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IU Men Down Auburn in Dual Meet
10/10/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
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Site: Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center (Bloomington, Ind.) Score: : IU Women 113, Auburn Women 126; IU Men 149, Auburn Men 91 Next IU Meet: October 24-25--at Michigan/Texas/Louisville (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Related Links: Complete Results / PDF Complete Results 
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana men's sprinters and divers put on a show Friday afternoon, and the Hoosier women came up just a few points short in a season-opening dual meet with the Auburn Tigers Friday afternoon at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Indiana.The IU men were victorious over the Tigers, 149-91, while the Auburn women topped the Hoosiers, 129-113.
Haley Lips led things off with a second-place finish in the 1,000 free, clocking in at 9:58.09. Stephanie Marchuk was fourth (10:03.43) and Cynthia Pammett fifth (10:18.09). Jackson Miller led the way for the men with a winning time of 9:24.99.
Freshman Ali Khalafalla anchored the men's 200 medley relay to victory as Bob Glover, Tanner Kurz, Max Irwin and Khalafalla combined for a time of 1:28.78.
Freshman Kennedy Goss (1:48.75) and junior Brooklynn Snodgrass (1:49.55) led a 1-2 IU finish in the women's 200 freestyle, while freshman Blake Pieroni posted an NCAA B cut for the men with a winning time of 1:37.74. Senior Mike Hurley was second in 1:39.11.
Sophomore Anze Tavcar swept the sprint events, winning the 50 free in 20.16 and the 100 free in 44.09. Both are NCAA B cuts. Khalafalla took third in the 50 free in 20.67.
Freshman James Connor was victorious in his first collegiate competition, taking the men's 1-meter title with a score of 377.33. Right on his heels was sophomore Michael Hixon with a score of 375.00. Jessica Parratto took the women's 3-meter crown with her tally of 306.60.
Connor made it a sweep, winning the 3-meter event with a score of 415.58, five points ahead of Hixon (410.55). Parratto also finished the day as a double winner with a score of 285.60 on the 1-meter springboard, with junior Lacey Houser second (277.20).
Indiana recorded a pair of second-place finishes in the 200 individual medley in sophomore Gia Dalesandro (2:03.27) and senior Steve Schmuhl (1:48.60). Schmuhl's time is an NCAA provisional cut.
Dalesandro posted the fastest time in the Big Ten this season to win the 200 butterfly, touching the wall in 1:59.73. Sophomore Max Irwin was the winner for the men in a time of 1:48.08.
Snodgrass nearly got her NCAA auto time in the 200 backstroke with a 1:53.97, beating second-place finisher Jillian Vitarius by almost five seconds. Senior Allie Day was third in 2:00.12.
Lips (4:52.41) and Goss (4:53.24) went 1-2 in the 500 freestyle, while Smith was the winner for the men in 4:33.89. Tanner Kurz won the 200 breaststroke for the men with an NCAA provisional time of 1:58.92. In the final event of the day, Lips, Snodgrass, Goss and freshman Grace Vertigans finished second in the 400 freestyle relay. The men's quad of Pieroni, Tavcar, Irwin and Khalafalla won in 2:58.36.
Media Contact: Melanie Schneider (ms48@indiana.edu)
