Michigan Caps Off Third Straight Women’s Big Ten Title

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Photo Courtesy: Dan D'Addona

The final night of the Women’s Big Ten Conference Championships featured five new meet records as Ally McHughBeata NelsonLiz LiLilly King and Vanessa Krause won individual titles in the pool on Saturday night in Columbus. Nelson won swimmer of the meet while Ohio State’s Kristen Romano won freshman of the year.

Full Results

   Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 21                     
 
  1. Michigan, University of          1465   2. Indiana University             1152.5
  3. Ohio State University          1094.5   4. University of Minnesota          1049
  5. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    755   6. Purdue University                 693
  7. Northwestern University           528   8. Pennsylvania State University     418
  9. Rutgers University                386  10. University of Nebraska-Lincoln    358
 11. Iowa, University of               338  12. University of Illinois            187
 13. Michigan State University         172

1650 Free

Penn State’s Ally McHugh posted one of the best times in the nation we have seen with a 15:43.34 to break the meet record held by Michigan’s G Ryan (15:44.93). This is Penn State’s first Big Ten victory in the 1650 since 1994 when Regan Stacey won the title for the Nittany Lions. It is also Penn State’s first Big Ten title since 2014.

She led a very fast field as Michigan’s Rose Bi finished in second at 15:51.18 and Ohio State’s Molly Kowal had a monster back half to finish in third at 15:53.11.

Michigan’s Sierra Schmidt (15:54.39), Indiana’s Cassy Jernberg (15:54.41), Michigan’s G Ryan (15:59.72), Purdue’s Kaersten Meitz (16:02.02) and Rutgers’ Sveva Schiazzano (16:11.92) swam in perhaps the fastest field in Big Ten history.

