Jan. 20, 2001
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's swim team fell today in and emotional and tight meet to Indiana, 159-141. The meet was the Boilermakers' senior meet and the final meet in Lambert Pool. The Hoosiers improve to 7-0 (4-0 Big Ten) while the Boilermakers fall to 10-2 (3-2 Big Ten).
"Today was a day of hugely, mixed emotions," head swim coach Cathy Wright-Eger said. "We were definitely disappointed to not have won, but we're still upbeat and looking forward to Big Ten's. That's what we're really focused on and today showed us what we're going to continue to work on. IU's depth was what got to us today. You win meets by taking the third and fourth places and IU did that today."
Today's meet was highlighted by some incredible individual performances from several Boilermakers. Senior Gyongyver Lakos remained undefeated in her usual events of 100 and 200 free and the 400 free relay and set Lambert Pool records with times of 51.02 in the 100 and 1:50.20 in the 200.
The 200 medley relay team of sophomores Lisa Dolansky, Lindsay Lange and Patricia Finnerty and senior Missy Bromely also set a Lambert Pool record with a time of 1:45.80 and the first-place finish.
In the 1000 free, junior Kelly Mackus finished third with a time of 10:25.04 and sophomore Laura Dill finished fifth with a time of 10:56.11.
Also having a great day and finishing behind Lakos in the 200 free, Kim Paradeise finished third with a time of 1:52.94.
In the 100 backstroke, Dolansky finished second with a time of 57.29 and senior Jen Alden finished third with a time of 58.82.
Lange finished first in the 200 breaststroke for Purdue with a time of 1:05.59 and senior Brianna Reina finished third with a time of 1:06.72.
In the 200 butterfly, Finnerty took second place with a time of 2:04.66 and freshman Autumn Sample finished fifth in 2:07.62.
Bromley finished second in 24.44 and Paradeise finished third in 24.52 in the 50 free.
Paradeise also took fourth place in the 100 free in 52.69, finishing behind Lakos' record time.
Dolansky led Purdue to a third-place finish in the 200 back with a time of 2:06.63. Freshman Jenni Bean was close behind for a fourth-place finish in 2:07.72.
Reina took her only first-place finish of the day in the 200 breast with a time of 2:22.10 and junior Ronica Rogalski finished third in 2:24.82.
Lakos, her first time swimming the 500 free, took the third place for Purdue, while Mackus finished fifth in 5:10.48.
In the 100 fly, Finnerty continued her day with a first-place finish in 57.19. Sample took the fourth-place spot in 58.49.
Bean and Sample finished back-to-back for third- and fourth-place finishes in the 200 individual medley. Their times were 2:08.49 and 2:10.22, respectively.
In the previously held diving events, redshirt junior Kara Hajek finished first on the one-meter board with 271.80 points and junior Molly MacFarlane finished third with 244.80 points. Sophomore Heather Bachman finished sixth with 196.95 points and sophomore Carrie Dougherty dove exhibition.
On the three meter board, MacFarlane finished second with 435.45 points and Hajek finished fourth with 424.28 points. Dougherty finished sixth with 403.28 points and Bachman was seventh with 365.55 points.
The Boilermakers will return to action when they travel to Madison, Wis. for the Quad Meet on Jan. 26-27. Teams include Wisconsin, Purdue, Minnesota and Illinois. Meet time is set for 6 p.m.
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