Big Ten Weekly Recap: Wisconsin Falls to NC State; Indiana Tops Florida, Texas

Photo Courtesy: Wisconsin Athletics

By Dan D’Addona.

In a battle of ranked teams, the North Carolina State Wolfpack hung on to sweep Wisconsin.

The Wolfpack held off the Badgers to sweep the meet, winning 200-149 on the women’s side and claiming a 224-121 victory in the men’s competition.

N.C. State won 16 of the 18 events.

Hannah Moore won the 500 freestyle (4:41.81), the 400 IM (4:14.37) in a pool record for the Wolfpack. Both were NCAA provisional qualifying times.

The N.C. State men rode its backstrokers. The 200 back was highlighted by Hennessey Stuart and Coleman Stewart earning their NCAA ‘B’ cuts with times of 1:44.23 and 1:45.64, while Ryan Held posted a 43.74 in the 100 freestyle to win the event and notch his ‘B’ cut.

Wisconsin’s Chase Kinney won the 50 freestyle in an NCAA provisional cut of 22.82 seconds. Cierra Runge won the 200 freestyle (1:48.24).

The Wisconsin women posted a 1-2-3 sweep on the 1-meter springboard with senior Ashley Peterson winning the event with a score of 540.46. Sophomore Hazel Hertting and Alexandra Hafey rounded out the sweep earning scores of 532.88 and 523.05, respectively.

Also earning provisional cuts for the Badgers were freshman Beata Nelson and sophomore Jess Unicomb who took third (54.21) and fourth (54.63), respectively, in the 100-yard backstroke.

Indiana vs. Texas/Florida

The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams got the 2016-17 season off to a great start on Friday, posting three wins in a long-course meters tri-meet with Texas and Florida at home.

The Hoosier men posted two wins on Friday, beating two-time defending NCAA Champion Texas, 149-132, and taking down Florida, who placed third at last season’s NCAA Championships, 181-100. For the Indiana women, the Hoosiers beat Florida, 150-131, but fell to Texas, 170-106.

For the Hoosier men, transfer and 2016 Olympian for Egypt Marwan Elkamash won the 800 freestyle with a time of 8:19.42.

Rio gold medalist Blake Pieroni took second in the 200 freestyle (1:51.44).

The Hoosiers swept the 100 breaststroke with Lilly King winning for the women and Ian Finnerty touching first on the men’s side. King, the 2016 Olympic champion in the event, won with a time of 1:09.05, while teammate Laura Morley placed fifth with a mark of 1:15.02. Finnerty won the men’s 100 breast with a time of 1:05.11.

Northwestern vs. Chicago/UIC/Olivet Nazarene

Northwestern men’s swimming and diving team swept its quad dual meet at the University of Chicago on Saturday afternoon.

The Wildcats topped UIC, 210-90, Olivet Nazarene, 201.50-96.50, and University of Chicago, 214-83, in the team’s second meet of the season.

Senior Jordan Wilimovsky swam in four races during the session including, the 200 free, 200 fly, 200 back and the 400 free relay. His top result came in the 200 free where he placed first overall with a time of 1:41.99.

The Northwestern women defeated the host Maroon, 231.00-66.00, rolled past UIC, 231.00-69.00, and dominated Olivet Nazarene, 250.00-46.00, in the quad-dual meet.

Valerie Gruest Slowing, a 2016 Olympian for Guatemala, made a statement in her collegiate debut, running away from the competition in the 1,000 free, 200 butterfly (2:04.21) and 200 backstroke (2:03.76). She set a Myers-McLoraine Pool record in the 1,000 free with a time of 10:01.06, the eighth-fastest mark in Northwestern history.

Purdue hosts two meets

Kaersten Meitz, Nick McDowell and Eddy Zawatski each won two events to lead Purdue past Miami (Ohio) on Friday.

The Purdue men won 15 of the 16 events to roll to a 201.5-93.5 victory. The Purdue women were victorious in 11 events to win the night 174-124.

Meitz opened her junior season with a sweep of the women’s distance freestyle events (500 and 1,000). Zawatski touched first in the men’s freestyle sprints (50 and 100).

Breanna Robinson won the 100 butterfly. For the men, Erik Juliusson (100 fly) and Joe Young (200 fly) coupled an individual event victory and relay win together.

Olympians Steele Johnson (1-meter diving) and Jinq En Phee (100 breaststroke) were victorious in an event in their first college meets of the year.

In the Indiana Intercollegiates on Saturday, the Purdue women win with 861, almost doubling the score of second-place Ball State. The men scored 1,038 to win, more than 800 points ahead of second-place Ball State.

Johnson won 1-meter diving (440.5). Samantha Reese won the women’s event (281.55). Meitz won the 100 freestyle (50.70). Alex Toetz won the 100 backstroke (49.98).

Illinois tops Michigan state and wins 4

Illinois defeated Michigan State 152-148 and beat Marshall 167-133 on Friday. Michigan State beat Marshall 165.5-135.5.

Senior Amelia Schilling got the Illini on the board in the second event of the night, touching the wall first in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 10:20.00. Senior Gabbie Stecker followed that up by winning the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:52.36, while junior Samantha Stratford finished first in the 200 butterfly (2:02.49).

Michigan State concluded the day with five first-place finishes, including two from sophomore Catherine Armstrong. She won the 100 yard backstroke on a time of 56.68, and 200 yard backstroke clocking in at 2:04.09.

Julia Oppedisano won 1-meter diving (281.10). Morgan Wellenzohn was second (248.95). Wellenzohn won 3-meter (276.85).

Illinois also beat Illinois State and Southern Illinois on Saturday on Breast Cancer Awareness Day.

The Illini started fast, earning a first place finish in the first event of the meet, the 200 medley relay. The relay team of Jamie Kolar, Samantha Stratford, Megan Vuong and Kristin Anderson touched the wall first in a time of 1:46.28. Freshman Monica Guyett followed that performance by winning the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 10:18.08.

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