EVANSTON, Illinois, November 21. NORTHWESTERN earned three more NCAA `B’ consideration times Sunday
\nat the TYR Invitational in the Norris Aquatics Center, bringing its three-day total
\nduring the meet to seven while cruising to a dominating team victory in the
\nfive-team field.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats compiled 1,155 points in the meet. Cleveland State took second with 807
\npoints, NCAA Division III superpower Kenyon was third with 665.5 points, UIC took
\nfourth with 505 points and North Dakota was fifth with 459.5 points.<\/p>\n
Individually, Northwestern swimmers took each of the top six spots for high
\nindividual scorer, led by Sean Mathews’ 93 points. Charlie Rimkus was right on his
\nheels with 91 points.<\/p>\n
Following this weekend’s TYR Invitational, several Wildcats have placed themselves
\nfirmly in the top-10 in the nation in individual events according to
\nCollegeswimming.com’s most recent top times listings. Mathews is up there in the 200
\nfly, both Alex Tyler and Rimkus are top-5 in the 400 IM and Tyler also is top-5 in
\nthe 200 IM.<\/p>\n
Northwestern now is off from collegiate competition until its winter training trip
\nat the conclusion of fall quarter.<\/p>\n
Preliminary portion of Sunday’s action:<\/p>\n
Northwestern began the day by earning one scoring lane in each of the championship
\nand consolation finals of the 50 fly. Mathews swam a 22.97 to take third overall
\nfollowing the morning session while Nathan Butler was 11th overall with a 23.74.
\nRoss McAuliffe was the top entrant to the bonus final after a morning time of 24.25
\nwhile Brien Gerber (24.77) and Alex Ratajczyk (24.86) took 22nd and 23rd,
\nrespectively, to also earn bonu final lanes.<\/p>\n
Varun Shivakumar cruised to an easy first-place finish during the prelims of the 200
\nback, winning by more than three full seconds with a 1:51.29. Fellow Wildcats Jan
\nHanulik (1:55.93) and Jake Vogel (1:56.19) were fast enough to claim the final two
\nchampionship heat spots by finishing seventh and eighth, respectively. Vogel’s time
\nwas .03 of a second ahead of the ninth-place qualifier.<\/p>\n
Daniel Salovesh qualified 16th overall to take the last consolation final slot with
\na 2:02.56 in the 200 back.<\/p>\n
Dominik Cubelic took third overall in the 100 free qualifying with a 46.06 while
\nRatajczyk’s 46.43 was good for fifth to give NU two championship heat entrants.
\nMcAuliffe (11th overall; 47.27) and John Frutiger (13th overall; 47.40) earned
\nconsolation final berths while Matt Wilcox was just .05 of second shy of joining
\nthat pair with a 17th-place overall time of 47.68.<\/p>\n
Both Tyler and Nathan Butler eased into the 200 breast `A’ heat by finishing fourth
\nand fifth, respectively. Tyler had a 2:09.27 while Butler went 2:09.93. NU’s two
\nother entries in the event swam their way into the consolation final, with Brien
\nGerber finishing ninth in 2:13.86 and Tim Smith coming in 14th in 2:22.21.<\/p>\n
The 50 back only had 11 total entries from among the entire field, with six of them
\ncoming from Northwestern. Cubelic led the way with a first-place 23.64 to lead a
\ncontingent of Vogel, Shivakumar and Mac Anthony into the `A’ final while Wilcox and
\nChase Stephens were ninth and 10th, respectively, to earn consolation final lanes.<\/p>\n
Rimkus, Peter Park Mathews were 3-4-5 in the prelims of the 200 fly while Tony
\nMattar (10th) and Tyler (14th) earned consolation final berths. Hanulik (18th) and
\nFrutiger (24th) received second-swim opportunities in the bonus heat after their
\nmorning times.<\/p>\n
Finals portion of Sunday’s action:<\/p>\n
During the morning preliminary heats, the divers took to the Norris Aquatics Center
\n5-meter platform to compete in their third event of the TYR Invitational. Tanner
