MADISON, Wisc., February 7\/ THEWisconsin men's and women's swimming and diving teams wrapped up their 2003-04 dual meet seasons in style Friday night, posting convincing wins over both UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee at the UW Natatorium on Senior Night.<\/p>\n
The Badger women (11-1, 6-0 Big Ten) defeated UWGB 171-66 and UWM 171-69. The Fighting Phoenix also knocked off the Panthers 147-94. Meanwhile, the UW men (8-2, 4-1) saw seven individuals and two relay squads win 10 of 13 events to spur them to a 153.5-82.5 win over the Phoenix and a 159-79 victory over the Panthers. The UWGB men defeated UWM 151-92.<\/p>\n
"The seniors performed up to expectations," Wisconsin head coach Eric Hansen said. "I feel like our preparations for the Big Ten and NCAA championships are on schedule."<\/p>\n
The UW women won 11 of 13 events, led by sophomore Anna Trinidad who won two individual titles and swam on a winning relay. Trinidad captured the 200-yard individual medley title in a time of 2:03.91 before cruising to a win by over four seconds in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.07). She also teamed up with Molly Buhrandt, Sarah Hernandez and Bethany Pendleton to set a new pool record in winning the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:34.12).<\/p>\n
The night's other pool record came courtesy of Piper who set a new standard in the 1650-yard freestyle. Her time of 16:24.93 topped her previous record set last year by over 10 seconds. Piper was credited with a victory in the 1000-yard freestyle in the event. Her split of 9:55.87 helped her win the event by nearly 38 seconds.<\/p>\n
"Carly's mile record by 10 seconds was a nice addition to tonight's action," Hansen added.<\/p>\n
The Badgers also got victories from Shannon VanCuren in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.53), Hernandez in the 50-yard free (23.61), Susan Johnson in the 100-yard free (52.34), Pendleton in the 500-yard free (4:57.07) and the 200-yard medley relay team of Buhrandt, Amalia Sarnecki, Hernandez and VanCuren (1:45.05).<\/p>\n
Emily Pisula also posted a top time of 2:20.60 in the 200-yard breaststroke, but her performance was exhibitioned due to UW's large lead at the time.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin also swept the diving competition as Amanda Witte finished first on the 3-meter board with a score of 273.55 and Cassie Kubly won the 1-meter board with a point total of 241.30.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin's core of senior men turned in impressive performances during their final competition as Badgers in Madison. Chris Anderson earned first place in the 200-yard freestyle (1:42.85) while Matt Marshall's 20.65 effort in the 50-yard freestyle gave the Badgers additional first-place points.<\/p>\n
Senior Pat Torpey completed the third first-place finish for the senior class with a 1:49.56 finish in the 200-yard butterfly. Kevin Zakrzewski contributed by swimming a leg of the first-place 200-yard medley relay.<\/p>\n
The 200-yard medley relay squad of classmates Zakrzewski, Marshall and juniors Tim Liebhold and Eric Wiesner edged the Wisconsin "B" relay by 36 seconds with a 1:33.10 effort.<\/p>\n
Liebhold and Wiesner added to their relay accomplishments with victories in individual events as well. Liebhold swam to first-place in the 200-yard IM (1:52.13) while Wiesner earned first-place in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.74).<\/p>\n
Adam Mania continued his impressive campaign Friday night. Mania won both the 100-freestyle (45.18) and the 200-yard breaststroke event (2.08.08) by over two seconds. Tom Molzahn wrapped up Wisconsin's first-place efforts with a 500-yard freestyle effort (4:42.95) which won by nearly four seconds.<\/p>\n
Friday night’s meet marked the UW's last dual meet and home appearance of the 2003-04 season. The women will now have nearly two weeks off as they will rest for the Big Ten championships to be held Feb. 18-21 in Minneapolis. The men's team is off until Feb. 25-28 when it heads to West Lafayette, Ind. for the 2004 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships.<\/p>\n
Please note: The events listed as being the 1650-yard freestyle is actually the 1000-yard freestyle. Wisconsin swimmers swam the 1650 free while the UWGB and UWM swimmers swam the 1000 free. Wisconsin's swimmers' 1000 yard split was taken for the final result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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