Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Plays Host to Hoosierland Open This Weekend
11/14/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 14, 2007
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NO. 24 INDIANA at HOOSIERLAND OPEN
Nov. 15-17, 2007
Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center
Bloomington, Ind.
Participating Teams: No. 24 Indiana, Cincinnati, Arkansas, Florida International, No. 12 Tennessee, No. 3 California, Kenyon, Kentucky (diving), Miami (Ohio), No. 16 Penn State
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Indiana women's swimming and diving team will participate in its last home event of the regular season with the Hoosierland Invitational, Nov. 15-17.
• The event will run in a championship format with preliminaries beginning at 9 a.m. and the finals session beginning at 6 p.m.
NEWS AND NOTES
• In their only home dual meet of the season, the Hoosiers dropped both contests to Texas (180-190) and Michigan (163-207).
• Amanda Smith took third in the 500 free with a season-best time of 4:52.15, improving upon her NCAA "B" cut mark.
• IU took second in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:45.88, the second-fastest IU time this year.
• In diving, Brittney Feldman won the three-meter, scoring 309.85 points. On the one meter, Feldman paced IU with a third-place showing (294.10).
• IU won the 200 medley relay as Bard, Sarah Stockwell, Smailis and Kelsey Atchison combined for a time of 1:43.49.
• Indiana went 1-2 in the 100-yard butterfly as Barwegen set a new career mark of 55.46 to win the event, followed by Smailis in second. Barwegen was 1/10th of a second off the NCAA "B" cut.
• Presley Bard was victorious in the 200 free (1:50.73), 100 back (54.90) and 200 back (1:59.58; NCAA "B" cut).
• The Hoosiers fell one spot to No. 24 in the latest CSCAA Top 25.
• IU will face two other top-25 teams this weekend in No. 3 California and No. 16 Penn State.
COACH LOOZE PREVIEWING THE HOOSIERLAND OPEN
"This is the same format as the Big Ten Championships and we are bringing in some big teams to open some eyes. The competition for spots on the Big Ten Championship team starts now. If you are going to represent Indiana at the Big Tens, you need to start showing it."
"In a competition like this you have to be good from session to session. There will be periods of letdowns over the course of three days and we hope to be good at points where you typically find those lulls."
"With no team scoring, the focus is on individuals trying to win races. We need to win the close races that we haven't been."
PREVIEWING THE HOOSIERLAND OPEN
• Indiana welcomes eight swimming and diving teams and one diving only squad to the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center this weekend for the Hoosierland Open.
• Cincinnati is 0-3 on the season with losses to West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Washington. The Bearcats finished eighth at last year's Big East Championship.
• Head coach Monty Hopkins is in his 20th season at UC.
• Arkansas is 4-1 after a 150-.5-149.5 victory at Kansas last week. Junior diver Madison Palmer has won every event she competed in this season.
• Head coach Jeff Poppell is in his second season as head coach.
• Florida International is 2-3 in dual meets this season.
• Head coach Noami Zaharia is in her fifth season at FIU.
• Tennessee is ranked No. 12 in the latest CSCAA Top 25. They are 3-1 with the only loss coming to No. 1 Auburn on Nov. 10. UT has posted wins over Louisville, Kentucky and South Carolina.
• Head coach Matt Kredich is in his third season at Tennessee.
• No. 3 California is 3-0 on the season, most recently picking up a 155-107 win over Washington on Nov. 2.
• Head coach Teri McKeever is in her 16th year at California.
• Division III powerhouse Kenyon has captured 21 of the last 24 NCAA titles. They are 2-2 on the season and are coming off back-to-back wins over Ohio Northern and Dennison.
• Head coach Jim Steen is in his 32nd season.
• Kentucky will be represented by its diving team, coached by Michael Lyden.
• Miami (Ohio) is 4-2 on the season after a 177-122 win at Bowling Green on Nov. 10.
• Head coach Dave Jennings is in his 25th season at Miami.
• No. 16 Penn State is a perfect 4-0 with wins over Virginia, Michigan State and Purdue in a tri meet Nov. 9-10.
• Head coach Bill Dorenkott is in his 12th season at Penn State.
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