\nNemkov won the competition for Northwestern with a 233.85.<\/p>\n
Mathews raced to the finish to win the 50 fly by .05 of second in 22.36, cutting .61
\nof a second from his morning effort. McAuliffe, who earned a consolation final spot
\nafter another competitor scratch, took advantage to move all the way up to 10th with
\na 23.62. Butler ended up 12th with a 23.74. In the bonus final, Ratajczyk cut more
\nthan a full second from his prelim time — impressive for a 50-yard event — to win
\nthe heat and take 17th overall in 23.81. Gerber swam a 24.38 to end up 19th.<\/p>\n
Shivakumar dropped more than three seconds from his seed time to easily win the 200
\nback by 4.42 seconds with a season-best 1:48.07 over teammate Hanulik’s second-place
\n1:52.49, which represented a nearly 3.5 second cut and a rise from seventh after the
\nprelims. Also jumping post-prelims was Vogel, who moved from eighth to fourth with a
\n1:53.48. Salovesh moved from the 16th place qualifier in the consolation final to
\n12th overall with a 1:58.35, going more than four seconds faster in the afternoon
\nthan he did in the morning.<\/p>\n
Cubelic was second in the 100 free with a 45.39 while Ratajczyk took fourth in
\n46.05, but the big swim came from McAuliffe in the consolation final. The freshman
\ncut a full second to win the heat in 46.23. Frutiger placed 11th overall with a
\n47.52 while Wilcox held on to his 17th-place seed with a 46.95 win in the bonus
\nheat.<\/p>\n
In the men’s 1,650 free, Rimkus earned an NCAA `B’ consideration time of 15:30.95,
\nbut came in second in the race to a Cleveland State swimmer. Rimkus was the lone NU
\nentry in the event.<\/p>\n
Tyler raced to a 3.84-second win in the 200 breast with a 2:02.14, dropping a
\nwhopping 7.13 seconds from his prelim time. Butler was fourth in 2:07.66 while
\nGerber, who earned his way into the `A’ heat after a scratch, took eighth in
\n2:13.74. Smith was 13th overall after cutting nearly three seconds from morning to
\nafternoon with a 2:19.42.<\/p>\n
Cubelic led a 1-2-3 sweep of the 50 back for Northwestern with a 23.23 for a .75 of
\na second win over teammate Vogel’s 23.98. Shivakumar came in third with a 24.22
\nafter out-touching two competitors for the spot by .02 and .08 of a second. Wilcox
\nwon the consolation final in 26.10, .77 of a second faster than his morning swim,
\nwhile Stephens was 10th in 26.29 — a 1.22 second drop in time from his prelim swim.<\/p>\n
Mathews blazed to a season-best and NCAA `B’ cut time of 1:46.78 to win the 200 fly
\nby nearly four seconds over his nearest collegiate competition, which was teammate
\nPark in third with a 1:50.63. After swimming the mile just minutes earlier, Rimkus
\ncame in eighth with a 1:53.30.<\/p>\n
Tyler and Mattar finished 1-2 in the consolation final with times of 1:51.18 and
\n1:51.33, respectively, besting the nearest competition by 2.63 seconds. Hanulik made
\nit three wins in three heats in the event for NU with a 1:53.89 to take the bonus
\nfinal by 3.93 seconds.<\/p>\n
In the final 400 free relay, Northwestern’s team of Ratajczyk, Cubelic, McAuliffe
\nand Tyler swam to an easy victory in NCAA `B’ style with a season-best time of
\n3:00.87.<\/p>\n
Northwestern cruised to a dominant victory Sunday during the final
\nday of its three-day TYR Invitational at the Norris Aquatics Center, finishing first
\namong the six-team field and ending the day with an exciting come-from-behind NCAA
\n`B’ qualifying standard win in the 400 free relay.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats totaled 1,495 points, finishing well ahead of second-place Iowa State’s
\n803. Cleveland State was third with 562.5, North Dakota took fourth with 463, Kenyon
\nwas fifth with 356 points and UIC took sixth with 215.5.<\/p>\n
