WISCONSIN Women’s & Swimming & Diving Release February 4, 2008
2007-08 schedule/results 8-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten Oct. 5 @ UW-Green Bay W 159-80 Oct. 11 Iowa W 197-102 Oct. 12 UW-Milwaukee W 166-72 Oct. 26-27 SMU Classic 5th/6 teams 258.5 Nov. 2-3 @ Arizona L 166-128 Nov. 16 @ Notre Dame W 218-151 Nov. 17 @ Northwestern W 196-173 Nov. 29- Texas Invite 4th/ 15 teams Dec. 1 423 points Jan. 12 Hawaii W 183-107 Feb. 1-2 Big Ten Quad Duals Illinois W 272-75 Purdue W 233-136 Feb. 21-23 Big Ten Championships All Day @ Columbus, Ohio Mar. 1 Go-Pher It Invite 1 p.m. Mar. 14-16 NCAA Zone Diving Champ. All Day Mar. 20-22 NCAA Championships (W) All Day Home events in bold
2007-08 Quick Facts Head Coach: Eric Hansen (9th year)
Alma Mater: Iowa State, 1988
Assistant Coaches: Geoff Hanson,
Women’s Contact: Karl Anderson Office: (608) 262-1811 / Cell: (612) 749-7188 e-mail:
[email protected] Big Ten Quad Duals u The No. 18 University of Wisconsin women’s swimming and diving team defeated Illinois (272-75) and Purdue (233136) last weekend at the Big Ten Quad Duals. u UW moved to 8-1 on the season in dual meets and remains undefeated against Big Ten opponents. u Wisconsin was scheduled to compete against No. 8 Minnesota, but due to travel issues, the dual against the Gophers was an exhibition meet.
Friday Highlights u Wisconsin got off to a great start as the team comprised of Hannah McClurg (San Diego, Calif.), Jackie Vavrek (Chicago, Ill.), Christine Zweigers (Somerset West, South Africa) and Maggie Meyer (North Oaks, Minn.) won the 200-yard freestyle relay in an NCAA “B” time of 1:32.68. u Sophomore Candice Peak (Andover, Mass.) won the 200 IM in a season-best time of 2:04.05 and later took second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:59.37), good for another “B” time.
Daniel Kowalski, Kari Woodall Diving Coach: Tom Michaël Volunteer Assistant Diving Coach: Whitney Michaël 2007 Big Ten Finish: Women - 5th 2007 NCAAs:
Women - 24th
u Sophomore Gabby Maddalena (The Woodlands, Texas) won the 500-yard freestyle in a “B” time of 4:52.04. u Junior Jen Illescas (East Elmhurst, N.Y.) won the 200-yard butterfly (2:01.33) which met a “B” time standard and also took third place in the 500-yard freestyle (4:54.05).
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Freshman Maggie Meyer won three individual events and met five NCAA “B”time standards at the Big Ten Quad Duals last weekend.
u Sophomore Rosie Morahan (London, England) won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.77) and took second in the 200 IM (2:07.50). u Meyer took first in the 200-yard backstroke with a new season-best time of 1:59.17, which earned her another “B” time in this event. u UW swept the 100-yard freestyle as McClurg placed first (51.23), Vavrek took second (51.83) and Zweigers claimed third (52.26). u The Badgers claimed first and second place in the final swimming event on Friday, the 400-yard medley relay. The team of Meyer, Morahan, Katie Imhoff-Smith (Waukesha, Wis.) and McClurg took first with their “B” time of 3:42.55 while Peak, Libby Brooks(Oregon City, Ore.), Jenny
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Gelden (Kenosha, Wis.) and Vavrek placed second (3:48.79).
CSCAA Women’s Dual Meet Poll 1/17/08 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14TIE 14TIE 16 17 18 19 20TIE 20TIE 22 23 24 25
School Auburn Georgia Stanford Texas A&M Arizona California Florida Minnesota Tennessee North Carolina Penn State Michigan SMU UCLA Virginia Texas Arizona State Wisconsin LSU Missouri Southern California Florida State Virginia Tech Washington Arkansas
Points 300 278 276 275 267 254 240 230 220 209 199 189 181 165 165 147 145 114 113 101 101 88 83 58 56
Receiving Votes: Indiana, Princeton, Kentucky, Northwestern, Ohio State, Brigham Young, Notre Dame
Wisconsin Big Ten Athletes of the Week Swimming: Jackie Vavrek Jen Illescas
Oct. 9, 2007 Dec. 11, 2007
Diving: Ciara Rinaudo
Oct. 9, 2007 Oct. 16, 2007
u Other top five finishes for Wisconsin included Kasey Carpenter’s (Cincinnati, Ohio) fourth place finish in the 200 back (2:02.33) and Imhoff-Smith taking second in the 200 fly (2:02.99). u In diving, Emily Cheffins (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) was UW’s top scorer on the one-meter spring board with her fourth place finish (251.55 points). Ciara Rinaudo (Pheonix, Ariz.) claimed sixth (235.10) and Jenny Hawkins (Eden Prairie) took seventh (227.90). On the three-meter board, Hawkins was UW’s top finisher as she took fifth place with 245.15 points.
