WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 15 Wisconsin women\u2019s swimming and diving team defeated No. 20 Minnesota, 198-148, No. 22 Purdue, 185-164, and Illinois, 224-125, Saturday at the Big Ten Quads in West Lafayette, Ind. The Badgers improve to 6-2 on the year and 5-0 in Big Ten play.<\/p>\n
UW picked up six first-place finishes in nine events. Bucky picked up wins in both relays, the 200 free and 400 free, and dominated both sprint and distance events. A day after winning the 1000 free, frosh Carly Piper (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) won the 500 free (4:50.60). Similarly, junior Jenny Lyman (Englewood, Colo.) won the 100 free (51.12) a day after winning the 100 free.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Bethany Pendleton (Hood River, Ore.) was victorious in the 400 IM (4:22.55) and senior co-captain Andrea Wanezek tasted victory in the 100 fly(56.74).<\/p>\n
In diving, senior sisters Megan and Siobhan Kernan (Westmont, N.J.) finished third and fourth, respectively, on the one-meter board. Megan scored 240.80 points while Siobhan tallied 239.05.<\/p>\n
The Badgers return to the UW Natatorium next weekend for their final home meet of the season. Wisconsin takes on instate rivals UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay at 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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