Individually, Iowa State’s Alice Sommerville earned high point honors with 99.5
\npoints, followed by Northwestern’s Kathleen Patterson with 92.50 points.<\/p>\n
Northwestern now is off from collegiate competition until its winter training trip
\nat the conclusion of the fall quarter.<\/p>\n
Preliminary portion of Sunday’s action:<\/p>\n
Sunday began with the 50 fly, and Alex Kraus picked up right where she left off
\nfollowing her win the 100 fly Saturday. Kraus’ time of 25.36 paced the field and
\nearned her top billing in Sunday afternoon’s championship final alongside Marybeth
\nHall (sixth in 26.19) and Meghan Cavanaugh (tied for seventh in 26.22).<\/p>\n
Katie Eschenburg narrowly missed out on the 50 fly `A’ final, finishing .03 of a
\nsecond behind Cavanaugh with a 26.25, giving herself the top seed in the consolation
\nfinal. Shelby Johnson came in 13th overall with a 26.52 while Taylor Reynolds was
\n14th in 26.53. Katie McCullough won a second swim opportunity in the bonus heat with
\na 23rd place time of 26.99.<\/p>\n
Liza Engstrom won the 200 back preliminary heats by almost a full second with a
\n2:01.73 to lead a four Wildcat contingent into the championship heat. Meaghan Fenn
\nclaimed fifth with a 2:06.29, Jacquie Godbe placed sixth in 2:06.79 and Erin Reilly
\npicked up the final spot with an eighth-place 2:07.54.<\/p>\n
Jackie Powell was the lone Wildcat to earn a consolation final berth with a
\n15th-place 2:09.96 while Erin Sosdian picked up a bonus final bid with an 18th-place
\n2:11.11.<\/p>\n
Six Wildcats comprised the top eight qualifiers in the 100 free, led by Taylor
\nReynolds’ first-place 51.61. The rest of the NU reps were: Powell (second place;
\n52.12), Hall (third place; 52.16), Ellen Grigg (fourth place; 52.22), Meredith King
\n(seventh place; 52.67) and Katie McCullough (eighth place; 52.83). Johnson earned
\nher second consolation final berth of the day with a 13th place time of 53.38 while
\nboth Fallon Fitzpatrick (19th; 53.67) and Sheila O’Neill (20th; 52.68) won bonus
\nfinal lanes.<\/p>\n
Northwestern earned the top-four qualification spots in the 200 breast for the
\nsecond-straight event, paced by Jenny Wilson’s 2:20.18. Patterson was second with a
\n2:20.89, Hannah Points was third in 2:21.02 and Megan Goss earned a fourth-place
\nfinish with a 2:21.58. Russart made it five Wildcats in the `A’ final with a
\n2:23.32.<\/p>\n
Fenn made the 200 breast consolation final by qualifying 12th in 2:25.32 while
\nSoderholm’s 2:30.18 was good for a second swim in the bonus heat.<\/p>\n
Engstrom, Reilly and Eschenburg were NU’s lone entries in the 50 back, and all three
\nmade it through to the championship final. Engstrom placed second with a 27.33,
\nReilly was third in 27.67 and Eschenburg took fifth with a 27.99.<\/p>\n
Kraus added a preliminary win in the 200 fly to her earlier 50 fly first-place
\nmorning effort with a 2:03.85. Points (third place; 2:05.05), King (fourth place;
\n2:05.13), Cavanaugh (sixth place; 2:06.02) and Patterson (eighth place; 2:07.03)
\ngave NU five swimmers among the top eight.<\/p>\n
Soderholm took ninth to earn lane four in the consolation final with a 2:07.43.
\nFitzpatrick (2:09.34) and O’Neill (2:09.52) joined Soderholm in the consolation heat
\nafter both made the bonus final in the 100 free.<\/p>\n
Finals portion of Sunday’s action:<\/p>\n
While the morning preliminary swimming heats were taking place, the divers took to
\nthe Norris Aquatics Center 5-meter platform to compete in their third event of the
\nTYR Invitational. Felicitas Lenz and Carlin Dacey went 2-3 for the Wildcats,
\ncompiling scores of 224.55 and 215.40, respectively.<\/p>\n
The last timed final of the 1,650 free began Sunday’s finals session, and Goss
\nnarrowly missed an NCAA `B’ cut by .54 of second with her winning time of 16:41.58.