Saturday Highlights u Day two of the Duals began with the 200-yard medley relay. The Wisconsin team of Sara Goff (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Brooks, Imhoff-Smith and Kelsey Gergen (Hastings, Minn.) finished third with a time of 1:46.12. u In the 1000-yard freestyle, Maddalena captured second place with a time of 9:55.81, setting a season-high by better than four seconds. Junior Katie Twitchell (Brookfield, Wis.) placed seventh in the event with a time of 10:28.80, establishing a new personal-best in the process. u Vavrek took home her second victory on the weekend when she placed first in the 50-yard freestyle. Vavrek finished in a time of 23.08 for an NCAA “B” time. Wisconsin did well in the event, taking four of the top six spots. McClurg took third with a time of 23.79, Zwiegers was fourth with a time of 23.83 and Gergen was sixth with at time of 23.98. u Meyer earned her third victory of the weekend when she won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 55.25, earning an NCAA “B” time. Meyer’s time was a personal best in the event and it was also the best time on the team this season. u The Badgers grabbed the top two spots in the 100-yard butterfly. Zwiegers picked up her second win of the weekend, as she came in at a time of 55.88. Imhoff-Smith was the next to finish as she ended with a time of 56.47.
u Illescas took home first place in the 200-yard freestyle. She finished the event, her second win of the weekend, in a time of 1:50.61. u Wisconsin claimed the fourth through sixth spots in the 400-yard IM. Maddalena was fourth (4:28.59), while Peak was fifth (4:28.97) and Brooks was sixth (4:30.89). u Like in the 100-yard butterfly, the Badgers took the top two spots in the 400yard freestyle relay. The team of Meyer, McClurg, Vavrek and Illescas earned top honors, finishing with a NCAA “B” time of 3:24.00, while the quartet of Morahan, Zwiegers, Gergen and senior Kristy Brager (Green Bay, Wis.) came in second with a time of 3:28.01. u The last event of the weekend came on the platform diving board. Cheffins posted the highest UW score at 236.65.
next competition u Wisconsin has a few weeks off to prepare for the Big Ten Championships in Columbus, Ohio on Feb. 21-23.
2007-2008 Wisconsin Women’s Swimming Top Times 2/4/08 50 Freestyle
School: 22.34, Jackie Vavrek, 2007 Big Ten: 22.28, Courtney Allen, Northwestern, 2000 NCAA: 21.63, Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia, 2006
Time 22.91B 22.97B-P 22.98B 23.08B
Swimmer Jackie Vavrek Jackie Vavrek Jackie Vavrek Jackie Vavrek
Meet NWU Texas Texas BTQd
Date 11/16/07 11/29/07 11/29/07 2/2/08
School: 49.41, Sarah McCauley,2002 Big Ten: 48.55, Shannon Shakespeare, Michigan, ‘97 NCAA: 47.00, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2003
Swimmer Maggie Meyer Rosie Morahan Maggie Meyer Hannah McClurg
Meet Texas Texas BTQd Texas
Date 12/1/07 12/1/07 2/2/08 12/1/07
Swimmer Jen Illescas Jen Illescas Jen Illescas Jen Illescas
Meet Texas Texas Ariz. NWU
