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IU men's swimming and diving team swept by Michigan, Texas; women split

To open up their home schedules, the IU swimming and diving teams competed in a dual meet against Michigan and Texas this past weekend.

The men’s swimming team struggled against the No. 1 Wolverines and No. 4 Longhorns, falling 203-97 and 204-96, respectively.

On Friday, senior Cody Miller finished second in the 100-meter breaststroke, and sophomore Tanner Kurz was fourth. Miller was also third in the 200-meter breaststroke.

Senior Eric Ress posted a second place finish in the 200-meter backstroke and was the top IU swimmer in the 500-meter free, finishing third.

“We have to step up a little bit more against this level of competition, especially on the men’s side,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “They know that, and they will.”

The Hoosiers have faced four of the top five teams in the country this season.

“They’ve got great teams, and it just sort of lets us know where we’re at against teams that are competing for national titles because that’s where we want to be at Indiana,” Looze said.

On the women’s side, sophomore Brooklyn Snodgrass and freshman Gia Dalesandro each picked up two wins to lead the Hoosiers to a 181-119 win against Michigan. They fell just short against Texas, 151.5-148.5.

The two were also part of the winning 200-meter medley relay team. Snodgrass posted a second place finish in the 200-meter backstroke.

“Based on this weekend alone, our team had great chemistry,” she said. “We were always cheering for each other, making sure everyone was supported, and everyone usually swims pretty fast when we support each other, so the rest of the season should be pretty fun.”

The team as a whole won four of the first five events and swept the distance events.
“They are doing a lot of the things that a great team, a championship team, needs to do,” he said.

In the diving well, senior Darian Schmidt finished third on the 1-meter, while senior Emad Abdelatif was sixth and senior Conor Murphy, seventh. Schmidt then beat out Texas’ Will Chandler to win the 3-meter competition with a score of 400.45. Murphy finished fourth, and Abdelatif was sixth.

Schmidt has now won four of six events to start the season. IU Coach Drew Johansen said he wanted him to perform different dives than he had in California a couple weeks ago, as he works on putting a full list together to give him the best chance to be competitive come postseason.

“Even though the results were him winning in both of the meets, I’m happy to see him do it different ways,” Johansen said.

For the women’s team, senior Cassidy Kahn took fourth in the 1-meter, and senior Kate Hillman finished second in the 3-meter competition.

“We had some misses in there that didn’t allow us to be higher up in the standings,” Johansen said. “But for this part of the year, I think they’re in a good place.”

Follow reporter Grace Palmieri on Twitter @gpalmieri7.

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