 Event 15  Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: @ 15:44.93  2/18/2017 G Ryan, Michigan-MI
         Pool: # 15:03.92  11/20/2016Katie G Ledecky, Stanford
                 15:53.50  A NCAA Qualifying
                 16:30.59  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 McHugh, Allyson  JR Penn St          15:59.03   15:43.34@A       32  
    r:+0.79  27.22        56.35 (29.13)
        1:25.45 (29.10)     1:54.76 (29.31)
        2:24.07 (29.31)     2:53.27 (29.20)
        3:22.43 (29.16)     3:51.58 (29.15)
        4:20.70 (29.12)     4:49.77 (29.07)
        5:18.65 (28.88)     5:47.38 (28.73)
        6:16.01 (28.63)     6:44.62 (28.61)
        7:13.33 (28.71)     7:41.91 (28.58)
        8:10.56 (28.65)     8:39.08 (28.52)
        9:07.71 (28.63)     9:36.29 (28.58)
       10:04.76 (28.47)    10:33.19 (28.43)
       11:01.43 (28.24)    11:29.82 (28.39)
       11:58.03 (28.21)    12:26.49 (28.46)
       12:54.93 (28.44)    13:23.34 (28.41)
       13:51.75 (28.41)    14:20.11 (28.36)
       14:48.14 (28.03)    15:16.26 (28.12)    15:43.34 (27.08)
  2 Bi, Yirong       JR Michigan         16:02.42   15:51.18 A       28  
    r:+0.69  27.13        56.32 (29.19)
        1:25.53 (29.21)     1:54.61 (29.08)
        2:23.76 (29.15)     2:52.91 (29.15)
        3:22.12 (29.21)     3:51.40 (29.28)
        4:20.45 (29.05)     4:49.50 (29.05)
        5:18.40 (28.90)     5:47.43 (29.03)
        6:16.24 (28.81)     6:44.94 (28.70)
        7:13.55 (28.61)     7:42.43 (28.88)
        8:11.22 (28.79)     8:39.89 (28.67)
        9:08.79 (28.90)     9:37.52 (28.73)
       10:06.43 (28.91)    10:35.10 (28.67)
       11:03.87 (28.77)    11:32.56 (28.69)
       12:01.36 (28.80)    12:30.06 (28.70)
       12:59.10 (29.04)    13:27.86 (28.76)
       13:57.22 (29.36)    14:26.38 (29.16)
       14:54.91 (28.53)    15:23.33 (28.42)    15:51.18 (27.85)
  3 Kowal, Molly     SO Ohio St          16:06.05   15:53.11 A       27  
    r:+0.90  27.39        56.30 (28.91)
        1:25.62 (29.32)     1:54.88 (29.26)
        2:24.24 (29.36)     2:53.65 (29.41)
        3:22.89 (29.24)     3:52.26 (29.37)
        4:21.43 (29.17)     4:50.82 (29.39)
        5:20.01 (29.19)     5:49.15 (29.14)
        6:18.39 (29.24)     6:47.61 (29.22)
        7:16.77 (29.16)     7:46.00 (29.23)
        8:15.14 (29.14)     8:44.25 (29.11)
        9:13.36 (29.11)     9:42.37 (29.01)
       10:11.01 (28.64)    10:39.69 (28.68)
       11:08.28 (28.59)    11:36.86 (28.58)
       12:05.42 (28.56)    12:34.26 (28.84)
       13:02.82 (28.56)    13:31.54 (28.72)
       14:00.13 (28.59)    14:28.50 (28.37)
       14:57.27 (28.77)    15:25.88 (28.61)    15:53.11 (27.23)
  4 Schmidt, Sierra  FR Michigan         16:15.42   15:54.39 B       26  
    r:+0.71  27.51        56.55 (29.04)
        1:25.84 (29.29)     1:55.07 (29.23)
        2:24.33 (29.26)     2:53.47 (29.14)
        3:22.87 (29.40)     3:52.02 (29.15)
        4:21.28 (29.26)     4:50.34 (29.06)
        5:19.21 (28.87)     5:48.07 (28.86)
        6:16.87 (28.80)     6:45.91 (29.04)
        7:14.63 (28.72)     7:43.60 (28.97)
        8:12.69 (29.09)     8:41.69 (29.00)
        9:10.94 (29.25)     9:39.84 (28.90)
       10:08.55 (28.71)    10:37.36 (28.81)
       11:06.04 (28.68)    11:34.78 (28.74)
       12:03.52 (28.74)    12:32.39 (28.87)
       13:01.29 (28.90)    13:30.33 (29.04)
       13:59.33 (29.00)    14:28.86 (29.53)
       14:58.06 (29.20)    15:27.14 (29.08)    15:54.39 (27.25)
  5 Jernberg, Cassa  SO Indiana          16:04.57   15:54.41 B       25  
    r:+0.68  26.97        56.14 (29.17)
        1:25.40 (29.26)     1:54.60 (29.20)
        2:23.81 (29.21)     2:53.08 (29.27)
        3:22.34 (29.26)     3:51.21 (28.87)
        4:20.07 (28.86)     4:49.04 (28.97)
        5:17.90 (28.86)     5:46.80 (28.90)
        6:15.74 (28.94)     6:44.77 (29.03)
        7:13.61 (28.84)     7:42.50 (28.89)
        8:11.46 (28.96)     8:40.53 (29.07)
        9:09.73 (29.20)     9:38.62 (28.89)
       10:07.72 (29.10)    10:36.74 (29.02)
       11:06.00 (29.26)    11:35.00 (29.00)
       12:04.08 (29.08)    12:32.93 (28.85)
       13:01.91 (28.98)    13:31.03 (29.12)
       14:00.35 (29.32)    14:29.34 (28.99)
       14:58.11 (28.77)    15:26.68 (28.57)    15:54.41 (27.73)
  6 Ryan, G          SR Michigan         16:05.88   15:59.72 B       24  
    r:+0.71  27.14        56.03 (28.89)
        1:25.26 (29.23)     1:54.42 (29.16)
        2:23.59 (29.17)     2:52.88 (29.29)
        3:22.19 (29.31)     3:51.41 (29.22)
        4:20.47 (29.06)     4:49.79 (29.32)
        5:18.93 (29.14)     5:48.28 (29.35)
        6:17.46 (29.18)     6:46.68 (29.22)
        7:15.97 (29.29)     7:45.42 (29.45)
        8:14.59 (29.17)     8:43.92 (29.33)
        9:13.48 (29.56)     9:42.81 (29.33)
       10:11.93 (29.12)    10:41.17 (29.24)
       11:10.56 (29.39)    11:39.81 (29.25)
       12:08.84 (29.03)    12:37.95 (29.11)
       13:07.05 (29.10)    13:35.97 (28.92)
       14:05.12 (29.15)    14:34.29 (29.17)
       15:03.18 (28.89)    15:32.04 (28.86)    15:59.72 (27.68)
  7 Meitz, Kaersten  SR Purdue           15:54.41   16:02.02 B       23  
    r:+0.82  27.35        56.62 (29.27)
        1:25.96 (29.34)     1:55.37 (29.41)
        2:24.66 (29.29)     2:53.91 (29.25)
        3:23.25 (29.34)     3:52.51 (29.26)
        4:21.87 (29.36)     4:51.12 (29.25)
        5:20.12 (29.00)     5:49.08 (28.96)
        6:18.00 (28.92)     6:46.99 (28.99)
        7:16.21 (29.22)     7:45.27 (29.06)
        8:14.60 (29.33)     8:43.61 (29.01)
        9:12.68 (29.07)     9:41.85 (29.17)
       10:11.16 (29.31)    10:40.43 (29.27)
       11:09.68 (29.25)    11:39.07 (29.39)
       12:08.33 (29.26)    12:37.56 (29.23)
       13:06.71 (29.15)    13:35.94 (29.23)
       14:05.31 (29.37)    14:34.84 (29.53)
       15:04.43 (29.59)    15:33.79 (29.36)    16:02.02 (28.23)
  8 Schiazzano, Sve  FR Rutgers          16:50.69   16:11.92 B       22  
    r:+0.77  26.86        55.60 (28.74)
        1:24.67 (29.07)     1:53.74 (29.07)
        2:22.78 (29.04)     2:52.01 (29.23)
        3:21.51 (29.50)     3:50.92 (29.41)
        4:20.35 (29.43)     4:49.73 (29.38)
        5:19.14 (29.41)     5:48.64 (29.50)
        6:18.21 (29.57)     6:47.79 (29.58)
        7:17.36 (29.57)     7:46.83 (29.47)
        8:16.47 (29.64)     8:46.07 (29.60)
        9:15.70 (29.63)     9:45.34 (29.64)
       10:15.14 (29.80)    10:44.82 (29.68)
       11:14.61 (29.79)    11:44.38 (29.77)
       12:14.06 (29.68)    12:43.87 (29.81)
       13:13.70 (29.83)    13:43.47 (29.77)
       14:13.18 (29.71)    14:43.07 (29.89)
       15:12.85 (29.78)    15:42.88 (30.03)    16:11.92 (29.04)
 Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 15                 
 
