Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Invite Preview (11-16-04)
11/16/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana men's and women's swimming and diving programs will host the Indiana Invitational for the ninth consecutive season as both close out their three week homestands. The men have a 5-2 overall record in dual meets and are 1-0 in Big Ten competition, while the women are 3-2 and 0-1 in conference action.
A total of 10 teams will compete in the 2004 Indiana Invitational in some capacity. The women's meet will consist of the No. 25 Hoosiers, No. 15 Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Miami (Ohio), Toledo and Utah. The men's meet will be a battle between No. 14 Indiana, No. 12 Kentucky and Utah.
The Invitational will be Friday, Nov. 19, through Sunday, Nov. 21. Preliminary competition will begin at 9 a.m., each day, while finals will start at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Sunday finals will begin upon completion of the last 1,650-yard freestyle heat. The diving portion of the event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., each day.
SWIMMING SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 19
Prelims: 9 a.m.
Finals: 6 p.m.
200 freestyle relay
500 freestyle
200 IM
50 freestyle
400 medley relay
Saturday, Nov. 20
Prelims: 9 a.m.
Finals: 6 p.m.
200 medley relay
400 IM
100 butterfly
200 freestyle
100 breaststroke
100 backstroke
800 freestyle relay
Sunday, Nov. 21
Prelims: 9 a.m.
Finals: Immediately following last 1,650 afternoon heat
1,650 freestyle
200 backstroke
100 freestyle
200 breaststroke
200 butterfly
400 freestyle relay
DIVING SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 19, 2004
10 a.m. - Women's 1m Prelim
11:15 a.m. - Men's 3m Prelim
12:45 p.m. - Women's 1m Final
1:45 p.m. - Men's 3m Final
Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004
10 a.m. - Men's 1m Prelim
11:05 p.m. - Women's 3m Prelim
12:55 p.m. - Men's 1m Final
1:55 p.m. - Women's 3m Final
Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004
10 a.m. - Men's & Women's Combined Platform
NCAA PROVISIONAL QUALIFIERS
Thus far, Indiana has three NCAA provisional qualifying times this season. Junior Kristen Bradley posted an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 4:19.98 in the 400-yard IM during the initial day of the SMU Classic on Oct. 22. Junior Sarah Bugden notched her time with a 2:01.60 for first place in the 200-yard butterfly against Kentucky and Southwest Missouri State. Additionally, sophomore Leila Vaziri cleared her B-cut with a second-place 51.26 in the 100-yard freestyle against then-No. 21 Arizona State on Oct. 30.
NCAA ZONE QUALIFIERS
Three Indiana divers (Heather Chapman, Christina Loukas and Lindsay Weigle) have posted NCAA zone qualifying marks this season.
DIVING DOMINANCE
On the crowd-pleasing platform, Weigle amazed the fans at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center as she posted an IU dual-meet mark with a 343.65 to win the event against Northwestern. Sophomore Heather Chapman took second with a 301.28, while Christina Loukas finished in third in 291.38.
INDIANA BOUND
The travel budget should be lessened this year as both the NCAA Zone Diving Championships and the NCAA Championships will be hosted by Purdue in nearby West Lafayette, Ind. That should make the six Hoosiers (Heather Chapman/Indianapolis, Ashley Greene/Indianapolis, Meghan Keefer/Fort Wayne, Lauren Schrader/Lafayette, Jade Summerlin/Fishers and Lindsay Weigle/Bloomington) on the squad that hail from Indiana happy as well.
CIRCLING THE GLOBE
Head Coach Dorsey Tierney not only recruits nationally, but also globally as evidenced by the four Hoosiers hailing from international destinations. Kristen Bradley and Angela Calvert both call Ontario, Canada home, while Susanna Ernst's hometown is Vienna, Austria. Annica Lofstedt (Orebo, Sweden) also comes from across the pond.
TORCH THE RECORD BOOKS
Last season's squad took a lighter to the IU record books by eclipsing 14 watershed marks, including all four relay standards, last season. The Hoosiers came up just shy of the eight other records that were left to a new crop of Cream and Crimson to rewrite.
SEVEN STRONG, WILL WE SEE EIGHT?
Dr. Jeff Huber, Indiana men's and women's diving coach, was selected as U.S. Diving's National Coach of the Year for the United States Olympic Committee's Coach Recognition Program for an incredible seventh consecutive time.
The accolade closed out an amazing year for Huber as the Indiana diving program continued its dominance on the national scene by claiming the program's 11th consecutive U.S. Combined (men and women) National Championship. The men's and women's programs joined to outdistance second-place Auburn by over 100 points.
ATHENS PERFORMANCES
Four Hoosiers represented the U.S. in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Current diver Cassandra Cardinell, former divers Sara Hildebrand and Kimiko Soldati and Head Diving Coach Dr. Jeff Huber all ventured to the home of the Olympiad over the summer. Cardinell and Hildebrand took seventh in the synchro 10-meter, while Hildebrand took 10th in the 10-meter. Soldati claimed 21st place in the three-meter springboard.
