Feb. 20, 2003
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 25 Purdue women's swimming & diving team sits in fifth place after two days of competition at the 2003 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. With 150 points, the Boilermakers trail leader Indiana by 70 points and second-place Wisconsin by 68 points.
In the first event of the night, the 200 freestyle relay, the Boilermakers turned in a school-record time of 1:31.60 for an NCAA 'B'-cut mark and second place behind Wisconsin. Team members Lisa Dolansky, Lindsay Lange, Tracy Duchac and Kim Paradeise broke their own record from the 2002 Big Ten Championships.
In the consolation finals of the 500 freestyle, freshman Erica Chandler finished 13th for her first points as a Boilermaker. With a 'B'-cut time of 4:53.31, Chandler earned an NCAA 'B'-cut time.
Junior Jenni Bean finished seventh in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:01.68, an NCAA 'B'-cut time.
In the final individual swimming event of the evening, Duchac finished fourth and Lange finished fifth in the 50 freestyle. Duchac's time of 23.05 broke her own school record, set in the prelims this morning and Lange tallied a time of 23.16, both of which are NCAA 'B'-cut times. Senior Kim Paradeise swam to a 14th-place finish in the consolation finals heat with a time of 23.40, also a 'B'-cut time.
The Boilermakers will return to the water on Friday morning at 11 a.m., when Day Three prelims begin at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
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