  1. Michigan, University of          1015   2. Indiana University                812
  3. University of Minnesota           788   4. Ohio State University             771
  5. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    523   6. Purdue University                 503
  7. Northwestern University           371   8. Pennsylvania State University     343
  9. Iowa, University of               284  10. Rutgers University                274
 11. University of Nebraska-Lincoln    257  12. University of Illinois            135
 13. Michigan State University         132                                           

200 Back

Wisconsin sophomore Beata Nelson won her second event of the weekend with a 1:49.59 to break the Big Ten meet record that was her own at 1:50.46. Nelson set that record this morning in prelims and went almost a full second faster. Michigan senior Clara Smiddy came in second place at 1:50.63 and Indiana’s Kennedy Goss was third at 1:51.66.

Smiddy was the 2016 champion and Goss was the 2017 champion, and Nelson beat both of them for the crown in 2018. Nelson is Wisconsin’s first Big Ten champion in the 200 back since Maggie Meyer won in 2011. The Badgers also had two other swimmers in the field with Kathleen Coughlin (1:54.03) getting fifth and Jess Unicomb (1:54.73) getting sixth.

Ohio State’s Kristen Romano (1:53.34), Minnesota’s Tevyn Waddell (1:54.84) and Michigan’s Jacqueline Schafer (1:55.03) also swam in the championship final.

Indiana is now currently in second place with 887 points ahead of Minnesota (834) and Ohio State (817).

