NORTHWESTERN TRIANGULAR COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

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WISCONSIN Women’s Swimming & Diving Release November 19, 2007

2007-08 schedule/results 5-1 overall, 3-0 Big Ten Oct. 5 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 26-27 Nov. 2-3 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 29- Dec. 1 Jan. 12 Feb. 1-2 Feb. 21-23 Mar. 1 Mar. 14-16 Mar. 20-22

@ UW-Green Bay W 159-80 Iowa W 197-102 UW-Milwaukee W 166-72 SMU Classic 5th/6 teams 258.5 @ Arizona L 166-128 @ Notre Dame W 218-151 @ Northwestern W 196-173 Texas Invite All Day Hawaii Big Ten Quad Big Ten Championships @ Columbus, Ohio Go-Pher It Invite NCAA Zone Diving Champ. NCAA Championships (W)

2 p.m. All Day All Day 1 p.m. All Day 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, Daniel Kowalski, Kari Woodall Diving Coach: Tom Michaël Volunteer Assistant Diving Coach: Whitney Michaël 2007 Big Ten Finish: Women - 5th 2007 NCAAs:

Women - 24th

Women’s Contact: Karl Anderson Office: (608) 262-1811 / Cell: (612) 749-7188 e-mail: [email protected]

northwestern triangular u The No. 19 University of Wisconsin women’s swimming and diving team earned two wins last weekend at the Northwestern Triangular. u The Badgers defeated Notre Dame (218-151) and overcame a one-point deficit after the second session to beat Northwestern (196-173). u Wisconsin improved to 5-1 on the season and is undefeated 3-0 in the Big Ten.

competition highlights u Hannah McClurg (San Diego, Calif.), Maggie Meyer (North Oaks, Minn.) Jackie Vavrek (West Chicago, Ill.) and Kelsey Gergen (Hastings, Minn.) won the 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:33.56. The time was just .2 seconds off the season-best time of 1:33.36 and earned the foursome an NCAA “B” time. u McClurg and Meyer were joined by sophomore Rosie Morahan (London, England) and senior Katie ImhoffSmith (Waukesha, Wis.) in the 400yard medley relay. The Badgers once again claimed first place, finishing with a time of 3:46.72, which beat the season-best mark by over a full second. u In the 50-yard freestyle, Vavrek claimed her second victory of the night as she took the event in a NCAA “B” time of 22.91. Vavrek’s time was also season-best in the event. u Prior to helping the 400-yard medley relay team capture first, Morahan placed

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Freshman Maggie Meyer won both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke races at the Northwestern Triangular

second in the 200-yard IM. Her time of 2:05.46 was a personal-best and was the fastest time of the season for the team. u The Badgers also got a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle. Junior Jen Illescas (East Elmhurst, N.Y.) recorded her 11th first-place finish of the season as she won in an NCAA “B” time of 4:52.90. u Meyer, Morahan, Imhoff-Smith and Vavrek helped the Badgers claim first in the 200-yard medley relay. The team finished in a time of 1:43.90. u Meyer also recorded a win individually in the 100-yard backstroke. Her time of 56.15 was just .14 off of an NCAA “B” time. Meyer did however tie her own mark for the best time of the season on the team and the best of her career. The North Oaks, Minn. native later won the 200-yard backstroke (1:59.56), which met the NCAA “B”

Wisconsin’s current ranking in the CSCAA poll.

Athletic Communications Office • University of Wisconsin • Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, WI 53711

CSCAA Women’s Dual Meet Poll, 11/7/07 Rank School Points 1 Auburn 300 (10) 2 Stanford 290 3 California 280 4 Arizona 270 5 Georgia 260 6 Texas 247 7 Florida 241 8 Texas 225 9 Minnesota 221 10 SMU 211 11 North Carolina 199 12 Tennessee 181 13 Virginia 177 14 UCLA 173 15 Southern California 153 16 Penn State 147 18 Florida State 129 19 Wisconsin 112 20 Missouri 102 20 Virginia Tech 102 22 Arizona State 95 23 Notre Dame 78 24 Indiana 71 25 Kentucky 17 Teams Receiving Votes: Louisina State 52, Princeton 48, BYU 29, Santa Barbara 28, Washington 14, Northwestern 8, Alabama 4, Hawaii 4

