School records set at U.S. Nationals

IU swimmers Lindsay Vrooman and Steve Schmuhl each set school records June 25-29 at the Phillips 66 U.S. Swimming Nationals at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.

Vrooman, a senior from Baden, Pa., recorded new school marks in the 400-, 800- and 1,600-meter freestyle events. Schmuhl, a junior from Broomfield, Colo., broke his own record in the 400-meter individual medley.

Five athletes competed for IU at the national competition which determines the U.S. National Team for the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

None of the Hoosiers qualified for the national team, but seniors Cody Miller and James Wells were added to Team USA for the World University Games during the competition.

Overall, IU had five top-10 performances during the week.

Wells had two, finishing ninth in the 50-meter backstroke June 27. He won the consolation final in the event, just missing the championship heat.

He followed that performance with a 10th-place finish June 28 in the 100-meter backstroke.

Schmuhl had the best finish of all the Hoosiers, touching the wall fifth June 27 in the 400-meter I.M. in a school-record time of 4:16.55. Earlier in the day, he recorded the third fastest time in school history in prelims. He now has the three fastest times in the event in school history.

Vrooman finished sixth in the 400-meter freestyle June 28 with a time of 4:11.16, the second-fastest in school history.

She broke Nikki White’s 2009 record in the event during prelims in which she swam the 400 in 4:10.98.

Miller recorded the first top-10 finish for the Hoosiers when he finished the 200-meter breastroke in 2:12.91 to finish sixth in the event June 26.

Vrooman’s other two school records came June 25, in which she swam 8:37.87 to finish 10th in the prelims of the 800-meter freestyle, and Saturday when she finished 11th in the 1,500-meter freestyle with a time of 16:40.94. Both of those marks also bested White’s ’09 performances also.

In the 1,600-meter, Vrooman’s time was more than eight seconds faster than White’s previous record.

Sophomore Haley Lips added the second-fastest time in IU history in the 200-meter butterfly June 25 with a time of 2:14.25, finishing 19th in prelims.

—Robby Howard