Ohio State Hosts Cleveland State Tuesday – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/23/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swim & Dive
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s swimming team hosts Cleveland State Tuesday at 5 p.m. in a pre-Thanksgiving holiday double-dual meet at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. The Ohio State and Cleveland State men’s teams will also be competing. Admission is free.
Ohio State is 1-0 in dual meets this year and is coming off a fifth-place finish at the Purdue Invitational. Cleveland State is 9-2 in dual meet competition and was fourth at the Northwestern Invite last weekend.
Coach Comments “Purdue was a success,” Coach Bill Dorenkott said. “Obviously, any time we compete we are striving to win. That being said, we made decisions prior to the season about our priorities for the current year. Based on our training, overall goals and current team, the past weekend served its purpose by presenting multiple learning opportunities for both the team and staff. The key now is to take what we learned and make the necessary adjustments.
“In looking at the weekend results, we were probably most pleased with our relays. There were many new faces making a case to be on our relays come February and March. For us to be a consistent presence in the top ten at NCAA’s our relays will be a critical component.”
Thanksgiving Break After the Cleveland State meet, the swimmers will practice Wednesday morning before heading home – after classes – to be with family and friends for the holiday break. Coach Bill Dorenkott has asked that each team member get in two practice sessions on their own on Friday and Saturday before returning to Columbus on Sunday.
Lights. Cameras. Coaches. Action! Bill Dorenkott and men’s swimming coach Bill Wadley are will be featured in a five-minute interview on Inside Ohio State Athletics, a locally produced weekly show that highlights Ohio State’s teams, coaches and student-athletes. Host Ray Crawford spent time with both head coaches last week on the pool deck. The show will air this Saturday (Nov. 28) at 11 a.m. on WBNS 10 TV and will be replayed Monday, Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. on the Big Ten Network.
48 Hours Ago…Recapping Purdue The Buckeyes completed action 48 hours ago at the Purdue Invitational in fifth place. The Buckeyes totaled 446 points during the three-day event that featured a championship format agenda designed to acclimate the teams to the racing regime that will be experienced in February and March at the Big Ten and NCAA championships, respectively. Some of the team’s highlights:
- Samantha Cheverton recorded two NCAA “B” qualifying swims (500 freestyle and the 200 freestyle).
- Cheverton won the 200 freestyle on Saturday.
- Runner-up finishes were had by Cheverton (500 free), Katie Bell (10-meter platform) and the 800 freestyle relay team of Megan Detro, Anita Beck, Shannon Draves and Cheverton.
- The 200 medley relay team of Kelsey Moran, Catherine Eitel, Shannon Draves and Megan Detro took third in a school-record and an NCAA “B” qualifying standard time of 1:42.38.
- The 800 free relay team’s time of 7:18.15 also met the NCAA “B” qualifying standard.
- Freshmen Detro (50 and 100 free) and Draves (100 and 200 butterfly) each swam in two championship finals. Cheverton swam in three championship finals (500 free, 200 free and 100 backstroke).
Ohio State Swimming & Diving Invite Up Next The Ohio State women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams will host the Ohio State Invitational Dec. 5-7 at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Admission is free. Competing teams include Minnesota, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Penn State and additional divers from Miami and Arizona State.
Some News, Notes & Good Stuff from the Pool Deck…
- Team captains this season are seniors Megan Alexander, Jill Lockhart, Haley Mitchell and MaryAnn Wiser.
- Ohio State has a win over Kenyon in its only other dual meet of the season.
- Six of the seven swimmers who scored points for the Buckeyes at the Big Ten championships last year return: Jill Lockhart (200 back and 200 & 400 IMs); Samantha Cheverton (500 free, 100 back and 200 back); Katelyn Brix (200 breaststroke and 200 & 400 IMs); Megan Alexander (100 & 200 breaststroke); Colleen Schweitzer (100 & 200 breaststroke); Anita Beck (200 free and 200 fly).
- Divers Kristen Asman (1-, 3- and 10-meter) and Katie Bell (10-meter) also scored points at the 2009 conference championships.
- Collegeswimming.com released its rankings of the top recruiting classes and coach Bill Dorenkott and assistant coach Stefanie Williams’ initial class of recruits was ranked as the second-best class in the Big Ten Conference and a Top 20 class overall (19th).
- Four swimmers are members of the Big Ten Conference’s inaugural class of Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for the 2008-09 year. The swimmers, who all had a minimum grade point average of 3.7 or higher last year, are seniors Megan Alexander and Farriss Blaskovits, and juniors Sam Cheverton and Morgan Menzie.
- Dorenkott, in his second season as coach of the Buckeyes, has a dual meet record of 98-30. He has coached teams to three Big Ten Conference championships: 2002, 2005 and 2006.
- Diving coach Vince Panzano is the dean of Ohio State head coaches. He is in his 32nd season at his alma mater.
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