NEXT UP
The Hoosiers head to Champaign, Ill., to battle the Fighting Illini on Dec. 4 at 1 p.m.
A total of 10 teams will compete in the 2004 Indiana Invitational in some capacity. The women's meet will consist of the No. 25 Hoosiers, No. 15 Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Miami (Ohio), Toledo and Utah. The men's meet will be a battle between No. 14 Indiana, No. 12 Kentucky and Utah.
The Invitational will be Friday, Nov. 19, through Sunday, Nov. 21. Preliminary competition will begin at 9 a.m., each day, while finals will start at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Sunday finals will begin upon completion of the last 1,650-yard freestyle heat. The diving portion of the event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., each day.
SWIMMING SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 19
Prelims: 9 a.m.
Finals: 6 p.m.
200 freestyle relay
500 freestyle
200 IM
50 freestyle
400 medley relay
Saturday, Nov. 20
Prelims: 9 a.m.
Finals: 6 p.m.
200 medley relay
400 IM
100 butterfly
200 freestyle
100 breaststroke
100 backstroke
800 freestyle relay
Sunday, Nov. 21
Prelims: 9 a.m.
Finals: Immediately following last 1,650 afternoon heat
1,650 freestyle
200 backstroke
100 freestyle
200 breaststroke
200 butterfly
400 freestyle relay
DIVING SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 19, 2004
10 a.m. - Women's 1m Prelim
11:15 a.m. - Men's 3m Prelim
12:45 p.m. - Women's 1m Final
1:45 p.m. - Men's 3m Final
Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004
10 a.m. - Men's 1m Prelim
11:05 p.m. - Women's 3m Prelim
12:55 p.m. - Men's 1m Final
1:55 p.m. - Women's 3m Final
Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004
10 a.m. - Men's & Women's Combined Platform
NCAA PROVISIONAL QUALIFIERS
Thus far, Indiana has three NCAA provisional qualifying times this season. Junior Kristen Bradley posted an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 4:19.98 in the 400-yard IM during the initial day of the SMU Classic on Oct. 22. Junior Sarah Bugden notched her time with a 2:01.60 for first place in the 200-yard butterfly against Kentucky and Southwest Missouri State. Additionally, sophomore Leila Vaziri cleared her B-cut with a second-place 51.26 in the 100-yard freestyle against then-No. 21 Arizona State on Oct. 30.
NCAA ZONE QUALIFIERS
Three Indiana divers (Heather Chapman, Christina Loukas and Lindsay Weigle) have posted NCAA zone qualifying marks this season.
DIVING DOMINANCE
On the crowd-pleasing platform, Weigle amazed the fans at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center as she posted an IU dual-meet mark with a 343.65 to win the event against Northwestern. Sophomore Heather Chapman took second with a 301.28, while Christina Loukas finished in third in 291.38.
INDIANA BOUND
The travel budget should be lessened this year as both the NCAA Zone Diving Championships and the NCAA Championships will be hosted by Purdue in nearby West Lafayette, Ind. That should make the six Hoosiers (Heather Chapman/Indianapolis, Ashley Greene/Indianapolis, Meghan Keefer/Fort Wayne, Lauren Schrader/Lafayette, Jade Summerlin/Fishers and Lindsay Weigle/Bloomington) on the squad that hail from Indiana happy as well.
CIRCLING THE GLOBE
Head Coach Dorsey Tierney not only recruits nationally, but also globally as evidenced by the four Hoosiers hailing from international destinations. Kristen Bradley and Angela Calvert both call Ontario, Canada home, while Susanna Ernst's hometown is Vienna, Austria. Annica Lofstedt (Orebo, Sweden) also comes from across the pond.
TORCH THE RECORD BOOKS
Last season's squad took a lighter to the IU record books by eclipsing 14 watershed marks, including all four relay standards, last season. The Hoosiers came up just shy of the eight other records that were left to a new crop of Cream and Crimson to rewrite.
SEVEN STRONG, WILL WE SEE EIGHT?
Dr. Jeff Huber, Indiana men's and women's diving coach, was selected as U.S. Diving's National Coach of the Year for the United States Olympic Committee's Coach Recognition Program for an incredible seventh consecutive time.
The accolade closed out an amazing year for Huber as the Indiana diving program continued its dominance on the national scene by claiming the program's 11th consecutive U.S. Combined (men and women) National Championship. The men's and women's programs joined to outdistance second-place Auburn by over 100 points.
ATHENS PERFORMANCES
Four Hoosiers represented the U.S. in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Current diver Cassandra Cardinell, former divers Sara Hildebrand and Kimiko Soldati and Head Diving Coach Dr. Jeff Huber all ventured to the home of the Olympiad over the summer. Cardinell and Hildebrand took seventh in the synchro 10-meter, while Hildebrand took 10th in the 10-meter. Soldati claimed 21st place in the three-meter springboard.
NEXT UP
The Hoosiers head to Champaign, Ill., to battle the Fighting Illini on Dec. 4 at 1 p.m.
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