Women Take Second at Third Annual Swimming and Diving Invitational – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/2/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swim & Dive
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University women’s swimming and diving team finished in second place at its own Swimming and Diving Invitational, which concluded Sunday McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Minnesota won with a total of 1,296 points. Ohio State was second with 691.5 points and Iowa third with 455 points. A total of 15 teams sent swimmers and/or divers to the event.
Two more Buckeyes made NCAA “B” qualifying standards Sunday, giving the Scarlet and Gray swimmers a total of eight NCAA qualifying times during the three day meet.
“We did really well and I am very pleased with how we competed in this invite,” Jeanne Fleck, Ohio State swimming coach, said. “We are the fastest we have ever been at this time of year. We are a better team this year than we were last year. I am proud of how our young team stood up and raced Minnesota, one of the best teams in the Big Ten and the nation. They were not scared and they did what they needed to do to get better.”
Minnesota’s Yuen Kobayashi opened the swimming events by smashing the pool record in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:06.36, breaking her 2006 record by more than 12 seconds. Ohio State freshman Katelyn Brix finished third in a personal best and NCAA “B” qualifying time of 16:46.23. Sophomore Haley Mitchell also scored for the Buckeyes in the event, taking sixth in a time of 17:14.21.
Denver’s Kelsey Totura stopped Minnesota’s swimming streak of 13-consecutive wins over three days when she won the 200 backstroke in 1:57.23. Sophomore Jill Lockhart from Ohio State was eighth in 2:03.79 and Mitchell scored again for the Buckeyes with a 15th-place finish.
Seniors Linda Lund-Kristiansen and Annie Rennebohm each scored in the 100 freestyle with eighth and 10th-place finishes, respectively. Minnesota’s Stacy Busack won in a meet record time of :49.26.
In the 200 breaststroke, Minnesota’s Jillian Tyler won in pool record time of 2:10.44 and Ohio State sophomore Megan Alexander took sixth in 2:19.88. Sophomore Colleen Schweitzer (11th), and freshman Rachel Borden (15th) also scored in the event for Ohio State.
Ohio State placed four swimmers freshmen Samantha Cheverton, Anita Beck and Brix and the sophomore Lockhart in the championship final of the 200 butterfly and came away scoring a total of 56 team points. Cheverton was fourth in an NCAA “B” qualifying time of 2:00.05 and she was followed by Beck, Lockhart and Brix in fourth, fifth and eighth, respectively. Minnesota’s Molly Belk won in meet record time of 1:58.86.
“I’m really happy with how the team and myself are improving,” Cheverton said. “We keep getting faster and faster. Being from Canada, it is fun to be a part of the NCAA collegiate atmosphere.”
In the final swimming event of the evening the 400 freestyle relay the Ohio State team of Lund-Kristiansen, Rennebohm, Beck and Cheverton placed fourth in 3:27.92. The Minnesota quartet won in meet record time of 3:20.76.
Women’s Swimming
Ohio State Swimming and Diving Invitational
Day 3: Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007
Columbus, Ohio
Final Results: 1. Minnesota 1,296; 2. Ohio State 691.5; 3. Iowa 455; 4. Denver 451; 5. Michigan State 325.5 6. Illinois 257.5; 7. Bowling Green 214.5; 8. Purdue 73; 9. Miami 51; 10. Hawaii 42; 11. Arizona State 42; 12. Alabama 33; 13. Indiana 29; 14. Notre Dame 16; 15. South Carolina 15.
Event Winners: 1,650 freestyle 1. Kobayashi (Minn.) 16:06.36; 3. Brix (OSU) 16:46:23; 200 backstroke Totura (Den.) 1:57.23; 8. Lockhart (OSU) 2:03.79; 100 freestyle Busack (Minn.):49.26; 8. Lund-Kristiansen (OSU) :52.38; 200 breaststroke Tyler (Minn.) 2:10.44; 6. Alexander (OSU) 2:19.88; 200 butterfly 1. Belk (Minn.) 1:58.86; 3. Cheverton (OSU) 2:00.05; 400 freestyle relay 1. Minn. 3:20.76; 4. OSU (Lund-Kristiansen, Rennebohm, Beck and Cheverton) 3:27.92; 10-meter platform 1. Viola (Miami) 291.20.
