Women’s Big Ten Championships: Lilly King Smashes 100 Breast Records at Day 3 Finals

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The third night of the 2017 B1G Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships saw many records topple down, including Lilly King’s own 100 breast SCY American record. Fellow Hoosier Gia Dalesandro and Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey also nabbed new records.

2017 Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Day 3 Finals – Results

Event schedule:

100 fly
400 IM
200 free
100 breast
100 back
3-meter diving
400 medley relay

100 Fly Final:

Indiana’s Gia Dalesandro and Ohio State’s Li Zhesi held a tight race in finals of the women’s 100 fly. The two kicked off the night with both posting times beneath the previous B1G record of 51.42, set in November by Li.

Both swimmers posted times beneath the 51-second mark, but it was Dalesandro who took home the official win with a sizzling 50.45. Li settled for second and a final time of 50.90.

Michigan’s Vanessa Krause grabbed the bronze with a time of 52.22, while Wisconsin’s Elizabeth Nelson finished fourth with a 52.36.

Wisconsin’s Dana Grindall (52.65), Minnesota’s Danielle Nack (52.68), Tevyn Waddell (52.70), and Indiana’s Christine Jensen (53.08) completed the top eight.

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400 IM Final:

Lindsey Clary of Ohio State relied on a strong back half in the 400 IM final to claim the win over the field. After a strong opening fly leg from Penn’s Allyson McHugh, Clary pulled even and edged ahead in the backstroke, before widening her lead in the breaststroke leg. Clary brought home the win in a final time of 4:04.09 over McHugh’s second place finish of 4:06.27.

Wisconsin’s Danielle Valley picked up the bronze with a 4:08.33, followed closely by the Ohio State duo of Meg Bailey (4:08.35) and Kathrine Demler (4:09.74).

Michigan’s Bi Yirong (4:10.15), Indiana’s Samantha Lisy (4:12.15), and Minnesota’s Breanna Siwicki (4:12.87) rounded out the top eight.

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200 Free Final:

Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey commanded the final of the 200 free from start to finish, successfully lowering her own B1G championship meet (1:42.93) and conference (1:42.51) records. Haughey touched in a final time of 1:42.49, which also slid past the pool record of 1:42.84 set in 2010 by Allison Schmitt.

Cierra Runge of Wisconsin picked up a strong second place finish with a time of 1:43.78, while fellow Michigan wolverine Gabrielle Deloof finished third with a time of 1:44.22.

Kennedy Goss of Indiana grabbed fourth with a 1:44.30, followed by Michigan’s G. Ryan and her time of 1:45.12.

Indiana’s Maria Heitmann (1:45.77), Purdue’s Kaersten Meitz (1:46.09), and Michigan’s Rebecca Postoll (1:46.10) were sixth through eighth respectively.

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100 Breast Final:

Lilly King of Indiana delivered a dominating performance in the finals of the women’s 100 breast at the 2017 Women’s Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships, hosted by Purdue University.

King, the current American, B1G, and pool record holder, smashed a series of her own records en route to the gold medal and her second individual win of the meet.

The 20-year-old Olympian stopped the clock at a sizzling 56.30 to reset the entire record book. Her time lowers her own American, NCAA, and B1G record of 56.85, along with the B1G Championship meet record of 57.35, and the pool record of 57.46.

The Minnesota duo of Lindsey Horejsi and Kierra Smith held a tight race for second and third respectively, stopping the clock at final times of 58.90 and 58.95.

Emma Sougstad of Iowa grabbed a fourth place finish of 59.31, followed by Michigan’s Emily Kopas’ 59.54.

Wisconsin’s Maria Carlson (1:00.36), Minnesota’s Rachel Munson (1:00.65), and Purdue’s Cady Farlow (1:00.80) rounded out the top eight.

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100 Back Final:

Tevyn Waddell of Minnesota and Clara Smiddy of Michigan held a tight battle for first in the 100 back ‘A’ final. The two flipped in-sync at the 50-yard mark with matching splits of 25.44, but it was Waddell who had just a tiny bit more gas in the tank in the final yards of the race. Waddell stopped the clock at a 52.09 over Smiddy’s 52.11 for the title.

Wisconsin’s Elizabeth Nelson picked up third with a time of 52.18, while Minnesota’s Zoe Avestruz grabbed fourth with a time of 52.49.

Jessica Unicomb of Wisconsin turned in a 52.63 for fifth, followed by Indiana’s Gia Dalesandro and her time of 52.68.

Michigan’s Gabrielle Deloof and Indiana’s Alexandra Rockett finished seventh and eighth with times of 52.96 and 53.00 respectively.

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3-Meter Diving Final:

Minnesota placed three divers in the top four spots of the 3-meter diving finals. Zhou Yu led the charge with a first place score of 413.65 to be the only diver to score above 400. Teammates Sarah Bacon and Lexi Tenenbaum picked up the third and fourth place spots with scores of 384.30 and 378.95 respectively.

Nebraska’s Anna Filipcic picked up the second place spot with a final score of 387.35.

Indiana’s Jessica Parratto (358.95), Ruter’s Addi Walkowiak (332.45), and Purdue’s Samantha Reese (321.05) and Morgan Meixner (281.40) finished fifth through eighth.

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200 Free Relay:

Wisconsin edged out Ohio State for the top spot on the podium in the finals of the 200 free relay. The relay team of Emmy Sehmann (22.36), Chase Kinney (21.47), Jessica Unicom 22.10), and Marissa Berg (21.97) teamed up for a final time of 1:27.90.

Ohio State’s Macie McNichols (22.43), Li Zhesi (21.07), Maria Coy (22.12), and Cheyenne Meek (22.37) finished second with a time of 1:27.99.

Vanessa Krause (22.59), Gabrielle Deloof (21.89), Catherine Deloof (22.12), and Siobhette Haughey (21.77) of Michigan completed the top three with a final time of 1:28.37.

Indiana finished fourth overall with a 1:30.41, followed by Purdue’s 1:30.88.

Penn St (1:31.01), Northwestern’s (1:31.11), and Minnesota’s (1:31.11) completed the top eight.

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