NCAA Div. I Women: Indiana Charges Ahead on Day 2 of Big 10 Champs

WEST LAFAYETTE, In., February 20. COACH Dorsey Tierney's Indiana Lady Hoosiers, runners-up at last year's meet to Penn State, have taken a slight lead over Wisconsin after Day 2 of the 2003 Big 10 women's Championships here.

Indiana has a 220-218 lead over Coach Eric Hansen's Lady Badgers, with Coach Jim Richardson's Michigan Wolverines third (190) and the defending champ Penn State Nittany Lions fourth (174). Host Purdue with 150 points is fifth.

Wisconsin’s Lady Badgers came out for this evening's finals adorned in Hawaiian leis and their parents clothed in Hawaiian t-shirts. The motif had its desired effect as the Badgers won three titles and sophomore Carly Piper set a conference-championship record 4:41.58 for the 500 free.

That time, her pr by more than two seconds, is second on the all-time Big 10 list to Badger Ellen Stonebraker's conference record 4:41.26 from the 1999 NCAAs.

“Out of six [swimming] events, we’ve won four,” Hansen
said. “And that makes me very happy.”

The Badgers’ evening garb paid tribute to their intense training trip which takes place each year in Hawaii. On Thursday night, UW’s training equaled four NCAA ‘A’ standards, three Big Ten titles, two UW school records and a Big Ten championships record.

The Badgers opened the evening with a 1:30.36 200 free relay victory, surpassing the NCAA "A" cut and breaking the Doris Z. Holloway pool record in the process. Indiana tied Michigan for third.

Senior Jenny Lyman, competing in her third event and third relay of the championships, led off with a 22.91. Betsy Hassebroek and freshman Sarah Hernandez followed with quicker splits and senior Sarah McCauley anchored the win with the race's fastest split (22.36).

Piper, a quadruple gold-medalist at last year's meet as a rookie (200-500-1650 frees, 800 free relay), entered the water next as the top seed in the 500 free. The defending Big Ten champ then cruised to victory in her pr and Big 10-meet record 4:41.58, some five seconds ahead of the No. 2 finisher.

Lyman, the Badgers’ workhorse through two days of competition, won her third title by defending her championship in the 50 free. Her winning time (pr 22.80) is also a Badger record. Lyman automatically qualified for NCAAs with her sixth overall Big Ten title.

Two other 200 free relay team members tallied points for the Badgers in the 50 free. Hernandez won the consolation final in 23.24, an NCAA ‘B’ time, while Hassebroek took fifth in the heat and 13th overall.

Michigan's Sara Johnson won a tight battle in the 200 IM from Badger Anna Trinidad, taking the gold by the barest of margins (.01, 2:00.55-2:00.6). Both swimmers made the "A" cut and both times were prs too.

Badgers Bethany Pendleton and Emily Pisula followed the top two in 2:01.17 and 2:01.57, respectively. Freshman Amalia Sarnecki finished fourth in the consolation final. Pendleton, Pisula and Sarnecki all swam NCAA ‘B’ times.

Indiana picked up valuable points in the 1-meter diving. taking the the top two spots with Sara Hildebrand capturing the gold – IU's only victory so far in the competition. The Hoosiers also took third and eighth in the 500 free, eighth in the 200 IM and a runner-up spot in the 50 free.

The Big Ten Championships continue Friday with seven events. Prelims start at 10 AM EST while finals begin at 6 PM.

2003 BIG 10 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
DORIS Z. HOLLOWAY POOL
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN.
FEB. 20, 2003

25 YD. POOL

RESULTS – DAY 2

TEAM SCORES
1. Indiana 220
2. Wisconsin 218
3. Michigan 190
4. Penn State 174
5. Purdue 150
6. Minnesota 116
7. Iowa 96
8. Northwestern 94
9. Michigan State 72
10. Ohio State 71
11. Illinois 59

Event 3 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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Pool: P 1:33.53 2/2/2002 Wisconsin
Hassebroek, Loechl, Wanezek, Lyman
Big Ten: B 1:30.17 1999 Northwestern
Allen, Moore, Bowman, Diezi
1:31.03 *A
1:33.76 *B
School Seed Finals Points
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=== Timed Finals ===

1 Wisconsin 'A' 1:31.75 1:30.36P*A 40
1) Lyman, Jennifer M SR 2) Hassebrdek, Elizabeth L SR
3) Hernandez, Sarah M FR 4) McCauley, Sarah E SR
11.22 22.91 (22.91)
33.66 (10.75) 45.49 (22.58)
56.15 (10.66) 1:08.00 (22.51)
1:18.54 (10.54) 1:30.36 (22.36)
2 Purdue 'A' 1:34.71 1:31.60P*B 34
1) Dolansky, Lisa M SR 2) Lange, Lindsay M SR
3) Duchac, Tracy L SO 4) Paradeise, Kim M SR
11.42 23.48 (23.48)
34.17 (10.69) 46.18 (22.70)
56.95 (10.77) 1:08.73 (22.55)
1:19.66 (10.93) 1:31.60 (22.87)
3 Michigan 'A' 1:34.81 1:32.17P*B 31
1) Kaznecki, Laura SR 2) Weilbacher, Anne JR
3) Egnatuk, Tracy FR 4) Seskevics, Abby FR
11.29 23.23 (23.23)
34.00 (10.77) 46.02 (22.79)
56.76 (10.74) 1:08.92 (22.90)
1:19.61 (10.69) 1:32.17 (23.25)