\nBehind Goss, the Wildcats captured four of the top five spots in the event. Erin
\nSosdian was second with a 16:45.80, Grigg took fourth in 17:02.91 and Beth Loe’s
\n17:03.60 was good for fifth. Also scoring for NU was Kate Stephensen in seventh
\nplace with a 17:27.67.<\/p>\n
Kraus ended up second in the 50 fly following a 25.35 performance Sunday afternoon.
\nHall took fourth with a 25.73 and Cavanaugh placed seventh in 26.18. Eschenburg won
\nthe consolation final in the event with a 25.87 while Reynolds was 11th overall in
\n26.28 and Johnson took 15th in 26.65.<\/p>\n
Engstrom cut nearly a full second in the 200 back finals to take second overall in
\n2:00.76 while Fenn was fourth in 2:05.63 and Godbe took fifth in 2:06.03. Sosdian
\ndropped time like a champ in the consolation final, swimming to a 2:06.47 to cut
\nmore than 4.5 seconds from her prelim swim and win the `B’ heat. Sosdian made the
\nmost of her opportunity in that heat after qualifying 18th overall for the bonus
\nfinal, but moving up to the `B’ heat following several scratches.<\/p>\n
Powell powered her way to a win the 100 free to lead a 1-2 Northwestern finish. Her
\ntime of 50.52 defeated second-place teammate Reynolds’ 51.22. After two non-NU
\nswimmers, Wildcats rounded out the field in the championship heat. King took fifth
\nin 52.37, Hall was sixth in 52.56, Grigg came in seventh in 52.59 and McCullough was
\neighth with a 52.65.<\/p>\n
In the 100 free consolation final, Johnson took 11th in 53.03 before O’Neill jumped
\nfrom 20th to 17th with a win in the bonus final, cutting more than a full second to
\nswim a 52.57.<\/p>\n
Wilson led a 1-2-3-4 sweep of the 200 breast for the Wildcats, finishing in 2:18.76
\nto win. Behind her was a trio of tightly grouped Wildcats all within .46 of a
\nsecond. Patterson claimed second in 2:19.32, Points was third in 2:19.73 and Russart
\ncaptured fourth in 2:19.78. Goss rounded out NUs championship final in the event
\nwith an eighth-place 2:24.15. Fenn also garnered points for the `Cats by taking 13th
\nin the consolation final with a 2:24.58.<\/p>\n
In a hotly contested 50 back, Iowa State’s Sarah Norris barely edged Engstrom by .07
\nof a second to win the event. Engstrom swam a 26.79, followed by Eschenburg (27.30)
\nin third and Reilly (27.74) tied for fourth.<\/p>\n
King won the 200 fly with a season-best 2:02.71 followed by Points’ 2:03.05 in
\nsecond. Kraus (2:04.30) captured fifth for NU, Cavanaugh (2:05.96) was sixth and
\nPatterson (2:06.52) took eighth.<\/p>\n
In the consolation final of the 200 fly, Soderholm won by 4.57 seconds after
\ndropping 3.30 seconds from morning to afternoon with a 2:04.13. O’Neill (2:09.31)
\nplaced 12th and Fitzpatrick (2:10.74) was 14th for the Wildcats.<\/p>\n
Northwestern concluded the meet with an exciting win in the 400 free relay, getting
\nan NCAA `B’ cut time of 3:24.47 while emerging victorious in the race by a mere .04
\nof a second over Cleveland State. The team of Powell, Engstrom, Hall and Reynolds
\ncomprised the relay for the Wildcats. Cleveland State held a commanding .99 of a
\nsecond advantage entering the final 50 yards, but much to the deafening delight of
\nthe packed Norris Aquatics Center, Reynolds swam a final 26.29 split to reel in the
\nVikings and give the Wildcats the win.<\/p>\n
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