Nov. 2, 2001
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's swimming and diving teams defeated the RedHawks of Miami (Ohio), 184-116. The Boilermakers stand at 1-1 on the season after today's victory.
"I think we had a good meet today, even though we were flat and tired," said Purdue head coach Cathy Wright-Eger. "We were a little let down, after last night's fast meet, but we did a good job of fighting back. It's been a long week with meets on both Thursday and Friday and then coming back to train on Saturday morning.
"For today's meet, we told the women to focus and think a lot about the technical part of their swims - their starts and turns, and I thought they did a good job on that and were really trying to work on those things. I'm proud of the whole team, but I thought that (freshmen) Christine Leupold and Brandy Keever had excellent meets. Christine won the 1,000 and Brandy got her first collegiate win in the 100 back with a season-best time. Kara (Hajek-Gustafson) also did great today, making both her NCAA Zone cuts with tonight's meet."
The Boilermakers pulled out strong right from the start, with two of the 200 medley relay teams finishing 1-2. Juniors Lisa Dolansky, Lindsay Lange, Patricia Finnerty and Kim Paradeise took the top spot with a time of 1:46.65. Keever, sophomore Lindsay Kirchoff, junior Jenni Bean and freshman Tracy Duchac finished second with a time of 1:49.87.
In the 1,000 free, Leupold took the top spot at 10:18.70 with senior teammate Kelly Mackus close behind at 10:19.85.
In the 200 free, Dolansky gathered the first-place Purdue finish with a time of 1:53.77 with Bean right behind at 1:54.67.
In the 100 backstroke, Keever took the top spot with a time of 57.97. Freshman Brenda Banning was the second Boilermaker finisher in the fourth spot at 1:01.73
The 100 breaststroke saw the Boilermakers finish 1-2-3-4. Lange, senior Ronica Rogalski, Kirchoff and junior Karina Bolanos finished in 1:04.96, 1:06.69, 1:07.28 and 1:09.04, respectively. Bolanos' swim, however, was an exhibition finish.
In the 200 butterfly, senior Karin Stender finished in second place, just ahead of Finnerty, who was in fifth place. Stender's time was 2:07.16, while Finnerty came in at 2:10.57.
The 50 freestyle saw Duchac finish second with a time of 24.66 and Paradeise finish third with a time of 24.75.
In the one-meter diving, senior Kara Hajek-Gustafson tallied first place with a score of 292.12 for a new Boilermaker Aquatic Center record and a NCAA Regional Diving Zones cut. Senior Molly MacFarlane finished third with a total of 261.89, junior Heather Bachman finished fifth with 236.09 points and junior Carrie Dougherty finished seventh in exhibition with a 187.79.
Paradeise finished first in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.54 and senior Katie Mullarkey finished fourth with a time of 55.37.
Dolansky finished a close second in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:05.07 and Keever and Stender were close behind in third and fourth places. Keever's time was 2:08.58 and Stender recorded a 2:14.40.
In the 200 breaststroke, Rogalski finished first for the Boilermakers in second place with a time of 2:25.20. Bolanos was fourth in 2:26.69 and Lange was fifth in 2:28.67 in exhibition.
Leupold gathered her second collegiate win in the 500 free with a time of 5:04.47 and junior Shannon Funk finished fourth in 5:12.53. Freshman Lindsey Meier was close behind in sixth at 5:12.69.
Finnerty swam away with the first-place victory in the 100 butterfly in 58.31 and sophomore Autumn Sample finished in third place with a time of 59.78.
On the three-meter diving, Hajek-Gustafson again took first place and tallied a Diving Zones cut for her point total of 284.47. MacFarlane finished fourth with 232.64 points, Bachman fifth with 226.65 points and Dougherty tied for fifth with 226.65, but was diving in exhibition.
In the 200 individual medley, Bean defended her pool record with a first-place finish in 2:07.39. Sample was close behind in third with a time of 2:10.25 and Mackus finished fifth in 2:13.14.
The Boilermaker relay team of Dolansky, Finnerty, Lange and Paradeise finished in first with a time of 3:36.23, while the team of freshman Katie Seleskie, Leupold, freshman Jill Collins and Duchac finished third in 3:41.40.
The Boilermakers will return to the water next weekend, when they open the Big Ten season with Ohio State and Iowa in a double-dual meet on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m.
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