Event 4 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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Pool: P 4:50.60 2/2/2002 Carly Piper, Wisconsin
Big Ten: B 4:43.41 2002 Carly Piper, Wisconsin
4:45.71 *A
4:54.28 *B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A – Final ===

1 Piper, Carly N SO Wisconsin 4:41.64 4:41.58B*A 20
25.63 53.21 (27.58)
1:21.35 (28.14) 1:49.82 (28.47)
2:18.26 (28.44) 2:46.92 (28.66)
3:15.70 (28.78) 3:44.71 (29.01)
4:13.74 (29.03) 4:41.58 (27.84)
2 Fenn, Emily Cla JR Michigan 4:48.69 4:44.93P*A 17
26.61 54.98 (28.37)
1:23.82 (28.84) 1:52.69 (28.87)
2:21.48 (28.79) 2:50.38 (28.90)
3:19.42 (29.04) 3:48.46 (29.04)
4:17.39 (28.93) 4:44.93 (27.54)
3 Fiden, Sarah Indiana 4:46.39 4:45.36P*A 16
26.04 54.02 (27.98)
1:22.75 (28.73) 1:52.09 (29.34)
2:21.17 (29.08) 2:50.57 (29.40)
3:19.29 (28.72) 3:48.24 (28.95)
4:17.20 (28.96) 4:45.36 (28.16)

Event 5 Women 200 Yard IM
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Pool: P 2:03.58 2/1/2002 Bethany Pendleton, Wisconsin
Big Ten: B 1:57.66 2000 Shannon Shakespeare, Michigan
2:00.76 *A
2:04.38 *B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
=========================================================================
=== A – Final ===

1 Johnson, Sara JR Michigan 2:01.34 2:00.55P*A 20
26.72 56.24 (29.52)
1:31.91 (35.67) 2:00.55 (28.64)
2 Trinidad, Anna FR Wisconsin 2:02.08 2:00.56P*A 17
27.32 56.82 (29.50)
1:31.81 (34.99) 2:00.56 (28.75)
3 Pendleton, Beth JR Wisconsin 2:02.35 2:01.17P*B 16
26.65 56.60 (29.95)
1:32.94 (36.34) 2:01.17 (28.23)
4 Stanchock, Cour SO Penn State 2:02.49 2:01.32P*B 15
26.95 58.43 (31.48)
1:32.25 (33.82) 2:01.32 (29.07)
5 Pisula, Emily R JR Wisconsin 2:00.86 2:01.57P*B 14
26.20 57.05 (30.85)
1:32.49 (35.44) 2:01.57 (29.08)
6 Weilbacher, Ann JR Michigan 2:01.75 2:01.62P*B 13
26.57 57.36 (30.79)
1:33.77 (36.41) 2:01.62 (27.85)
7 Bean, Jennifer JR Purdue 2:02.60 2:01.68P*B 12
26.25 56.90 (30.65)
1:32.83 (35.93) 2:01.68 (28.85)
8 Martin, Kristy Indiana 2:02.90 2:03.00P*B 11
26.27 57.72 (31.45)
1:33.68 (35.96) 2:03.00 (29.32)

Event 6 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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Pool: P 23.18 11/1/2001 Carrie Nixon, Notre Dame
Big Ten: B 22.32 2001 Jenn Cristy, Indiana
22.89 *A
23.57 *B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A – Final ===

1 Lyman, Jennifer SR Wisconsin 23.02 22.80P*A 20
11.13 22.80 (11.67)
2 Medendorp, Megh Indiana 23.16 23.00P*B 17
11.30 23.00 (11.70)
3 Kaznecki, Laura SR Michigan 23.05 23.04P*B 16
11.14 23.04 (11.90)
4 Duchac, Tracy L SO Purdue 23.15 23.05P*B 15
11.24 23.05 (11.81)
5 Lange, Lindsay SR Purdue 23.24 23.16P*B 14
11.22 23.16 (11.94)
6 Hostetler, Kath SR Penn State 23.18 23.33 *B 13
11.24 23.33 (12.09)
7 Kostner, Tammy Indiana 23.12 23.51 *B 12
11.46 23.51 (12.05)
8 Kniff, Katrina FR Michigan State 23.28 23.55 *B 11
11.49 23.55 (12.06)

Event 7 Women 1 mtr Diving
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Big Ten: B 460.11 1991 Julie Farrell Ovenhouse, Michigan State
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===

1 Hildebrand, Sar Indiana 304.55 318.50 20
2 Cardinell, Cass Indiana 271.45 311.85 17
3 Underwood, Nanc SO Iowa 270.60 307.20 16
4 Planken, Lisett SO Iowa 281.40 289.15 15
5 Johnson, Melani SR Ohio State 262.10 282.10 14
6 Silvestri, Lisa FR Penn State 252.90 281.65 13
7 Diea, Natalia SR Ohio State 284.00 281.45 12
8 Cornthwaite, Re SO Minnesota 252.95 279.75 11

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