Roman Trussov, Lacey Locke Shine as Iowa Splits with Northwestern

Iowa's Roman Trussov swims the breast stroke leg of the 200 yard medley relay during their meet against Michigan and Nebraska Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 at the Campus Wellness and Recreation Center in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)

By Andy Ross, Swimming World Big Ten Beat Writer

It was senior day in Evanston as the Northwestern women beat conference foe Iowa. The star of the day for the Wildcats was junior Lacey Locke as she won three individual events for Northwestern.

Locke started her hat trick day with a win in the 100 back at 55.71. She later won the 200 back (2:00.11) and the 200 IM (2:05.33). Locke also led off the second place 200 medley relay team (25.90).

Junior Annika Winsnes won two events on the day beginning with the 200 free (1:51.00) and the 100 free (50.86). She also anchored the winning 400 free relay with a stellar 49.97 split to seal the comeback win over Iowa. Joining her on that relay were Mary Warren, Julia Pratt and Maddy Sims.

Northwestern distance swimmers Ellen Anderson and Lauren Abruzzo traded hits with Abruzzo claiming the 1000 (10:09.66) ahead of Anderson’s 10:11.39. Anderson won the 500 at 4:59.64 on her senior day ahead of Abruzzo’s 5:01.12.

Iowa’s Emma Sougstad was another double winner as she won both breaststroke events with a 1:03.44 and 2:16.89 as well as being the breaststroker on the winning 200 medley relay team (28.29). She was joined in that relay by Allie Orvis, Kelly McNamara and Taylor Flummerfelt.

Other winners on the day were Northwestern’s Maddy Sims in the 200 fly (2:02.91), Marry Warren in the 50 free (22.94) and Iowa’s Kelly McNamara in the 100 fly (56.02). Northwestern won the meet on the women’s side 174.5-106.5.

Iowa senior Roman Trussov triumphed in both breaststroke events as he won the 100 at 55.69 and the 200 at 2:02.65. Trussov also swam the breast leg on the winning 200 medley relay with a 24.77 split on the 1:29.65 winning time. Joining him on the relay was Kenneth Mende, Jerzy Twarowski and Jack Smith. Trussov also led off the victorious 400 free relay team at 46.35 along with Matt Kamin, Jackson Halsmer and Smith at 3:01.88 just ahead of Northwestern’s 3:02.13.

Mende also won the two backstroke events with a 48.89 and a 1:48.47, just ahead of Northwestern freshman Anthony Marcantonio (1:48.83). Marcantonio was another double winner on the day with wins in the 200 free (1:39.28) and the 200 IM (1:50.57).

Polish sophomore Twarowski is having himself a swift season as he added two more wins for the Hawkeyes with wins in the 200 (1:49.05) and 100 fly (49.05).

The other double event winner on the day was Northwestern freshman Carter Page as he collected the distance double with a 9:23.96 1000 and a 4:34.45 500 free.

Other event winners on the day were Northwestern sophomore Almog Oshtein in the 50 free (20.41) and Iowa freshman Jack Smith in the 100 free (45.18).

The Iowa men collected the road win 174.5-125.5. The Hawkeyes will be on the road next week at the Shamrock Invitational and the Wildcats will be hosting conference foes in Purdue and Minnesota on the 29th and the 30th.

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