Indiana University Athletics
Swimming and Diving Wraps Up Regular Season at Purdue
1/24/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 24, 2008
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INDIANA at PURDUE
January 26, 2008
Records:
Indiana 1-5
Purdue 5-8
Boilermaker Aquatics Center- 1 p.m.
Live Scoring: purduesports.com
SETTING THE SCENE
• Indiana competes in its final meet of the regular season as it travels to in-state rival Purdue for a dual meet on Jan. 26.
• The meet will be the final competitive tune-up before the Big Ten Championships, Feb. 21-23 in Columbus, Ohio.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Indiana recorded seven NCAA provisional marks and five first-place finishes but it was not enough as the Hoosiers (1-5) fell to No. 9 Tennessee (5-1) by a 172-128 score on Jan. 18 in Knoxville, Tenn.
• Diver Brittney Feldman started things off strong with a win in the 1-meter springboard, tallying 309.23 points, her third-highest point total this season. Jade Summerlin placed fifth (251.85), followed by Ashley Greene (251.63). Greene came back to lead IU with a second-place finish in the 3-meter springboard, recording yet another season best with a score of 281.18, the fifth-best score by an Indiana diver this year.
• The 200 medley relay team of Kate Zubkova, Sarah Stockwell, Donna Smailis and Presley Bard improved upon its NCAA `B' cut set last weekend with a season-best time of 1:42.09. IU picked up points in the 1000 free, led by a second-place showing from Amanda Smith (10:01.15). Cassie Luhrsen finished just behind in third with a season-best mark of 10:09.10, followed by Amilee Smith in fifth (10:11.53).
• Bard took second in the 200 freestyle (1:50.78) with Smailis fourth (1:51.41). Zubkova was the class of the 100 backstroke, beating second-place finisher Morgan Farrell of Tennessee by almost four seconds with a time of 54.82. Indiana added another victory in the 100 breaststroke as Sarah Stockwell matched her NCAA `B' time of 1:03.57 set back in November at the Hoosierland Invitational.
• Allison Kay led the team in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:01.83 (second) and was joined by Christie Fuchs' fourth-place finish (2:06.04). Bard cracked the 24-second barrier in the 50 free, finished second in a time of 23.99. Brittany Epperson was sixth (24.56).
• Smailis recorded a season best in the 100 freestyle (51.70) to place second, followed by Kelsey Atchison's fifth-place showing (52.93). The Hoosiers recorded three of the four fastest times in the 200 backstroke with Zubkova winning the event in a time of 1:58.40. Bard was third (2:01.91) and Amy Harriman fourth (2:06.27).
• Stockwell's season-best time of 2:17.26 is an NCAA `B' cut and was good for a second-place showing. Amilee Smith was third (2:19.97) and Abby Cooper fourth (2:21.67). Kay also improved upon her previous NCAA `B' time, touching the wall in 4:53.06 in the 500 freestyle to place third. Amanda Smith took fourth (4:55.80) while Cassie Luhrsen was fifth (5:03.47).
• Zubkova's season best of 55.10 in the 100 butterfly is an NCAA provisional mark and earned a second-place finish. Kay hit a season mark in the 200 individual medley to lead all IU swimmers with a second-place showing (2:04.86), followed by Smailis in third (2:05.04).
• Atchison, Amanda Smith, Cooper and Kay teamed up for a second-place finish the 400 freestyle relay (3:31.37) to conclude the day.
HEAD COACH Ray Looze ON THE DUAL AT TENNESSEE
"I am really proud of them. We we toe-to-toe with one of the top teams in the country for about 80 percent of the meet. We lost a couple of close races and that proved to be the difference. We were right there in it for much of the meet and it was closer than the score might indicate.
"I think we took some major steps forward today. I was pleased with the level of energy that the team brought today and we came up with some big wins in close races."
Todd Waikel ON THE DIVING PERFORMANCE AT TENNESSEE
• "Everone did a great job. All in all I thought it was a strong performance and it shows we are really starting to come around."
PREVIEWING PURDUE
• Purdue has had a busy dual meet season with a 5-8 record.
• They are 2-3 against Big Ten opponents with both wins coming against Michigan State, including a 186-112 victory on Jan. 12.
• Common opponents between the two teams this season include Notre Dame and Northwestern. Purdue lost to both teams in dual meets, while IU topped the Fighting Irish in a championship format and defeated Northwestern for its only dual meet victory of the season.
• Head coach Cathy Wright-Eger is in her 21st season at Purdue. She is assisted by Darlene Renie.
• Adam Soldati is in his third season as head diving coach with the Boilermakers. The 1997 Indiana graduate previously served as assistant coach and diving events director at IU.
BIG TENS AROUND THE CORNER
• After Saturday's dual at Purdue the team will direct its focus on preparing for the Big Ten Championships, Feb. 21-23 at the McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio.
• The Hoosiers are the defending Big Ten champion.
• The McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion will also serve as the site of the 2008 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
IN THE ZONE
• Freshman diver Christina Kouklakis had the meet of her young career at Tennessee on Jan. 18, posting an NCAA Zone cut of 282.91 in the 1-meter springboard.
• That score was third best on the afternoon and nearly 60 points better than her previous high of 225.31 in the dual at Northwestern in October.
• Also posting an NCAA Zone score was senior Ashley Greene in the 3-meter. Her mark of 281.18 topped her previous season best of 250.05 set just one week earlier.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• The Hoosiers sit just outside the top 25 in the latest College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Top 25 rankings released Jan. 18.
• Indiana is tops in the "Others Receiving Votes" category with 49 votes.
• The Big Ten has four teams in the top 25, led by No. 8 Minnesota. Also among the ranked are No. 11 Penn State, No. 12 Michigan and No. 18 Wisconsin.
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