 Event 16  Women 200 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: @ 1:50.46  2/17/2018 Elizabeth Nelson, Wisconsin-WI
         Pool: # 1:50.46  2/17/2018 Elizabeth Nelson, Wisconsin-WI
                 1:50.99  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:59.19  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Nelson, Elizabe  SO Wisconsin         1:50.46    1:49.59@A       32  
    r:+0.69  25.58        53.45 (27.87)
        1:21.52 (28.07)     1:49.59 (28.07)
  2 Smiddy, Clara    SR Michigan          1:52.61    1:50.63 A       28  
    r:+0.64  26.06        54.12 (28.06)
        1:22.26 (28.14)     1:50.63 (28.37)
  3 Goss, Kennedy    SR Indiana           1:52.12    1:51.66 B       27  
    r:+0.58  26.46        54.59 (28.13)
        1:22.85 (28.26)     1:51.66 (28.81)
  4 Romano, Kristen  FR Ohio St           1:54.65    1:53.34 B       26  
    r:+0.63  26.69        55.66 (28.97)
        1:24.45 (28.79)     1:53.34 (28.89)
  5 Coughlin, Kathl  JR Wisconsin         1:54.62    1:54.03 B       25  
    r:+0.67  26.67        55.52 (28.85)
        1:25.02 (29.50)     1:54.03 (29.01)
  6 Unicomb, Jessic  JR Wisconsin         1:52.99    1:54.73 B       24  
    r:+0.60  26.65        55.36 (28.71)
        1:25.02 (29.66)     1:54.73 (29.71)
  7 Waddell, Tevyn   SO Minnesota         1:54.63    1:54.84 B       23  
    r:+0.61  26.66        56.13 (29.47)
        1:26.00 (29.87)     1:54.84 (28.84)
  8 Schafer, Jacque  SO Michigan          1:53.79    1:55.03 B       22  
    r:+0.65  27.23        56.12 (28.89)
        1:25.61 (29.49)     1:55.03 (29.42)
 Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 16                 
 
  1. Michigan, University of          1082   2. Indiana University                887
  3. University of Minnesota           834   4. Ohio State University             817
  5. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    604   6. Purdue University                 508
  7. Northwestern University           389   8. Pennsylvania State University     343
  9. Rutgers University                291  10. Iowa, University of               285
 11. University of Nebraska-Lincoln    263  12. University of Illinois            135
 13. Michigan State University         132

100 Free

In one of the most hyped races of the meet, Ohio State’s Liz Li won her third event of the meet with a 47.43 in the 100 free final. Li held off Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey at 47.54. Li won the 50 and Haughey won the 200 so the two clashed in between in the 100 on Saturday night but it was Li who won the final in her home pool for a new Big Ten meet record. Michigan’s Gabby DeLoof (48.01) finished in third place.

Li successfully defends her title from last year.

Michigan got major points with four total finalists. Catie DeLoof (48.30) and Daria Pyshnenko (48.70) finished in fourth and sixth for the Wolverines.

Zoe Avestruz (48.61), Macie McNichols (48.89) and Marissa Berg (48.95) also swam in the championship final.

 Event 17  Women 100 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: @ 47.50  2/18/2017 Zhesi Li, Ohio State
         Pool: # 46.70  12/2/2017 Mallory Comerford, Univ Louisville-
                 47.53  A NCAA Qualifying
                 49.99  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Li, Zhesi        SR Ohio St             47.93      47.43@A       32  
    r:+0.67  10.87        22.86 (11.99)
          35.22 (12.36)       47.43 (12.21)
  2 Haughey, Siobha  JR Michigan            47.77      47.54 B       28  
    r:+0.71  10.94        22.77 (11.83)
          35.21 (12.44)       47.54 (12.33)
  3 Deloof, Gabriel  SR Michigan            47.86      48.01 B       27  
    r:+0.70  11.13        23.07 (11.94)
          35.65 (12.58)       48.01 (12.36)
  4 Deloof, Catheri  JR Michigan            48.27      48.30 B       26  
    r:+0.69  11.09        23.07 (11.98)
          35.70 (12.63)       48.30 (12.60)
  5 Avestruz, Zoe    JR Minnesota           49.05      48.61 B       25  
    r:+0.68  11.10        23.30 (12.20)
          35.84 (12.54)       48.61 (12.77)
  6 Pyshnenko, Dari  FR Michigan            48.77      48.70 B       24  
    r:+0.73  11.17        23.32 (12.15)
          35.97 (12.65)       48.70 (12.73)
  7 McNichols, Maci  SR Ohio St             49.12      48.89 B       23  
    r:+0.64  11.12        23.56 (12.44)
          36.30 (12.74)       48.89 (12.59)
  8 Berg, Marissa    SR Wisconsin           49.09      48.95 B       22  
    r:+0.74  11.35        23.62 (12.27)
          36.23 (12.61)       48.95 (12.72)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 17                 
 
