Feb. 19, 2004
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The University of Iowa women’s swimming and diving team is currently in seventh place after day two at the 2004 Big Ten Championships.
Iowa’s Abby Van Maaren, Katie Haeger, Katie Martin, and Emmy Heager placed tenth in the 200-free relay. Their finals time of 1:33.95 shaved more than two seconds off their prelim time of 1:36.11. Junior Jennifer Skolaski placed 11th in the 500-free event with a time of 4:49.72, five seconds better than her season best of 4:55.77.
Tomorrow’s preliminaries will start at 11 a.m., and the finals at 7 p.m.
TEAM RESULTS 1. Michigan 213 2. Wisconsin 199 3. Indiana 187 4. Penn State 186 5. Purdue 158 6. Minnesota 149 7. Iowa 76 8. Michigan State 68 9. Northwestern 65 10. Ohio State 61 11. Illinois 42
200 Freestyle Relay 1. Indiana 1:30.45 2. Wisconsin 1:31.48 3. Michigan 1:31.58 10. IOWA 1:33.95 Van Maaren, Haeger, K., Martin, Haeger, E.
200 Individual Medley 1. Beth Pendleton, Wisconsin 1:58.25 2. Sara Johnson, Michigan 2:00.18 3. Kristen Bradley, Indiana 2:01.04
50 Freestyle 1. Meghan Medendorp, Michigan 22.59 2. Katy Coombe, Minnesota 23.08 3. Erin Smith, Indiana 23.14
500 Freestyle 1. Carly Piper, Wisconsin 4:42.64 2. Susan Gilliam, Michigan 4:43.43 3. Amy McCullough, Michigan 4:44.03 11. Jennifer Skolaski, IOWA 4:49.72