Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Open Season (10-16-03)
10/16/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
October 16, 2003
Hoosiers Open Up Season with Evansville
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Bloomington, Ind.- The Indiana women’s swimming and diving team will host the Evansville Purple Aces to open the 2003-04 dual meet season. Indiana has hosted the Purple Aces each of the last three seasons. The meet will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.
The meeting will be the fourth all-time between the two teams. Indiana has won each of the meetings by an average score of 185.5-105.
For complete Indiana women's swimming and diving notes click HERE (PDF).
Evansville Last Year
Last year the Hoosiers downed Evansville 185.5-103.5. The Hoosiers dominated Evansville winning all 16 events. Not only did the Hoosiers win all 16 events, but in 15 of the 16 events, Indiana took first and second place.
Sarah Fiden, Brooke Taflinger, Sara Hildebrand and Meghan Medendorp all led the way for the Hoosiers with two individual victories. Fiden took the two distance events winning the 500 and 1000-yard freestyles. Talfinger won the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard breaststroke, while Medendorp won both the sprint events capturing the 50 and 100-yard freestyles. Hildebrand won both diving events for the Hoosiers.
IU also won both the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relays. The team of Colleen McCracken, Megan Geers, Erin Smith and Medendorp won the 200 medley, while the team of Medendorp, Anne Williams, Tammy Kostner and Smith won the 200 freestyle.
Geers (100 breast), McCracken (200 back), Kostner (100 back), Kristy Martin (200 fly), Tina Gretlund (100 fly) and Kristen Bradley (400IM ) all won an event for the Hoosiers.
On Evansville
The Purple Aces come to Bloomington to open the fourth-straight season. Evansville actually opens their 2003-04 schedule against Butler on Friday night.
Evansville went 3-4 in dual meets last season, including a 185.5-103.5 loss to the Hoosiers. The Purple Aces also finished seventh at last season’s Indiana Invitational.
At the 2003 Missouri Valley Conference Championships, the Purple Aces took fourth with 465 points. Southwest Missouri State won the title with 888 points.
Evansville returns two all-conference performers in team captains Emily Tomes and Ellen Miles. Tomes won her third consecutive MVC crown in the 200-yard individual medley and also took third in the MVC Championships. Miles holds the Evansville record in the three-meter, 11-dive event.
The Purple Aces have a roster of 21, including 12 newcomers. The numbers are a signifcant increase from what Evansville had last season.
2003 Big Ten Champions
After nearly bringing home of the Big Ten Championship in 2002, the Hoosiers used its superior depth to capture the 2003 title. The Hoosiers only won four of the 21 events, but in 11-of-16 individual events, Indiana placed two women in the top 10 and in 7-of-16 individual events, the Hoosiers placed three women in the top 10. The Hoosiers outdistanced second place Wisconsin, 595-561.
Senior Sara Hildebrand captured titles on all three diving levels and walked away with the Big Ten Diver of the Year and Big Ten Diver of the Championships. She and Cassandra Cardinell went 1-2 in the one-meter event and then 1-5 in the three-meter competition. Senior Lori Matthys joined the duo on the platform as all three placed in the top 5. Hildebrand won the event, while Cardinell and Matthys finished third and fifth, respectively. Hildebrand set Indiana Big Ten records on every level at the Championships as well. With the strong diving performance at the championships, head diving coach Jeff Huber was recognized as the Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year.
The Hoosiers’ lone individual champion in swimming was junior Brooke Taflinger. She won the 400 Individual Medley in a Big Ten and School Record time of 4:12.43. Taflinger led a Hoosier contingent of four that all placed in the top 12 of the event. Senior Kristy Martin was third followed by freshman Lauren Lubus, who placed ninth. Senior Maggie Helmers finished her career with a 12th placed finish.
In the 200 IM, Taflinger again set a school record with a time of 2:01.52. She would win the Consolation finals and finish ninth overall. Martin was the highest Hoosier finisher as she was eighth in the event.
Indiana’s best event at the 2003 Big Ten Championships was the 200 butterfly. IU had three swimmers in the finals and two others place in the top of the Consolation finals. Lubus spearheaded the group with a school record time of 1:58.11. She ended up as the runner-up in the event. Martin and fellow senior Jenny Bechem finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Gretlund led the Hoosier contingent in the 200 freestyle as she placed sixth in the event with a time of 1:49.24. Junior Sarah Fiden made the finals and placed eighth. Fellow classmate Erin Gorlesky won the consolation finals to finish ninth overall, while freshman Doherty Colgin placed 13th.