  1. Michigan, University of          1187   2. Indiana University              939.5
  3. Ohio State University           901.5   4. University of Minnesota           859
  5. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    663   6. Purdue University                 508
  7. Northwestern University           402   8. Pennsylvania State University     357
  9. Rutgers University                291  10. Iowa, University of               290
 11. University of Nebraska-Lincoln    263  12. Michigan State University         136
 13. University of Illinois            135

200 Breast

Indiana junior Lilly King won her third straight Big Ten title in the 200 breast and remains perfect at the Big Ten Championships as she won the 200 with a 2:04.68. King back halfed the final with 31.9’s on her last two 50’s as she got some serious pressure from former teammate Miranda Tucker of Michigan. Tucker was second with a 2:06.59 and Minnesota sophomore Lindsey Kozelsky was third at 2:07.37.

King is now the third swimmer to win at least three titles in the 200 breast joining Minnesota’s Haley Spencer (10, 12, 13), Michigan’s Ann Colloton (1988-1990) and Michigan’s Christi Vedejs (1985-1987).

Michigan’s Emily Kopas (2:08.37), Minnesota’s Rachel Munson (2:10.49), Ohio State’s Hanna Gresser (2:10.78), Northwestern’s Sophie Angus (2:10.81) and Indiana’s Laura Morley (2:11.55) also swam in the championship final.

 Event 18  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: @ 2:04.03  2/18/2017 Lillia King, Indiana-IN
         Pool: # 2:06.32  3/16/2008 Rebecca Soni, Southern Califor
                 2:07.18  A NCAA Qualifying
                 2:15.99  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 King, Lillia     JR Indiana           2:06.38    2:04.68#A       32  
    r:+0.67  28.23      1:00.82 (32.59)
        1:32.73 (31.91)     2:04.68 (31.95)
  2 Tucker, Miranda  SO Michigan          2:09.82    2:06.59 A       28  
    r:+0.63  28.44      1:00.53 (32.09)
        1:33.05 (32.52)     2:06.59 (33.54)
  3 Kozelsky, Linds  SO Minnesota         2:08.05    2:07.37 B       27  
    r:+0.71  28.16      1:00.88 (32.72)
        1:34.01 (33.13)     2:07.37 (33.36)
  4 Kopas, Emily     SR Michigan          2:09.91    2:08.37 B       26  
    r:+0.69  29.57      1:02.83 (33.26)
        1:35.54 (32.71)     2:08.37 (32.83)
  5 Munson, Rachel   JR Minnesota         2:10.59    2:10.49 B       25  
    r:+0.67  29.77      1:02.34 (32.57)
        1:35.76 (33.42)     2:10.49 (34.73)
  6 Gresser, Hanna   FR Ohio St           2:11.01    2:10.78 B       24  
    r:+0.70  28.97      1:02.08 (33.11)
        1:36.22 (34.14)     2:10.78 (34.56)
  7 Angus, Sophie    FR Northwestern      2:11.41    2:10.81 B       23  
    r:+0.67  29.53      1:02.66 (33.13)
        1:36.35 (33.69)     2:10.81 (34.46)
  8 Morley, Laura    JR Indiana           2:11.35    2:11.55 B       22  
    r:+0.75  29.94      1:03.16 (33.22)
        1:37.17 (34.01)     2:11.55 (34.38)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 18                 
 
  1. Michigan, University of          1287   2. Indiana University             1012.5
  3. Ohio State University           925.5   4. University of Minnesota           925
  5. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    663   6. Purdue University                 527
  7. Northwestern University           445   8. Pennsylvania State University     357
  9. Iowa, University of               295  10. University of Nebraska-Lincoln    291
 10. Rutgers University                291  12. Michigan State University         140
 13. University of Illinois            135

200 Fly

Michigan’s Vanessa Krause continued the record smashing on Saturday night at the Big Ten Championships in Ohio State with a 1:53.44 to break Gia Dalesandro’s 1:53.67 from last year. Dalesandro won four titles in a row before exhausting her eligibility. Krause is the first Michigan 200 fly champ since Melissa Jaeger won in 2008.

