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Hoosier Women Take 130-113 Victory at Michigan
1/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 9, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Led by victories in nine events, including a sweep of the diving competition, the 12th-ranked Indiana women's swimming and diving team came away with a 130-113 victory over No. 16 Michigan Saturday afternoon at Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Diver Gabby Agostino swept the springboard diving events, taking the 1-meter with a season-best score of 306.37, and also posting a season best in the 3-meter with a winning score of 326.55. Christina Kouklakis was fourth in the 1-meter (278.63), followed by Nicole Brehm in fifth with a season-best score of 268.27. Rounding out the top 10 were Amy Korthauer in sixth (260.02), Amy Cozad ninth (236.32) and Cassidy Kahn 10th (231.68-season best).
Cozad took fourth on the 3-meter (280.20-season best), with Brehm sixth (262.50-season best), Kouklakis seventh (256.35), Heidi Mahnken ninth (240.45-season best) and Korthauer 10th (234.00). Korthauer made it a clean sweep for IU in diving with a win on the platform, tallying 331.73 points. Agostino was third (282.90-season best), followed by Mahnken fourth (248.78) and Cozad sixth (246.53).
The Hoosiers opened the swimming portion of the dual with a win in the 400-medley relay, as Taylor Wohrley, Ashley Specht, Donna Smailis and Margaux Farrell clocked a time of 3:45.93. Kim Tracey, Amilee Smith, Brittany Barwegen and Justine Jones combined for a fourth-place finish (3:56.17).
Brittany Strumbel won the 200 freestyle with a season-best time of 1:49.67. Nikki White was second in 1:49.95, followed by Wohrley fourth with a season best of 1:51.92. Courey Schaefer placed seventh in 1:56.20.
Smailis was victorious in the 100 free after touching the wall in 50.89. Strumbel took fourth with a season best of 51.40, followed by Farrell in 51.56. Schaefer rounded out the Hoosier contingent in seventh (53.99).
Kate Fesenko remained perfect in 200-yard backstroke competition this season with a winning time of 2:01.74. Ashley Jones was fourth after clocking a time of 2:05.00.
White won the 500 freestyle competition in 4:50.18, while Wohrley, competing in the 500 free for the first time this season, was fourth with a time of 4:59.92. Cassie Luhrsen finished fifth (5:03.23), and Ashley Kranz eighth (5:15.57).
Amilee Smith led a 1-2 Indiana finish in the 200 breaststroke, finishing in 2:17.90. Allysa Vavra was second in a time of 2:18.13, with Specht fifth (2:23.61). Barwegen was seventh (2:28.08), with exhibitioned times of 2:20.66 from Katelyn Ishee, and 2:35.62 from Afton Robertson.
Luhrsen paced the Hoosiers in the 1,650 freestyle with a third-place showing (17:09.81), while Amilee Smith competed in the event for the first time this season and finished fourth in 17:15.53. Kranz placed seventh (17:38.70), and Laura Head eighth (17:53.96).
Farrell was runner-up in the 50 free with a time of 23.93. Smailis' time of 24.31 was good for fourth, while Justine Jones took seventh (25.58) and Kristen Mitsch eighth (26.64). Fesenko led a 2-3-4 finish for the Hoosiers in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:03.38, followed by Vavra (2:04.43) and Ashley Jones (2:05.75). Tracey took seventh (2:09.31), with exhibitioned times from Ishee (2:14.94-season best) and Robertson (2:18.73).
Fesenko also took second in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:59.67. Barwegen was third in 2:02.19, with Tracey sixth (2:07.43) and Ashley Jones eighth (2:12.19).
The meet concluded with the 400 freestyle relay as Strumbel, White, Vavra and Schaefer combined for a third-place finish (3:32.72). Justine Jones, Luhrsen, Robertson and Specht were fifth (3:44.80), while Kranz, Head, Ishee and Mitsch finished sixth (3:47.41).
The Hoosiers return to action on January 23 when they take on rival Purdue at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington. The meet will begin at 11 a.m. ET.
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