2 School Records Go Down at B1Gs

2 School Records Go Down at B1Gs

Feb. 20, 2013

Complete Results (Finals)

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Iowa women’s swimming and diving team posted two school records during the first day of the Big Ten Championships at the University Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.

Sophomore Heather Arseth, juniors Karolina Wartalowicz and Abbey Tuchscherer, and freshman Olivia Kabacinski swam to a school record in the 200 medley relay final. The quartet swam to the wall in 1:40.97 to record a 10th place showing and a season best time.

The Hawkeyes reset the school record in the 800 freestyle relay final with a time of 7:14.99. The previous record (7:18.90) was held by Jennifer Skolaski, Christie Hooper, Katelyn Eustis, and Joyve VanKeulen in 2004. Sophomore Becky Stoughton, Kabacinski, and juniors Emily Hovren and Lindsay Seemann swam to the record to finish eighth with a season best time.

Iowa currently sits in a ninth place tie with Northwestern, both teams have 36 points. Minnesota and Indiana are tied for first place with 74 points, and Penn State sits in third (58).

The championships resume with preliminaries on Thursday morning beginning at 11 a.m. (CT) followed by finals at 6:30 p.m.