Krause used a strong third 50 to pull away from Minnesota’s Danielle Nack (1:54.72) and Ohio State’s Meg Bailey (1:55.59). Both Nack and Bailey are seniors.

Rutgers’ Francesca Stoppa (1:55.95), Purdue’s Emmy Rawson (1:56.45), Indiana’s Shelby Koontz (1:56.95), Purdue’s Taite Kitchel (1:57.02) and Michigan’s Sierra Schmidt (1:58.12) also swam in the championship final.

 Event 19  Women 200 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
     B1G Meet: @ 1:53.67  2/18/2017 Gia Dalesandro, Indiana
         Pool: # 1:51.02  12/4/2010 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Calif
                 1:53.80  A NCAA Qualifying
                 1:59.59  B NCAA Provisional
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Krause, Vanessa  SO Michigan          1:55.02    1:53.44@A       32  
    r:+0.64  25.83        54.88 (29.05)
        1:23.63 (28.75)     1:53.44 (29.81)
  2 Nack, Danielle   SR Minnesota         1:56.43    1:54.72 B       28  
    r:+0.76  25.83        54.92 (29.09)
        1:24.58 (29.66)     1:54.72 (30.14)
  3 Bailey, Meg      SR Ohio St           1:55.36    1:55.59 B       27  
    r:+0.71  26.01        55.29 (29.28)
        1:24.96 (29.67)     1:55.59 (30.63)
  4 Stoppa, Frances  JR Rutgers           1:56.90    1:55.95 B       26  
    r:+0.63  26.05        55.78 (29.73)
        1:25.63 (29.85)     1:55.95 (30.32)
  5 Rawson, Emmy     SR Purdue            1:55.95    1:56.45 B       25  
    r:+0.78  26.52        55.95 (29.43)
        1:25.75 (29.80)     1:56.45 (30.70)
  6 Koontz, Shelby   SO Indiana           1:56.89    1:56.95 B       24  
    r:+0.77  26.05        55.60 (29.55)
        1:26.14 (30.54)     1:56.95 (30.81)
  7 Kitchel, Taite   JR Purdue            1:56.91    1:57.02 B       23  
    r:+0.79  26.39        56.06 (29.67)
        1:25.90 (29.84)     1:57.02 (31.12)
  8 Schmidt, Sierra  FR Michigan          1:55.99    1:58.12 B       22  
    r:+0.75  26.57        56.27 (29.70)
        1:27.05 (30.78)     1:58.12 (31.07)
  Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 19                 
 
  1. Michigan, University of          1372   2. Indiana University             1057.5
  3. Ohio State University           979.5   4. University of Minnesota           953
  5. Wisconsin, University of, Madi    701   6. Purdue University                 577
  7. Northwestern University           452   8. Pennsylvania State University     372
  9. Rutgers University                321  10. Iowa, University of               298
 10. University of Nebraska-Lincoln    298  12. Michigan State University         140
 13. University of Illinois            135

400 Free Relay

Michigan finished off its meet smashing the meet record with a 3:10.96 to break Wisconsin’s 2015 record by two full seconds. Catie DeLoof (48.29), Siobhan Haughey (47.43), Daria Pyshnenko (47.96) and Gabby DeLoof (47.28) swam for the Wolverines and capped off their third straight Big Ten team title.

Ohio State finished in second thanks to Liz Li‘s 46.90 anchor leg. The Buckeyes swam a 3:13.35 ahead of Wisconsin (3:14.12) and Minnesota (3:14.38).

Indiana (3:15.76), Northwestern (3:18.64), Penn State (3:18.66) and Purdue (3:20.11) finished in the top eight.