Wisconsin Big Ten Athletes of the Week Swimming: Jackie Vavrek

Oct. 9, 2007

Diving: Ciara Rinaudo

Oct. 9, 2007 Oct. 16, 2007

standard time. u Wisconsin’s other victory on the day came in the 200-yard freestyle. Illescas notched her second first-place finish of the weekend as she finished with a time of 1:50.06. Her mark was good enough for an NCAA “B” time. Illescas later won the 200yard butterfly (1:59.54), which met another NCAA “B” time. u Libby Brooks (Oregon City, Ore.) was the top Wisconsin finisher in the 400yard IM as she took second place with a time of 4:24.35. Brooks’ mark was three seconds better than the previous best-time the team had recorded this year. u Imhoff-Smith placed second in the 100-yard butterfly for the Badgers. Her time of 56.28 was .01 seconds better than the previous season-best time, which she also held. u In the 800-yard freestyle relay, Illescas, McClurg, sophomore Gabby Maddalena (The Woodlands, Texas) and Meyer finished in a time of 7:24.18, to take second. The team’s finish was four seconds better than the previous season-best time in the event. u Morahan was the top Badger finisher in the 100-yard breaststroke. Her time of 1:05.51 was good for fourth place.

Diving u Freshman Ciara Rinaudo (Pheonix, Ariz.) led Wisconsin with her seventh place finish on the 1-meter board, finishing with a score of 234.20. u Jenny Hawkins (Eden Prairie, Minn.) placed eighth on the 3-meter board with 236.15 points.

next competition u Wisconsin returns to action next weekend at the Northwestern Triangular in Evanston, Ill. UW will compete against Notre Dame and host-Northwestern.



2007-2008 Wisconsin Women’s Swimming Top Times 11/19/07 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 23.16B 23.36 23.41

Swimmer Jackie Vavrek Jackie Vavrek Jackie Vavrek Jackie Vavrek

Meet Date NWU 11/16/07 SMU 10/26/07 UWGB 10/5/07 Ariz. 11/2/07

100 Freestyle

School: 49.41, Sarah McCauley,2002 Big Ten: 48.55, Shannon Shakespeare, Michigan, ‘97 NCAA: 47.00, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2003

Time 51.30 51.59 51.80 51.89

Swimmer Hannah McClurg Hannah McClurg Hannah McClurg Jackie Vavrek

Meet NWU SMU Ariz. NWU

Date 11/17/07 10/27/07 11/2/07 11/17/07

200 Freestyle

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 1:49.91B 1:50.06B 1:50.61 1:52.21

Swimmer Jen Illescas Jen Illescas Jen Illescas Jen Illescas

Meet Ariz. NWU SMU Iowa

500 Freestyle

Swimmer Gabby Maddalena Jen Illescas Jen Illescas Gabby Maddalena

Meet SMU SMU NWU NWU

Freestyle



Swimmer Gabby Maddalena Gabby Maddalena Gabby Maddalena Jen Illescas

Meet Date Ariz. 11/2/07 UWGB 10/5/07 Iowa 10/11/07 UWM 10/12/07

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 B- NCAA Consideration Qualifying Standard

Swimmer Gabby Maddalena Katie Twitchell

Meet Date NWU 11/17/07 NWU 11/17/07

100 Butterfly

School: 53.60, Gina Panighetti, 1998 Big Ten: 52.60, Kaitlyn Brady, Michigan, 2006 NCAA: 50.01, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2002

Time 56.28 56.29 56.44 56.65

Swimmer Katie Imhoff-Smith Katie Imhoff-Smith Jenny Gelden Jenny Gelden

Meet NWU Ariz. SMU Ariz.

Date 11/17/07 11/2/07 10/26/07 11/2/07

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 1:59.54B 2:00.50B 2:01.94B 2:02.52B

Swimmer Jen Illescas Jen Illescas Jen Illescas Katie Imhoff-Smith

Meet NWU Ariz. SMU NWU

Date 11/17/07 11/2/07 10/27/07 11/17/07

100 Backstroke

School: 53.57, Susan Johnson, 2006 Big Ten: 52.93 Leila Vaziri, Indiana, 2007 NCAA: 49.97, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2002

Time 56.15 56.15 56.73 57.02

Date 10/27/07 10/27/07 11/16/07 11/16/07

School: 9:42.61, Carly Piper, 2003 Big Ten: 9:41.11, Emily Brunemann, Michigan, 2007 NCAA: 9:29.49, Janet Evans, Stanford, 1990

