Oct. 28, 2000
OXFORD, OHIO - The Purdue women's swim team came away from Miami (Ohio) today with a 210-90 victory over the Redhawks. The Boilermakers start off the season at 1-0 while the Redhawks fall to 0-1.
"We wanted to win big today," Purdue head coach Cathy Wright-Eger said. "It was a successful meet, we went in with almost our strongest lineup, and we did exactly what we wanted to do."
Recently returned from the Olympics, senior Gyongyver Lakos was a four-event winner for the Boileramakers today. She finished first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:53.11, first in the 100 freestyle with a time of 51.77, and was the final leg on both the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 7:46.32 and the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:46.97. Other members of the 800 free relay team were sophomores Shannon Funk, Laura Dill and Lisa Dolansky. The 200 medley relay consisted of Dolansky, sophomore Lindsay Lange, and senior Missy Bromley.
Bromley was also a big finisher for Purdue with two first-place finishes. Besides the 200 medley relay, Bromley finished first in the 50 freestyle.
In the 1650 freestyle, Funk finished second with a time of 17:17.18 while junior teammate Kelly Mackus finished third with a time of 17:22.89.
Finishing behind Lakos in the 200 freestyle, sophomore Kim Paradeise finished with a time of 1:55.91. Dill finished third to take a 1:56.15.
Dolansky won the 100 backstroke with a time of 58:29. Boilermaker Jen Alden finished second with a time of 1:01.08.
Lange produced a first-place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.36 while senior teammate Brianna Reina finished second at 1:07.22
In the 200 butterfly, junior Karin Stender swam away with a 2:06.96 while sophomore Patricia Finnerty swam a 2:07.29 for the second-place finish.
Behind Bromley in the 50 freestyle, sophomore Kim Paradeise took a second for the Boilermakers with a 24.67 finish.
Bromley and Paradeise finished in second and fourth, behind Lakos, in the 100 freestyle. Their times were 53.24 and 54.42, respectively.
In the 200 backstroke, Dolansky took the first-place finish for Purdue with a time of 2:07.54. Funk was not far behind for a second-place finish at 2:09.00.
Reina finished first in the 200 breaststroke at 2:23.70. Junior Ronica Rogalski came in third with a time of 2:27.01.
Dill tallied a second-place finish for Purdue in the 500 freestyle at 5:09.32. Freshman Stacie Kleber finished sixth with a 5:18.58.
The 100 butterfly was also a Boilermaker first-place slot with Finnerty finishing at 58.46. Freshman Jennifer Bean took the fourth-place finish with a time of 59.80.
The 15th event also fared well for the Old Gold and Black as they took three of the top four finishes. Junior Kelly Mackus finished first with a time of 4:33.15, Stender finished second at 4:35.92, and freshman Autumn Sample finished fourth with a time of 4:38.87.
In the diving events, junior Molly MacFarlane took both first-place finishes with point totals of 243.98 in the one meter and 176.35 in the three meter. Senior Kara Hajek finished second in the one meter with 235.80 points and third in the three meter with 160.50 points. Sophomore Heather Bachman finished fifth in the one meter with 202.43 points and fourth in the three meter with 156.25. Sophomore Carrie Dougherty dove for exhibition only.
The Boilermakers will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 4th when they host Notre Dame and Evansville. The meet will take place in Lambert Pool with start time at noon.