third in the race, with the team of Liza Engstrom (Reno, Nev./Robert McQueen), Jenny Wilson (Bethesda, Md./Sidwell Friends School), Meghan Cavanaugh (Anchorage, Alaska/East Anchorage) and Emily Wong (Nepean, Ontario/St. Joseph's) coming in second with a 1:45.46 and the squad of Ellen Grigg (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Latin School), Kathleen Patterson (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley), Alex Kraus (Birmingham, Ala./Vestavia Hills) and Teisha Lightbourne (Nassau, Bahamas/Peddie School (N.J.)) taking third in 1:45.95.
Jenn Kocsis (Omaha, Neb./Marian) was Northwestern's top finisher in the 1,000 free, coming in second with a 10:13.22.
Kassia Shishkoff (Raleigh, N.C./St. David's School) then won the 200 free for Northwestern with a 1:50.31, besting her nearest competition by an even two seconds. Wisconsin's Maggie Meyer followed with a second pool record on the day for the Badgers, winning the 100 back in 53.01 to break a 12-year-old mark set in 1997 by Stanford's Catherine Fox. Meyer led a three-way sweep of the event for Wisconsin.
Wilson was Northwestern's top finisher in the 100 breast with a second-place time of 1:03.85, then Meredith King (Louisville, Ky./DuPont Manual), Cavanaugh and Hannah Points (Tualatin, Ore./Tualatin) swept the 200 fly with times of 2:03.70, 2:03.85 and 2:04.28, respectively, to bring the Wildcats back within three points in the meet, 67-64.
Wong (23.23) and Lightbourne (23.80) finished 2-3 in the 50 free just before the first break of the meet.
During the first swimming portion of the meet, freshman Felicitas Lenz (Altadena, Calif./Polytechnic School) won the 3-meter springboard diving event with a score of 292.65.
Coming out of the break Wong earned a sprint win with a 50.57 in the 100 free while Lightbourne came in third with a 51.78. Wisconsin fought right back with a victory in the 200 back, with NU's top finisher placing third in the form of Genny Szymanski's (Haines, Alaska/Haines) 2:04.10.
Wilson took second to lead the NU contingent in the 200 breast, coming in with a time of 2:18.99. Shishkoff then blew away the field in the 500 free for her second victory of the meet, winning the event by more than four seconds with a 4:54.56 over teammate Kocsis' 4:58.64. Grigg took fourth for NU with a 5:01.34 to again draw the Wildcats close to the Badgers, this time with the score 125-120 in favor of the visitors.
A second-straight 1-2-4 finish by the 'Cats, this one in the 100 fly, pushed the home team into the lead for the first time in the meet. Cavanaugh led the charge with a 55.79, Marybeth Hall (Brighton, Mich./Brighton) was second with a 57.00 and Katie Eschenburg (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) took fourth with a 57.45 to give NU a 135-129 advantage.
Northwestern came out of the second break of the meet and slammed the door shut on Wisconsin, going 1-2-3 in the 400 IM to take a commanding 151-132 lead. Points swam a season-best 4:23.37 to pace the Wildcats, followed by King (4:23.84) in second and Patterson (4:26.17) in third.
Wisconsin took the final 400 free relay, but NU had by the time secured the meet. Wong, Lightbourne, Cavanaugh and Shishkoff took second in the event for the Wildcats with a 3:23.47, an NCAA `B' provisional cut.
The 1-meter diving event took place during the second portion of the swimming program, with Lenz again coming out on top for the Wildcats, this time with a score of 262.95. Sophomore Carlin Dacey (West Roxbury, Mass./Choate Rosemary Hall) took third with a 240.08 for NU.
Northwestern returns to action at 1 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 14, against Illinois-Chicago at the Norris Aquatics Center.
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Results: Wisconsin vs. Northwestern
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