Buckeyes Fall to Both Michigan and Purdue in Double-Dual Meet – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swim & Dive
Nov. 13, 2005
Results
The Ohio State women’s swimming and diving team fell to both Michigan and Purdue in its season home opener at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. The Buckeyes lost to Michigan 208.50-91.50, while Purdue won 231-69. Purdue beat Michigan 156-144. During the meet, the Buckeyes recorded nine season best times for the team.
The Buckeyes opened the meet finishing third in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Stephanie Fennell (Jr., Campbellville, Ontario/Milton District), Rebekah Rychvalsky (Jr., Sydney, Australia/Castle Hill), Gulsah Gunenc (Edirne, Turkey/Edirne Anatolian) and Linda Lund (So., Roennede, Denmark/Haslev) combined for a time of 1:47.73.
In the first individual race, Nicole Maglich (Sr., Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota) finished third after a close race in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Maglich, Michigan’s Susan Gilliam and Purdue’s Erica Chandler remained within a second of each other the entire race. Gilliam pulled for the win while Maglich finished third with a lifetime-best time and the team’s fastest time this season, 9:59.80.
Griet Buelens (So., Kapelle, Belgium/Ursulinen Mechelen) finished third in the 200-yard freestyle. Buelens touched the wall in 1:51.50. Gunenc followed by out-racing Michigan in the 200-yard butterfly, although Purdue’s Carlene Takaki managed the win by two hundredths of a second. Gunenc’s time of 2:00.57 was a lifetime-best time for the junior. In the 100-yard freestyle Maglich returned to finish second against Michigan, clocking in at 52.71.
Maglich returned for the second distance freestyle event – the 500 – and led the first half of the race. Purdue’s Chandler surpassed Maglich in the last quarter of the event. Maglich clocked in at 4:54.44, taking second place.
Gunenc for the second time in the meet lost a butterfly event to only one person. Purdue’s Takaki won the 100-butterfly, while Gunenc followed in second with a lifetime-best time of 56.17.
Anesa Beard (Jr., Franklin, Ind./Franklin) combined six dives in the 1-meter event for a total score of 240.00. The score placed her ahead of the Michigan divers, and only Purdue’s Carrie McCambridge surpassed Beard’s score with 268.40. The divers then moved to the 3-meter springboard competition. Beard was the highest Buckeye finisher in the event, placing third in both dual-meets in six dives. McCambridge won the 3-meter with 332.15.
In the final event of the night, the Buckeye relay team of Maglich, Buelens, Lund and Annie Rennebohm pooled their talents in the 400-yard freestyle relay to race to a third-place finish overall in a time of 3:31.34.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Jeanne Fleck, Ohio State head coach, said. “There were a lot of decent swims today. Nicole in the 1,000 – that was a great swim. That was her lifetime-best time. Gulsah in the 100 and 200 butterfly – those were both lifetime best times. So I can’t complain when two of our girls who were NCAA qualifiers are getting lifetime best times in the second meet of the season.”
Up next, the Buckeyes meet Kenyon Friday at 6 p.m. in the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
Individual Event Winner List
Event Winner Time
200-yard Medley Relay Michigan 1:43.14 1,000-yard freestyle Susan Gilliam (UM) 9:55.87 200-yard freestyle Lindsey Smith (UM) 1:49.00 100-yard backstroke Kaitlyn Brady (UM) 55.33 100-yard breaststroke Shannon Grace (PUR) 1:04.55 200-yard butterfly Carlene Takaki (PUR) 2:00.36 50-yard freestyle Kaitlyn Brady (UM) 23.49 1-meter diving Carrie McCambridge(PUR) 268.40 100-yard freestyle Lindsay Smith (UM) 50.97 200-yard backstroke Hannah Smith (UM) 2:02.08 200-yard breaststroke Shannon Grace (PUR) 2:20.32 500-yard freestyle Erica Chandler (PUR) 4:52.66 100-yard butterfly Carlene Takaki (PUR) 55.39 3-meter diving Carrie McCambridge(PUR) 332.15 400-yard im Erica Chandler (PUR) 4:21.67 400-yard free relay Michigan 3:24.44
Ohio State Top Time List
Event Name Time
200-yard Medley Relay Fennell, Rychvalsky, 1:47.73 Gunenc, Lund 1,000-yard freestyle Nicole Maglich 9:59.80 200-yard freestyle Griet Buelens 1:51.50 100-yard backstroke Stephanie Fennel 59.64 100-yard breaststroke Rebekah Rychvalsky 1:06.22 200-yard butterfly Gulsah Gunenc 2:00.57 50-yard freestyle Linda Lund 24.80 1-meter diving Anesa Beard 240.00 100-yard freestyle Nicole Maglich 52.71 200-yard backstroke Stephanie Fennell 2:08.23 200-yard breaststroke Rebekah Rychvalsky 2:23.07 500-yard freestyle Nicole Maglich 4:54.44 100-yard butterfly Gulsah Gunenc 56.17 3-meter diving Anesa Beard 276.75 400-yard im Gulsah Gunenc 4:29.71 400-yard free relay Maglich, Buelens, 3:31.34 Lund, Rennebohm