Date 11/30/07 11/30/07 11/2/07 11/17/07
500 Freestyle
Swimmer Jen Illescas Jen Illescas Gabby Maddalena Gabby Maddalena Freestyle
Time 9:59.81 9:55.81 10:01.77 10:05.72
Swimmer Gabby Maddalena Gabby Maddalena Gabby Maddalena Gabby Maddalena
Meet Texas Texas Texas Texas
Date 11/29/07 11/29/07 11/29/07 11/29/07
School: 9:42.61, Carly Piper, 2003 Big Ten: 9:41.11, Emily Brunemann, Michigan, 2007 NCAA: 9:29.49, Janet Evans, Stanford, 1990
Meet Date Hawaii 1/12/08 BTQd 2/2/08 Ariz. 11/2/07 UWGB 10/5/07
1,650 Freestyle
School: 16:01.74, Carly Piper, 2003 Big Ten: 916:00.89 Emily Brunemann, Michigan, 2007 NCAA:15:39.14, Janet Evans, Stanford, 1990
Time 16:34.07B 16:42.97 17:28.55 17:33.88
Swimmer Gabby Maddalena Gabby Maddalena Katie Twitchell Katie Twitchell
Meet Texas NWU Texas NWU
Meet Texas Texas Texas Texas
Date 11/29/07 11/29/07 11/29/07 11/29/07
200 Butterfly
School: 1:57.92, Gina Panighetti, 1997 Big Ten: 1:57.78 Guslah Gunenc, Ohio State, 2006 NCAA: 1:51.91 Natalie Coughlin, California, 2002
Time 1:59.33B 1:59.54B 2:00.50B 2:00.69B-P
Swimmer Jen Illescas Jen Illescas Jen Illescas Katie Imhoff-Smith
Meet Texas NWU Ariz. Texas
Date 12/1/07 11/17/07 11/2/07 12/1/07
100 Backstroke
Time 54.76R 55.25B 55.32B-P 55.38B
Swimmer Maggie Meyer Maggie Meyer Maggie Meyer Maggie Meyer
Meet Date BTQd 2/1/08 BTQd 2/2/08 Texas 11/30/07 Hawaii 1/12/08
200 Backstroke
School: 1.55.32, Susan Johnson,2004 Big Ten: 1:54.65, Alicia Humphrey, Michigan, 1995 NCAA: 1:49.52, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2002
School: 4:39.71,Carly Piper, 2005 Big Ten: 4:39.71 Carly Piper, Wisconsin, 2005 NCAA: 4:34.39, Janet Evans, Stanford, 1990
Time 4:48.31B 4:50.12B-P 4:50.12B 4:51.57B-P 1,000
Swimmer Katie Imhoff-Smith Christine Zwiegers Katie Imhoff-Smith Christine Zwiegers
School: 53.57, Susan Johnson, 2006 Big Ten: 52.93 Leila Vaziri, Indiana, 2007 NCAA: 49.97, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2002
School: 1:45.88, Ellen Stonebraker, 2001 Big Ten: 1:45.26, Lindsay Smith, Michigan, 2005 NCAA: 1:42.65, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2003
Time 1:48.10B 1:48.29B-P 1:49.91B 1:50.06B
Time 54.92B-P 55.17B 55.20B 55.54B-P
200 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
School: 53.60, Gina Panighetti, 1998 Big Ten: 52.60, Kaitlyn Brady, Michigan, 2006 NCAA: 50.01, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2002
100 Freestyle
Time 50.39B-P 50.64B 50.73B-R 50.81B
Date 12/1/07 11/17/07 12/1/07 11/17/07
B- NCAA Consideration Qualifying Standard, P - Swam in prelims E-Swam in exhibition, R-Relay Leadoff
Time 1:59.17B 1:59.25B 1:59.37B 1:59.56B
Swimmer Maggie Meyer Candice Peak Candice Peak Maggie Meyer
Meet Date BTQd 2/1/08 Hawaii 1/12/08 BTQd 2/1/08 NWU 11/17/07
100 Breaststroke
School: 1:01.38, Amalia Sarnecki, 2006 Big Ten: 59.77, Kristen Woodring, Penn State, 2001 NCAA: 58.41, Tara Kirk, Stanford, 2003
Time Swimmer 1:03.23B Rosie Morahan 1:03.77 Rosie Morahan 1:03.99P Rosie Morahan 1:04.03 Rosie Morahan 200 Breaststroke
Meet Texas BTQd Texas Ariz.
