Stephanie Raezer Makes NCAA B Qualifying Mark at Auburn Invite – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/8/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swim & Dive
Dec. 8, 2003
Results
The Ohio State women’s swimming team competed at the Auburn Invitational this weekend, setting nine season best times and making one NCAA B qualifying mark in the 1,650-yard freestyle.
Improving her season best time by 32-seconds and making the NCAA B qualifying mark, Stephanie Raezer (Sr., Newark, Del./Glasgow) swam the 1,650-yard freestyle in a time of 16:50.32. Dominating the freestyle events, Nicole Maglich (So., Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota) set two season best times and one lifetime best time, along with joining the 400- and 800-yard medley relay team. Maglich swam the 200-yard freestyle in a lifetime best time of 1:51.68, the 500-freestyle in a time of 4:56.20 and the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 52.81.
Kylie Lancken‘s (Jr. Pymble, Australia/Ravenswood) long-course meter results in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle and 100- and 200-meter backstroke are Australian Olympic trial cut times, allowing Lancken to return to Australia later this year to try to qualify in those events for the Australian national team.
Rebekah Rychvalsky (Fr., Sydney, Australia/Castle Hill), Deanna Strunk (So., West Lawn, Pa./Wilson) and Lancken also teamed up with Maglich in the relay events, setting season best times in the 400-yard freestyle with a time of 3:51.24 and in the 800-yard freestyle with a time of 7:34.30.
Strunk narrowly missed the NCAA B qualifying mark in the 200-yard butterfly, placing third in a time of 2:02.88, along with setting a season best time in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:06.49. Lancken also matched the current season best time in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.47. “We swam really well, setting a lot of season best times and a lifetime best time,” Jeanne Fleck, Ohio State women’s head swimming coach, said. “It’s a good benchmark for the rest of the season.”
The Buckeyes will hold winter training in Florida and return to action Jan. 3 against Ohio at the Mike Peppe Aquatic Center.