Fiden, Gorlesky and Bechem all scored in the 500 freestyle and the 1650 freestyle events. They all placed in the top 10 of the 500 free, with Fiden leading the way in third. Gorlesky also advanced to the finals and placed eighth, while Bechem was 10th in the event. In the 1650, Fiden once again placed third, while Bechem placed 6th overall.
Sophomore Erin Smith led three Hoosiers in the top 10 of the 100 butterfly as she set a school record. Smith finished fourth overall followed by Lubus, who was sixth and senior Colleen McCracken, who was 10th.
Tammy Kostner had the top Hoosier finish in the 100 back as she placed 8th. Her time of 55.83 in the prelims of the event was the second fastest in school history.
Junior Meghan Medendorp was Indiana’s top sprint freestyler as she earned top five finishes in the 50 free and 100 free. She was the Big Ten runner up in the 50 free and placed fifth in the 100 free. Kostner also advanced to the finals of the 50 free and finished seventh overall.
Indiana also got strong showings from the relays. The Hoosiers’ top relay finish was the 800 free relay that was runner up to Wisconsin. The group of Gretlund, Colgin, Gorlesky and Fiden swam a school record time of 7:13.76. The 200 free relay finished tied with Michigan for third. The team of Kostner, senior Anne Williams, Smith and Medendorp came in with a time of 1:32.17. IU’s 200 and 400 medley relays finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Senior Leaders
The Hoosiers return a group of five seniors (Sarah Fiden, Erin Gorlesky, Meghan Medendorp, Brooke Taflinger and Elizabeth Weyerbacher) that will lead the way in 2003-04. Indiana also adds a transfer senior in Greer McGettrick from Fresno State.
Fiden took third in both the 1650-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle at the Big Ten Championships last season. The Kettering, Ohio, native also earned All-America honors with a 15th-place finish in the 1650 at the NCAA Championships.
Medendorp returns as one of the best sprinters in the Big Ten. In 2003, Medendorp finished second in the 50-yard freestyle and fifth in the 100-yard freestyle. She qualified for the NCAA Championships in both events placing 20th in the 50 and 29th in the 100.
Gorlesky enjoyed a break out year for the Hoosiers. The Fort Wayne, Ind., native scored in all three of her events, placing eighth in the 500-yard freestyle, ninth in the 200-yard freestyle and 13th in the 1650. Gorlesky competed in both the 500 and 1650 freestyles at the NCAA Championships and also earned All-America honors as part of the 800-yard freestyle relay that placed 14th.
Taflinger was the Big Ten champion in the 400-yard IM last season setting a new conference mark in the process. She also earned All-America honors by placing 14th in the same event at the NCAA Championships. Taflinger placed ninth in the 200-yard IM and sixth in the 200-yard breaststroke at the Big Ten Championships.
Record Setting Season
Along with winning the school’s first recognized Big Ten Championship, the Hoosiers set 10-school records in 2002-03. In the last three years, every school record has been broken.
Sarah Fiden set three individual school records. She eclipsed her own marks in the 500, 1000 and 1650-yard freestyles. Taflinger came up with three new school records of her own last season. The Kokomo, Ind., native set marks in the 200 and 400-yard IMs as well as the 200-yard breaststroke.
Erin Smith, Tina Gretlund and Lauren Lubus each set one record for Indiana. Smith reset her 100-yard butterfly record, while Gretlund set the 200-yard freestyle time. In her first season, Lubus set the 200-yard butterfly.
Indiana set one relay during the 2002-03 season. The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Gretlund, Erin Gorleksy, Fiden and Doherty Colgin topped the pervious mark with a time of 7:13.76 in placing second at the Big Ten Championships.
In diving, Sara Hildebrand set two dual meet diving records on the one-meter and the platform. She also reset all three Big Ten school diving records in winning all three events at the Big Ten Championships.
2003 All-Americans
The Hoosiers had six individual All-Americans and one relay earn All-America status at the NCAA Championships in 2003.
Brooke Taflinger, Lauren Lubus, Sarah Fiden, Sara Hildebrand, Cassandra Cardinell and Lori Matthys all earned individual All-America honors for the Hoosiers. The 800-yard freestyle relay of Tina Greltund, Erin Gorlesky, Doherty Colgin and Fiden also earned All-America status with a 14th-place finish.