Time 10:01.77 10:05.72 10:06.08 10:20.71



Date 11/2/07 11/17/07 10/26/07 10/11/07

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 4:51.02B 4:51.70B 4:52.90B 4:53.39B 1,000

Time 16:42.97 17:33.88

Swimmer Maggie Meyer Maggie Meyer Maggie Meyer Maggie Meyer

Meet NWU Ariz. UWM Iowa

Date 11/17/07 11/2/07 10/12/07 10/11/07

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

Time 1:59.56B 2:00.76B 2:01.13 2:01.47

Swimmer Maggie Meyer Candice Peak Maggie Meyer Maggie Meyer

Meet NWU NWU Ariz. SMU

Date 11/17/07 11/17/07 11/2/07 10/27/07

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 1:04.03 1:04.51 1:05.23 1:05.28

Swimmer Rosie Morahan Rosie Morahan Rosie Morahan Rosie Morahan

Meet Ariz. UWM Iowa SMU

Date 11/2/07 10/12/07 10/11/07 10/26/07

2007-2008 Wisconsin Women’s Swimming Top Times 11/19/07



200 Breaststroke

Time 2:18.15B 2:19.15 2:20.71 2:20.97

Swimmer Rosie Morahan Rosie Morahan Libby Brooks Rosie Morahan

Meet Ariz. NWU NWU SMU

Date 11/2/07 11/17/07 11/17/07 10/27/07

200 Individual Medley

Swimmer Rosie Morahan Jen Illescas Candice Peak Rosie Morahan

Meet NWU Ariz. NWU SMU

Time 7:24.18

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 2:05.46 2:06.46 2:07.04 2:07.14

800 Freestyle Relay

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

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

Swimmers Jen Illescas Hannah McClurg Gabby Madalena Maggie Meyer

Meet Date NWU 11/17/07

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

Date 11/16/07 11/2/07 Time 11/16/07 1:43.67 10/27/07

Swimmers Maggie Meyer Rosie Morahan Katie Imhoff-Smith Jackie Vavrek

Meet Date Ariz. 11/2/07

400 Individual Medley School: 4:08.92, Bethany Pendleton, 1994 400 Medley Relay Big Ten: 4:08.92, Bethany Pendleton, Wisconsin, 1994 School: 3:39.05, Johnson, Sarnecki, Gelden, Hernandez, 2006 NCAA: 4:02.28, Summer Sanders, Stanford, 1992 Time 4:24.36 4:27.57 4:33.66 4:36.84

Swimmer Libby Brooks Gabby Maddalena Rosie Morahan Candice Peak

Meet NWU SMU SMU NWU

Date 11/17/07 10/26/07 10/26/07 11/17/07

200 Freestyle Relay

Big Ten: 3:36.39, Haupt, Stanchock, Biedermann, Dlugonski, Penn State, 2003 NCAA: 3:30.18, Rogers, Hardy, Vollmer, Silver, California, 2007

Time Swimmers 3:46.72 Maggie Meyer Rosie Morahan Katie Imhoff-Smith Hannah McClurg 1 Meter Diving

Meet Date NWU 11/16/07

Score 314.93 289.73 280.58 237.90

Meet UWM UWM UWM UWM

School: 1:30.27, Hernandez, Vavrek, McClurg, Sarnecki, 2006 Big Ten : 1:28.80, Brady, Kelly, H.Smith, L. Smith, Michigan, 2007 NCAA: 1:27.23, Jackson, Nymeyer, Turner, Kelly, Arizona, 2007 School: 314.93, Ciara Rinaudo, 2007 Big Ten: 345.20, Christina Loukas, Indiana, 2006 NCAA: 353.50, Blythe Hartley, USC, 2006 Time Swimmers Meet Date

1:33.36B

Hannah McClurg Jackie Vavrek Maggie Meyer Kelsey Gergen

Ariz.

11/2/07

400 Freestyle Relay

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 3:24.76

Swimmers Hannah McClurg Maggie Meyer Jackie Vavrek Jen Illescas



B- NCAA Consideration Qualifying Standard

Meet Date NWU 11/17/07



Diver Ciara Rinaudo Emily Cheffins Jenny Hawkins Sadie Rothstein

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 316.65 311.70 273.53 256.58

Diver Ciara Rinaudo Emily Cheffins Jenny Hawkins Emily Cheffins

Meet UWM UWM UWM Iowa

Date 10/12/07 10/12/07 10/12/07 10/11/07