Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Play Host to Purdue on January 23
1/15/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 15, 2010
NO. 12 INDIANA VS. NO. 22 PURDUE
January 23, 2010
Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center
Bloomington, Ind.
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Hoosiers will close out the home portion of their 2009-10 schedule as they play host to in-state rival Purdue.
• The 12th-ranked Hoosiers and 22nd-ranked Boilermakers will square off at 11 a.m. ET on Jan. 23 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.
• Prior to the meet six Indiana seniors will be honored.
Schedule of Events
200 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
15 Minute Break
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
10 Minute Break
200 Individual Medley
400 Free Relay
NEWS AND NOTES
• The Hoosiers are coming off a 130-113 win at No. 16 Michigan on January 9.
• Indiana won nine events, including a sweep of the diving competition.
• Gabby Agostino took the 1-meter and 3-meter titles, both with season-best scores.
• Amy Korthauer completed the sweep by winning the platform.
• Brittany Strumbel won the 200 free with a season-best time of 1:49.67.
• Kate Fesenko remained perfect in the 200 backstroke this season with a winning time of 2:01.74.
• Fesenko won two national titles at the 2009 U.S. Short Course Nationals in December.
• Fesenko went 1:52.54 in the 200 back, and NCAA A cut. She also earned her A cut in the 100 back with a winning time of 52.70.
• She also went a season best in the 100 fly (53.19) and was part of top-10 finishes in the 400 free relay (ninth), 800 free relay (4th) and 400 medley relay (9th).
• Donna Smailis posted an NCAA B cut and finished 11th in the 100 free (49.65). She was also 10th in the 200 free with an NCAA B cut of 1:47.05. Nikki White picked up an NCAA B cut in the prelims of the 200 free with a time of 1:49.98.
• White was 10th in the 500 free with an NCAA B time of 4:46.24, and finished 15th in the 1,650 free (16:45.26).
• Smailis was seventh in the 100 back with a season best time of 53.65, an NCAA B mark.
• Allysa Vavra took 19th in the 200 breaststroke with a season best and NCAA B time of 2:15.23. She was also 8th in the 400 IM with an NCAA B time of 4:13.73 in the prelims.
• Brittany Barwegen posted her fastest time of the year in the 200 fly at nationals with a mark of 1:59.80, good for 19th place.
• Smailis, Fesenko, White and Vavra combined for an NCAA B cut in the 800 free relay with a time of 7:20.70.
• The rest of the Hoosiers traveled to Kentucky on Dec. 5 where they finished in a 149-149 tie with the Wildcats.
• Strumbel, Taylor Wohrley and Margaux Farrell each posted a pair of victories for Indiana.
• At the Ohio State Invitational, Korthauer won the women's platform title with a score of 294.25.
• The Hoosiers posted eight victories at the 2009 Hoosierland Invitational, Nov. 20-22 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington.
• Fesenko led the way with wins in the 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 200 butterfly. Her time of 1:57.83 in the 200 fly is the fastest by a Hoosier this year and an NCAA B cut, while she went 53.15 in the 100 back.
• Allysa Vavra won the 400 individual medley, while Korthauer won the platform diving competition with a school-record score of 388.95.
• Cassie Luhrsen was victorious in the 1,650 freestyle, and the Hoosiers also took the 800 free relay title.
• Brittany Barwegen finished second in the 100 breaststroke, posting the fastest time by a Hoosier this season with a 1:04.52.
• Indiana posted a 215-174 win over Big Ten foe Michigan and fell 222-162 to Texas in a double dual meet in Austin, Oct. 30-31.
• Fesenko remains unbeaten in the 100 back and 200 back, nearly posting an A cut in the 100 back with a time of 53.30. She went 1:55.56 in the 200 back.
• Fesenko also took second in the 100 fly and 200 individual medley.
• Strumbel took third in the 500 free with a season-best time of 4:52.37.
• Luhrsen led the way with a fourth-place finish in the 1,650 free (17:08.16), followed by Allysa Vavra in sixth (17:25.83).
• Vavra won the 200 breaststroke in 2:17.90 and posted the second-fastest time of the year by a Hoosier in the 100 breaststroke at 1:04.72 (fifth). She was also third in the 400 IM with an NCAA B cut of 4:15.84.
• Barwegen took second in the 200 fly, improving her NCAA B cut with a time of 1:59.83.
• Korthauer won the platform competition in Texas with a score of 279.90, while Gabby Agostino was fourth in the 1-meter springboard.
• Fesenko got her senior season off to a fast start, setting pool records and posting NCAA B cuts in the 100 back and 200 back at Northwestern.
• Entering her first full season as a Hoosier, Vavra posted wins in the 1,000 free and 500 free at Northwestern.
• Korthauer posted a career best and NCAA Zone-qualifying score of 311.85 on the 1-meter springboard at Northwestern.
• Indiana enters the 2009-10 season as the defending Big Ten Champion after capturing its second title in three seasons in 2009.
• The Hoosiers return seven All-Big Ten performers from that team, led by All-American Kate Fesenko.
• Fesenko is a two-time Big Ten champion in the 100 back and 200 back, and holds the conference record in both events.