Taflinger finished 14th in the 400-yard IM, while Lubus was 15th in the 200-yard butterfly and Fiden was 15th in the 1650-yard freestyle. Hildebrand capped her career by taking fourth on the 10-meter platform, while also placing 15th on the one-meter and 14th on the three-meter. Cardinell was fifth on the platform and 10th on the one-meter. Matthys earned her first All-America honor by placing seventh on the platform.
Summer of Diving
The Hoosiers’ diving program has long been recognized as one of the best and the program’s summer only solidified that. The Indiana diving program captured its 10th-straight National Diving Championship..
Sara Hildebrand and Cassandra Cardinell finished 1-2 in the running for the All-Around Award, which recognizes the athlete with the most points at the Championships. Cardinell and Hildebrand teamed up to capture the synchro three-meter and platform national titles. Hildebrand then won the three-meter competition before finishing second in the platform. Dr. Jeff Huber was awarded the Coaching Excellence Award at the Championships.
Hildebrand and Cardinell would go on to have an exceptional summer diving for the U.S. The pair earned Pan American Games bronze medals in the synchro three-meter. At the World University games, the duo took bronze in both the synchro three-meter and platform competitions. Hildebrand also took the bronze in the platform at the event. As part of team USA, the pair earned team silver medals.
Hildebrand capped off her summer by being named U.S. Diving’s Athlete of the Year for 2003. Huber was also named the national coach of the year for the sixth straight season. The national coach of the year award is called the Mike Peppe Award
Indiana Head Swimming Coach Dorsey Tierney
Entering her sixth season as the women’s swimming coach at Indiana University, Dorsey Tierney has emerged as one of the nation’s finest young coaches. In 2003, Tierney led the Hoosiers to their first Big Ten Championship in more than 20 years in 2003. Every Indiana swimming record has been broke under Tierney’s direction in the last three years.
The 2001 and 2002 Big Ten Coach of the Year has coached IU to three top-three finishes in the Big Ten and three top 20-finishes at nationals in each of the last three seasons. In dual meets, Tierney has compiled a 34-12-1 (.861) overall record.
At the 2003 Big Ten Championship, Indiana oudistanced second-place Wisconsin, 595-561, behind the force of tremendous team depth. Brooke Taflinger was the Hoosiers’ only individual champion as she captured the 400-yard individual medley in a record time of 4:12.43, setting a new Big Ten Conference mark. The 800-freestyle relay team of Tina Gretlund, Doherty Colgin, Erin Gorlesky and Sarah Fiden shattered the school record in the event with a time of 7:13.76.
Three Indiana swimmers have won individual Big Ten Championships on six different occasions under Tierney’s direction. Jen Cristy heads the list with four Big Ten titles, while Susan Woessner and Taflinger each won two. Under Tiereny’s direction, Cristy was the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championship in 2001, while Woessner was Big Ten Swimmer of the Championship and Swimmer of the Year.
At the 2002 NCAA Championships, Tierney led the Hoosiers to their best finish ever placing 10th. Indiana had two individual All-Americans in Woessner (100 and 200 backstroke) and Sarah Fiden (1650 freestyle) as well as five All-American relays. In all, Tierney has coached 13 All-Americans.
Indiana Head Diving Coach Dr. Jeff Huber
Dr. Jeff Huber enters his 15th season as the head men’s and women’s diving coach at Indiana University. Since coming to Indiana in 1989 after serving as the head diving coach at Nebraska, Huber has led the Hoosiers to 10-straight U.S. National Combined Team Championships.
He has coached six U.S. National Athlete Performance Award winners, given to the diver that scores the most points at the U.S. Diving Nationals. Huber has also coached 31 All-Americans, 24 Big Ten Champions and two NCAA Championships in his tenure at IU.
Huber has been named U.S. Diving’s National Coach of the Year each of the last six times. In 2003, Sara Hildebrand, a Huber coached diver, was named U.S. Diving’s Athlete of the Year.
Huber is also an eight-time Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year, including winning the award with both the men and women in 2003. At the men’s Big Ten Championships in 2003, the divers scored 185 total points in helping to lead the Hoosiers to a third place finish as a team. At both the men and women’s Big Ten Championships in 2003, IU divers Marc Carlton and Sara Hildebrand were both named Big Ten Diver of the Championships and Big Ten Diver of the Year.
He has also served as a coach for 17 international competitions, including the 2003 World Championships and Pan American Games and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Huber resides in Bloomington with his wife, Dr. Lesa Huber, and their two children, Julia (17) and David (14).
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