 Event 21  Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
     B1G Meet: @ 3:12.96  2/21/2015 Wisconsin, Wisco
                          C Kinney, I Martin, A Van Hout, A Tamblyn
         Pool: # 3:11.34  3/16/2008 Arizona, Arizo
                          L Nymeyer, A Turner, L Jackson, T Baughman
                 3:15.43  A NCAA Qualifying
                 3:16.93  B NCAA Provisional
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Michigan                      3:12.21    3:10.96#A       64  
     1) Deloof, Catherine JR          2) r:0.24 Haughey, Siobhaette JR
     3) r:0.21 Pyshnenko, Daria FR    4) r:0.15 Deloof, Gabrielle SR  
    r:+0.70  23.03        48.29 (48.29)
        1:10.86 (22.57)     1:35.72 (47.43)
        1:58.23 (22.51)     2:23.68 (47.96)
        2:46.02 (22.34)     3:10.96 (47.28)
  2 Ohio St                       3:15.13    3:13.35 A       56  
     1) McNichols, Macie SR           2) r:0.20 Rayner, Freya FR      
     3) r:0.23 Romano, Kristen FR     4) r:0.25 Li, Zhesi SR          
    r:+0.63  23.42        49.03 (49.03)
        1:11.82 (22.79)     1:37.59 (48.56)
        2:00.83 (23.24)     2:26.45 (48.86)
        2:48.50 (22.05)     3:13.35 (46.90)
  3 Wisconsin                     3:15.38    3:14.12 A       54  
     1) Berg, Marissa SR              2) r:0.19 Sehmann, Emmy JR      
     3) r:-0.02 Jagdfeld, Abigail SR  4) r:0.19 Unicomb, Jessica JR   
    r:+0.67  23.62        48.84 (48.84)
        1:11.71 (22.87)     1:37.47 (48.63)
        1:59.99 (22.52)     2:25.35 (47.88)
        2:48.32 (22.97)     3:14.12 (48.77)
  4 Minnesota                     3:16.54    3:14.38 A       52  
     1) Nack, Danielle SR             2) r:0.32 Avestruz, Zoe JR      
     3) r:0.18 Padington, Macknzie FR 4) r:0.13 Nack, Chantal JR      
    r:+0.70  23.08        48.67 (48.67)
        1:11.49 (22.82)     1:36.58 (47.91)
        1:59.64 (23.06)     2:25.34 (48.76)
        2:48.77 (23.43)     3:14.38 (49.04)
  5 Indiana                       3:16.60    3:15.76 B       50  
     1) Barnard, Delaney SR           2) r:0.25 Spears, Holly SR      
     3) r:0.26 Goss, Kennedy SR       4) r:0.30 Koontz, Shelby SO     
    r:+0.65  23.81        49.44 (49.44)
        1:12.61 (23.17)     1:38.39 (48.95)
        2:01.87 (23.48)     2:27.08 (48.69)
        2:50.21 (23.13)     3:15.76 (48.68)
  6 Northwestern                  3:21.31    3:18.64         48  
     1) Warren, Mary SR               2) r:0.25 Han, Malorie SO       
     3) r:0.12 Lebl, Ilektra FR       4) r:0.17 Keane, Anna SR        
    r:+0.67  23.77        49.76 (49.76)
        1:13.57 (23.81)     1:39.35 (49.59)
        2:03.09 (23.74)     2:29.14 (49.79)
        2:52.63 (23.49)     3:18.64 (49.50)
  7 Penn St                       3:25.38    3:18.66         46  
     1) Price, Nicole SR              2) r:0.28 Kuhn, Katrina JR      
     3) r:0.36 Dillione, Tomlyn SR    4) r:0.31 McHugh, Allyson JR    
    r:+0.67  23.69        49.35 (49.35)
        1:12.80 (23.45)     1:38.97 (49.62)
        2:02.76 (23.79)     2:28.60 (49.63)
        2:52.73 (24.13)     3:18.66 (50.06)
  8 Purdue                        3:18.01    3:20.11         44  
     1) Meitz, Kaersten SR            2) r:0.20 Johnson, Megan FR     
     3) r:0.29 Auckley, Danielle JR   4) r:0.31 Seidl, Maizie FR      
    r:+0.79  24.21        49.91 (49.91)
        1:13.72 (23.81)     1:39.90 (49.99)
        2:03.40 (23.50)     2:29.96 (50.06)
        2:53.62 (23.66)     3:20.11 (50.15)
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Ken Minneman
6 years ago

Go Hoosiers!

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Suprised
6 years ago

Elizabeth Nelson had a stellar meet, she deserves recognition for that. A little shocked that she won the swimmer of the meet over Liz Li however. I believe Liz was the only person the win all 3 events? I wonder how they decided this award.

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Mike
6 years ago

I was there. I do’nt want to take anything away from any of the other great swimmers and swims I saw, but Liz Li was the most dominant swimmer in the meet. Many spectators were asking as they were walking out of the meet why she was overlooked for that award.

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