Meet of the Week Recap: Indiana Sweeps Northwestern (M: 167-127; W:163.5-136.5)

By Jason Marsteller

EVANSTON, Illinois, October 26. IN a Big Ten Conference battle, the Indiana Hoosiers dominated the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, Ill., on Oct. 26. The No. 8 IU men downed No. 18 NU, 167-127, while the No. 23 IU women beat Northwestern, 163.5-136.5.

Indiana put together an amazing performance in both the men's and the women's meets. For the men, IU claimed 14 out of 16 titles, while Ben Hesen posted a pair of B-cut times in the 100 back (48.68r) and 100 fly (47.89). For Northwestern, Kyle Bubolz took second in the 100 fly, but wound up with a B-cut time (48.41) of his own.

For the women, the Hoosiers won 10 events, while Northwestern captured five crowns. The teams shared the 500 freestyle title as IU's Amanda Smith and NU's Kassia Shishkoff clocked matching 4:53.49s, which cleared the B-cut threshold.

Indiana had a trio of B cuts, including Smith's middle distance event. Presley Bard actually eclipse the 100 back provisional mark twice, first in the 400 medley relay with a time of 54.99, before coming back to win the individual event in 54.54. Meanwhile, Brittany Barwegen won the 200 fly (1:59.44) to also post a B cut.

Northwestern's women picked up a B cut as well over and above Shishkoff's effort as Katie Braun clocked a 55.34 to win the 100 fly.

A few divers also qualified for zones as IU's Landon Marzullo (1m – 328.20) and Brittney Feldman (1m – 308.45; 3m – 312.60) and NU's Ryan McIntosh (1m – 316.80) and Leanne Dumais (1m – 283.88; 3m – 303.15) each will continue on to zones.

Indiana head coach Ray Looze:
Every time Northwestern and IU swim, it's always a good meet and this year was no exception. The Northwestern men have had one of the best teams in the NCAA the last several years, and it was another good meet between the two teams. The women's meet was also very close throughout, so we're just humbled to be able to come in here and come out with a win.

I thought that the team did a better job then where we previously were, so we're just trying to come together as a team, improve our depth and get more people involved in scoring. We won some real close races, which is really critical, so I guess that's what I'm most happy about.

We're pretty strong in the strokes right now, but we can be better in the freestyles too, so we'll look to put some more emphasis on that.

Northwestern head men's coach Bob Groseth
I think the meet went according to form. We have a completely different team this year and, hopefully, we'll improve meet-by-meet as we go through the season. We have completely different personnel and completely different objectives, so it's the first meet of the year and we've only been in school for five weeks. They've been in school for two months and obviously it showed in their performance.

They've got a very good team and we have to be absolutely at our best to be competitive with them and we weren't at our best.

Eric Nilsson was very sick and I thought for him to win the 200, it was a very good swim. As you could see in his other races, he just wasn't up to it. Adam Beckman getting second in the 200 back was a great swim for him. Alex Hostoffer is swimming hungry, and wants to be a lot better and we need to see more of that from the other guys. Sean Mathews and Peter Park provided very encouraging swims. There are some good guys in there, and we'll be better as we go along.

Northwestern head women's coach Jimmy Tierney:
It was a real good, competitive meet. They're just a step ahead of us. I think they are a couple weeks earlier in training and higher up at the moment, but our girls competed really well today. We just have a few spots we need to shore up a little bit, and they'll be in better shape toward the end of the fall. I'll look forward to being better with some of these other Big Ten teams coming up like Purdue and Wisconsin, so I'm proud of the girls. They did really well today.

Katie Braun was outstanding today. Her flies were terrific with the butterfly and the fly on the relay. Emily Wong went into the sprint in the freestyles and led off and got us a huge lead, so she did a terrific job. There were a lot of really good swims, Kassia Shishkoff fighting back in that 500 to get the tie. They showed a lot of heart today. We had a couple of girls get lifetime best times and that's almost unheard of at this time of year, so what we're doing is working and this is just the first step along the way.

Final Scores:
Men: No. 8 Indiana 167, No. 18 Northwestern 127
Women: No. 23 Indiana 163.5, Northwestern 136.5

Men's Winners
Indiana
400 medley relay: Ben Hesen (48.68), Pat Penoyar (55.86), Todd Patrick (48.19), Matt Lenton (45.29); 3:18.02
1000 freestyle: John Kevin Koehler (9:16.23)
100 backstroke: Ben Hesen (49.13)
100 breaststroke: Pat Penoyar (56.91)
200 butterfly: Todd Patrick (1:49.06)
50 freestyle: Matt Lenton (20.52)
3m diving: Landon Marzullo (296.48)
100 freestyle: Todd Patrick (45.05)
200 backstroke: Ben Hesen (1:49.95)
200 breaststroke: Pat Penoyar (2:05.42)
500 freestyle: John Kevin Koehler (4:29.27)
100 butterfly: Ben Hesen (47.89)
1m diving: Landon Marzullo (328.20)
200 IM: Todd Patrick (1:50.28)

Northwestern
200 freestyle: Eric Nilsson (1:39.92)
400 freestyle relay: Brian Kerr (47.33), Bruno Barbic (45.06), Sean Mathews (46.22), Kyle Bubolz (45.30); 3:03.91

Women's Winners
Indiana
400 medley relay: Presley Bard (54.99), Sarah Stockwell (1:04.06), Brittany Barwegen (55.16), Donna Smailis (51.54); 3:45.75
1000 freestyle: Amanda Smith (9:56.71)
100 backstroke: Presley Bard (54.54)
100 breaststroke: Sarah Stockwell (1:04.39)
200 butterfly: Brittany Barwegen (1:59.44)
1m diving: Brittney Feldman (308.45)
200 backstroke: Presley Bard (2:01.79)
200 breaststroke: Sarah Stockwell (2:21.20)
500 freestyle: Amanda Smith (4:53.49) tied
3m diving: Brittney Feldman (312.60)
200 IM: Ashley Jones (2:05.97)

Northwestern
200 freestyle: Andrea Hupman (1:52.49)
50 freestyle: Emily Wong (23.62)
100 freestyle: Emily Wong (51.34)
100 butterfly: Katie Braun (55.34)
500 freestyle: Kassia Shishkoff (4:53.49) tied
400 freestyle relay: Ellen Grigg (51.47), Erin Reilly (51.75), Alex Kraus (52.77), Rachel Rys (53.09); 3:29.08

Indiana NCAA Cuts
B:
Men:
100 backstroke: Ben Hesen (48.68r)
100 butterfly: Ben Hesen (47.89)

Women:
100 backstroke: Presley Bard (54.54)
200 butterfly: Brittany Barwegen (1:59.44)
500 freestyle: Amanda Smith (4:53.49)

Zone Diving:
Men:
1m: Landon Marzullo (328.20)

Women:
1m: Brittney Feldman (308.45)
3m: Brittney Feldman (312.60)

Northwestern NCAA Cuts
B:
Men:
100 butterfly: Kyle Bubolz (48.41)

Women:
500 freestyle: Kassia Shishkoff (4:53.49)
100 butterfly: Katie Braun (55.34)

Zone Diving:
Men:
1m: Ryan McIntosh (316.80)

Women:
1m: Leanne Dumais (283.88)
3m: Leanne Dumais (303.15)

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