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Hoosiers Swim Away From Northwestern, 158.5-135.5
10/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Oct. 22, 2010
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana University women's swimming and diving team got the 2010-11 season off to a fast start with victories in 13 of 16 events and a pair of NCAA provisional times in a 158.5-135.5 win over Northwestern Friday afternoon at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.
The quartet of Taylor Wohrley, Allysa Vavra, Brittany Barwegen and Sara Delay opened the meet with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:32.22. The "B" squad of Ashley Jones, Ashley Specht, Kim Tracey and Christina Gonzalez took third in 1:45.81.
In her first collegiate meet, Lindsay Vrooman won the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 10:06.19, becoming the 15th-fastest Hoosier in IU history in the event. Nikki White placed second in 10:08.01.
Brittany Strumbel kept the Hoosier victories rolling, taking the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:50.52. Courey Schaefer took fourth in 1:53.01 and Delay fifth (1:53.25).
Wohrley, a finalist in the 100 backstroke at last year's Big Ten championships, won the 100 backstroke in a time of 56.55. That was part of a 1-2-3 IU sweep with Jones second (57.38) and Tracey third (57.42).
Vavra was the top Indiana finisher in the 100-yard breaststroke, placing second in 1:04.02. Specht was fifth in 1:04.81, followed by newcomer Bronwyn Pasloski (6th-1:05.98).
Barwegen posted the first NCAA B cut of the season for Indiana with a winning time of 1:59.21 in the 200 butterfly. Freshman Brenna MacLean picked up a point for Indiana with a sixth-place finish (2:07.82).
In the sprint to the wall, Delay and Northwestern's Taylor Reynolds finished with identical times of 23.88. Stephanie Armstrong placed fifth with a time of 24.57.
Strumbel missed out on her second individual title by 1/10th of a second, placing second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 51.63. Delay took fourth in 52.59.
Ashley Jones, a Big Ten finalist in the 200 backstroke, won the event with a time of 2:01.72. Wohrley, the Big Ten runner-up as a freshman, was second in 2:02.36.
Vavra just missed out on an NCAA B cut in the 200 breaststroke, taking first in 2:16.92. Pasloski finished third at 2:21.15 followed by Katelyn Ishee in fifth (2:24.18).
Strumbel pulled away from her IU teammates to win the 500 freestyle in a time of 4:56.09. Vrooman followed in 4:58.60, with White third (5:00.26).
Barwegen made it a sweep of the butterfly events by taking the 100 fly in 55.37. Maclean (57.94) was fifth.
In the 3-meter springboard competition, Gabby Agostino opened the year with a victory, tallying 324.60 points. Amy Cozad was third (297.15), with newcomer Laura Ryan sixth (267.68).
Ryan won her first collegiate event with a score of 297.75 in the 1-meter competition, followed by Agostino in second (292.43). Cassidy Kahn (4th-274.65) and Logan Kline (5th-270.68) rounded out the top five.
Individual events wrapped up with the 400-yard individual medley with Vavra posting an NCAA B cut of 4:19.37 to take the title. Barwegen was second in 4:23.20, with Jones fourth (4:24.14).
The final event of the day, the 400-yard freestyle relay, went down to the wire with Northwestern's Taylor Reynolds pulling away from IU's Courey Schaefer on the final leg for the victory in a time of 3:28.99. The Hoosiers took second in a time of 3:30.49
The Hoosiers are back in action tomorrow as they play host to the Kentucky Wildcats at 10 a.m. ET at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.
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