Time 2:18.15B 2:18.33P 2:19.15 2:20.30
Meet Ariz. Texas NWU BTQd
Date 11/30/07 2/1/08 11/30/07 11/2/07
School: 2:09.95, Yi Ting Siow, 2007 Big Ten; 2:09.95, Yi Ting Siow, Wisconsin, 2007 NCAA: 2:07.36, Tara Kirk, Stanford, 2002
Swimmer Rosie Morahan Libby Brooks Rosie Morahan Rosie Morahan
Date 11/2/07 12/1/07 11/17/07 2/2/08
2007-2008 Wisconsin Women’s Swimming Top Times 2/4/08
200 Individual Medley
School: 1:57.60, Yi Ting Siow, 2007 Big Ten: 1:57.60, Yi Ting Siow, Wisconsin, 2007 NCAA: 1:53.91, Maggie Bowen, Auburn, 2002
Time 2:04.05 2:04.55 2:04.83 2:04.88
Swimmer Candice Peak Candice Peak Rosie Morahan Candice Peak
Meet Date BTQd 2/1/08 Hawaii 1/12/08 Texas 11/29/07 Texas 11/29/07
400 Individual Medley
School: 4:08.92, Bethany Pendleton, 1994 Big Ten: 4:08.92, Bethany Pendleton, Wisconsin, 1994 NCAA: 4:02.28, Summer Sanders, Stanford, 1992
Time 4:23.98P 4:24.36 4:24.92 4:27.57
Swimmer Libby Brooks Libby Brooks Libby Brooks Gabby Maddalena
Meet Texas NWU Texas SMU
200 Medley Relay
School: 1:38.89, Johnson, Sarnecki, Hernandez, Vavrek, 2006 Big Ten: 1:38.89, Johnson, Sarnecki, Hernandez, Vavrek, 2006 NCAA: 1:36.09, Degolia, Chandler, Jackson, Kelly, Arizona, 2007
Time 1:39.94B
Swimmers Maggie Meyer Rosie Morahan Christine Zwiegers Jackie Vavrek
400 Medley Relay
Meet Date Texas 11/30/07
School: 3:39.05, Johnson, Sarnecki, Gelden, Hernandez, 2006 Big Ten: 3:36.39, Haupt, Stanchock, Biedermann, Dlugonski, Penn State, 2003 NCAA: 3:30.18, Rogers, Hardy, Vollmer, Silver, California, 2007
Date 11/30/07 11/17/07 Time Swimmers 11/30/07 3:42.55B Maggie Meyer 10/26/07 Rosie Morahan Katie Imhoff-Smith Hannah McClurg 200 Freestyle Relay School: 1:30.27, Hernandez, Vavrek, McClurg, Sarnecki, 2006 Big Ten : 1:28.80, Brady, Kelly, H.Smith, L. Smith, 1 Meter Diving Michigan, 2007
Meet Date BTQd 2/1/08
School: 314.93, Ciara Rinaudo, 2007 NCAA: 1:27.23, Jackson, Nymeyer, Turner, Kelly, Arizona, 2007 Big Ten: 345.20, Christina Loukas, Indiana, 2006 NCAA: 353.50, Blythe Hartley, USC, 2006
Time 1:30.71A
Swimmers Hannah McClurg Jackie Vavrek Maggie Meyer Kelsey Gergen
400 Freestyle Relay
Meet Date Texas 11/30/07 Score 314.93 289.73 280.58 237.90
School: 3:18.42, Hernandez, Lyman, Piper, McCauley, 2003 Big Ten: 3:16.58, Eberwein, Crisman, Sugar, Shakespeare, Michigan, 1999 NCAA: 3:12.13, Silver, Reilly, Hardy, Vollmer, California, 2007
Time Swimmers 3:21.58B Maggie Meyer Hannah McClurg Rosie Morahan Jen Illescas 800 Freestyle Relay
Meet Date Texas 12/1/07
School: 7:07.30, Piper, Lyman, Pendleton, McCauley, 2003 Big Ten: 7:07.30, Piper, Lyman, Pendleton, McCauley, Wisconsin, 2003 NCAA: 7:00.25, Farrell, Burckle, Uhle, Retrum, Florida, 2005
Time 7:23.23B
Swimmers Meet Date Jen Illescas Texas 11/30/07 Rosie Morahan Maggie Meyer Hannah McClurg
A- NCAA Automatic Qualifying Standard B- NCAA Consideration Qualifying Standard P - Swam in prelims
Diver Ciara Rinaudo Emily Cheffins Jenny Hawkins Sadie Rothstein
Meet UWM UWM UWM UWM
Date 10/12/07 10/12/07 10/12/07 10/12/07
3 Meter Diving
School: 316.65, Ciara Rinaudo, 2007 Big Ten: 388.10, Chelsea Davis, Northwestern, 2006 NCAA: 373.15, Blythe Hartley, USC, 2006
Score Diver 316.65 Ciara Rinaudo 311.70 Emily Cheffins 273.53 Jenny Hawkins 269.10P Ciara Rinaudo Platform Diving
Meet UWM UWM UWM Texas
Date 10/12/07 10/12/07 10/12/07 11/29/07
School: 251.70. Emily Cheffins, 2008 Big Ten: 346.05, Carrrie McCambridge, Purdue, 2006 NCAA: 335.30, Taryn Ignacio, Kentucky, 2006
Score 251.70 236.65 202.65 196.60
Diver Emily Cheffins Emily Cheffins Emily Cheffins Jenny Hawkins
Meet Date Hawaii 1/10/08 BTQd 2/2/08 Texas 12/1/07 Hawaii 1/10/08