• Sophomores Brittany Strumbel and Margaux Farrell are back after earning All-Big Ten and All-America honors as freshmen.
• Senior Donna Smailis returns after earning All-America honors in the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay.
• Leading the divers is senior Brittany Feldman. Feldman was third on the 3-meter at last year's NCAA Championships.
• Senior Ashley Jones earned All-Big Ten honors last season and had a strong summer of competition, setting a new school mark in the 200-meter backstroke.
MICHIGAN RECAP
• Diver Gabby Agostino swept the springboard diving events, taking the 1-meter with a season-best score of 306.37, and also posting a season best in the 3-meter with a winning score of 326.55. Christina Kouklakis was fourth in the 1-meter (278.63), followed by Nicole Brehm in fifth with a season-best score of 268.27. Rounding out the top 10 were Amy Korthauer in sixth (260.02), Amy Cozad ninth (236.32) and Cassidy Kahn 10th (231.68-season best).
• Cozad took fourth on the 3-meter (280.20-season best), with Brehm sixth (262.50-season best), Kouklakis seventh (256.35), Heidi Mahnken ninth (240.45-season best) and Korthauer 10th (234.00). Korthauer made it a clean sweep for IU in diving with a win on the platform, tallying 331.73 points. Agostino was third (282.90-season best), followed by Mahnken fourth (248.78) and Cozad sixth (246.53).
• The Hoosiers opened the swimming portion of the dual with a win in the 400-medley relay, as Taylor Wohrley, Ashley Specht, Donna Smailis and Margaux Farrell clocked a time of 3:45.93. Kim Tracey, Amilee Smith, Brittany Barwegen and Justine Jones combined for a fourth-place finish (3:56.17).
• Brittany Strumbel won the 200 freestyle with a season-best time of 1:49.67. Nikki White was second in 1:49.95, followed by Wohrley fourth with a season best of 1:51.92. Courey Schaefer placed seventh in 1:56.20.
• Smailis was victorious in the 100 free after touching the wall in 50.89. Strumbel took fourth with a season best of 51.40, followed by Farrell in 51.56. Schaefer rounded out the Hoosier contingent in seventh (53.99).
• Kate Fesenko remained perfect in 200-yard backstroke competition this season with a winning time of 2:01.74. Ashley Jones was fourth after clocking a time of 2:05.00.
• White won the 500 freestyle competition in 4:50.18, while Wohrley, competing in the 500 free for the first time this season, was fourth with a time of 4:59.92. Cassie Luhrsen finished fifth (5:03.23), and Ashley Kranz eighth (5:15.57).
• Amilee Smith led a 1-2 Indiana finish in the 200 breaststroke, finishing in 2:17.90. Allysa Vavra was second in a time of 2:18.13, with Specht fifth (2:23.61). Barwegen was seventh (2:28.08), with exhibitioned times of 2:20.66 from Katelyn Ishee, and 2:35.62 from Afton Robertson.
• Luhrsen paced the Hoosiers in the 1,650 freestyle with a third-place showing (17:09.81), while Amilee Smith competed in the event for the first time this season and finished fourth in 17:15.53. Kranz placed seventh (17:38.70), and Laura Head eighth (17:53.96).
• Farrell was runner-up in the 50 free with a time of 23.93. Smailis' time of 24.31 was good for fourth, while Justine Jones took seventh (25.58) and Kristen Mitsch eighth (26.64). Fesenko led a 2-3-4 finish for the Hoosiers in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:03.38, followed by Vavra (2:04.43) and Ashley Jones (2:05.75). Tracey took seventh (2:09.31), with exhibitioned times from Ishee (2:14.94-season best) and Robertson (2:18.73).
• Fesenko also took second in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:59.67. Barwegen was third in 2:02.19, with Tracey sixth (2:07.43) and Ashley Jones eighth (2:12.19).
• The meet concluded with the 400 freestyle relay as Strumbel, White, Vavra and Schaefer combined for a third-place finish (3:32.72). Justine Jones, Luhrsen, Robertson and Specht were fifth (3:44.80), while Kranz, Head, Ishee and Mitsch finished sixth (3:47.41).
SIX HOOSIERS TO SAY FAREWELL
• Seniors Brittany Barwegen, Kate Fesenko, Amy Korthauer, Cassie Luhrsen, Donna Smailis and Amilee Smith will compete in their final collegiate event at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center when the Hoosiers take on Purdue on Jan. 23.
• This group has been part of two Big Ten Championship teams (2007, 2009) and combined for 14 All-America honors and four first team All-Big Ten accolades.
HOOSIERS NO. 12 IN DUAL MEET POLL
• Indiana is No. 12 in the latest College Swim Coaches Association of America Division I top-25 poll released on Dec. 15.
• The Hoosiers dropped three spots from their No. 9 ranking in the inaugural poll.
• Minnesota is the top-ranked Big Ten team at No. 10, followed by the Hoosiers, No. 16 Michigan, No. 17 Wisconsin, No. 22 Purdue and No. 23 Northwestern.
• The Hoosiers have already posted dual meet wins this year over Northwestern and Michigan.
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