UNIVERSITY PARK, PA, February 16. THE 14th-ranked Penn State women's swimming and diving team is in Bloomington, Ind. hoping to improve on last year's second place Big Ten Championship finish behind Michigan. <\/p>\n
The meet begins 7 p.m. Wednesday at Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center and runs through Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
Additionally, CSTV: College Sports Television, the first 24-hour college sports network, will air the Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on a tape-delay basis on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 9:30 p.m. EST. Jason Knapp and Mike O'Brien will call the action.<\/p>\n
Overall, seven Top 25 programs will compete at the championships. Along with No. 14 Penn State, No. 8 Wisconsin, No. 17 Michigan, No. 18 Indiana, No. 23 Minnesota, No. 24 Northwestern and No. 24 Purdue (tie) are also ranked.<\/p>\n
The Wolverines won the title last season by 14 points over the Nittany Lions.<\/p>\n
Several conference championship records are expected to be broken this weekend. In all, Penn State swimmers hold five Big Ten Championship records.<\/p>\n
Sarah Haupt (Carlisle, Pa.), Courtney Stanchock (Bloomsburg, Pa.), Amberle Biedermann (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Deirdre Dlugonski (Washington, Pa.) hold both the 200 and 400 medley relay records with times of 1:39.22 and 3:36.39, respectively. <\/p>\n
Biedermann also holds records in the 100 butterfly (53.54) and 200 butterfly (1:57.87). Haupt owns the 100 backstroke (53.44) and Kristen Woodring (Sinking Spring, Pa.) holds the 100 breaststroke (59.77) record.<\/p>\n
Biedermann has won seven Big Ten titles, while Dlugonski has won six, Haupt has won six, Stanchock has won three, and Woodring has won seven.<\/p>\n
Women's Championships Schedule of Events
\nWednesday, February 16
\nFinals:
\n7 p.m. – 200-yard medley relay
\n7:30 p.m. – 800 freestyle relay
\nThursday, February 17
\nTrials:
\n11 a.m. – 500-yard freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle
\n1 p.m. – 1-meter diving – trials, 1-meter diving – finals
\nFinals:
\n7 p.m. – 200 freestyle relay, 10 minute break, 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, 1-meter diving finals
\nFriday, February 18
\nTrials:
\n11 a.m. – 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke
\n1 p.m. – 3-meter diving – trials, 3-meter diving – finals
\nFinals:
\n7 p.m. – 400 medley relay, 10 minute break, 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 3-meter diving finals
\nSaturday, February 19
\nTrials:
\n11 a.m. – 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, platform diving – trials, 1,650 freestyle
\nFinals:
\n7 p.m. – 1,650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, platform diving – finals, 400 freestyle relay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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