After day three of competition at the 2017 Big Ten Championships, the IU women’s swim and dive team sits in second place with 791.0 points and trails Michigan by only 14.5 points.
The swim of the day on Friday came from sophomore Lilly King. In the 100-yard breaststroke King defended her conference crown, breaking her own American and NCAA records with a 56.30. The swim also broke the IU, Big Ten and Big Ten meet records.
Other notable events for IU on the night included the 100-yard butterfly. Senior Gia Dalesandro won the conference title with a Big Ten-record time of 50.45. Dalesandro’s swim was also the fastest in the NCAA this season.
Junior Kennedy Goss was also a bright spot for the Hoosiers, finishing fourth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:44.30. Freshman Maria Paula Heitmann took sixth in the event.
In the diving well, junior Jessica Parrato finished fifth in the 3-meter springboard. The junior from Dover, New Hampshire scored over 57 points on each of her final six dives.
The Hoosiers will be back in action Saturday morning in West Lafayette for the final day of competition.
Ben Portnoy
