Women’s Swimming & Diving Defeat Akron, 187-113 – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/17/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swim & Dive
Jan. 17, 2004
Results
The Ohio State women’s swimming and diving team defeated Akron 187-113 Friday, winning 13 of 16 events and taking both first and second place in five events. The diving squad also continued its undefeated streak in the 3-meter dive.
Five Buckeyes were double-event winners, with Nicole Maglich (So., Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota) winning the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:27.90 and the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:06.23. Kylie Lancken (Jr., Pymble, Australia/Ravenswood) won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events with times of 1:54.59 and 5:06.48. Lindsay Goodson (Sr., San Ramon, Calif./Carondelet) followed closely behind Lancken in the 500-yard freestyle for the 1-2 win, finishing with a time of 5:06.72.
Rebekah Rychvalsky (Fr., Sydney, Australia/Castle Hill) also was a double-event winner, dominating the breaststroke with a first-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:05.15 and the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:19.40. Gulsah Gunenc (Fr., Edirne, Turkey/Edirne Anatolian) also added two wins, placing first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:03.80 and the 200-yard individual medley with at time of 2:09.77.
The relay events were both won in season-best times, with Ohio State finishing the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:48.57 and the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:37.39.
Julie Broms (Fr., Springfield, Ill./North Central[Ind.]) and Amber Simmons (Fr., Sparks, Mid./Hereford) continue to make their presence felt in the diving well. Broms won the 1-meter dive with a score of 255.00 and was followed closely by Simmons with 246.98 points. Broms also won the 3-meter dive with a season-best score of 306.00 points, continuing the squad’s undefeated streak in the 3-meter dive for the season.
“We decided to move a lot of people around and had people swimming different events,” Jeanne Fleck, women’s head swimming coach, said. “We were able to work on some race strategy and had a great meet which will get us ready for next week.”
The Buckeyes play host to a Big Ten double dual-meet with Illinois and Iowa at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday at the Mike Peppe Aquatic Center.
