Zone meet to carry NCAA Championship implications
This weekend, the divers travel to Columbus, Ohio, to continue their season at the Zone Diving Meet.
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This weekend, the divers travel to Columbus, Ohio, to continue their season at the Zone Diving Meet.
After earning a second-place finish in the Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis, Minn., the IU men's swim team learned Tuesday that nine swimmers will be returning to frigid Minneapolis for the NCAA Championships March 24-27.
Of the 322 women swimmers in the NCAA that qualified for the NCAA Championships March 17-19 in Austin, Texas, 13 of them will be Hoosiers. Alphabetically, they are:
From 2006-08, Marie Marsman was simply a graduate student at IU earning her master’s in kinesiology and helping out with the Hoosier swim team, hoping to one day find employment as a swim coach.
In a Big Ten Championship meet where the IU men’s swimming and diving team finished second — avoiding third place by just 11 points — it was the extra effort that got the team to the podium.
The road trip up to Minneapolis, Minn., for the Big Ten Championships didn’t seem to adversely affect the IU men swimmers, as they started the meet off in record-breaking fashion Wednesday.
The Men’s Big Ten Championships, in Minneapolis, Minn., start today and continue until Saturday night.
The IU women’s swimming and diving team left the rest of the Big Ten in its wake this week, claiming its third straight title and winning by a 243-point margin (821-578) against runner-up Minnesota.
Not many things can make Athletic Director Fred Glass jump in a pool with his clothes on. Now, those in attendance at the Big Ten Championships know one of them: the IU women winning an impressive third straight Big Ten Championship.
When IU swimming announcer Owen Johnson began his introductions Friday night at the Big Ten Championships, he made the claim that it was a two-team race for the Championship between IU and Minnesota. The IU swimmers did all they possibly could to make that a one-team race Friday night.
The Hoosiers have a 279-236 lead over second-place Minnesota — and the rest of the field — following the first two days of competition.
The Hoosiers intend not only to defend their pool this week as they become hosts to the Big Ten Championship for the first time since 2005, but their 2009 and 2010 Big Ten titles as well.
With a fifth place finish in the 200-yard medley relay to begin the meet and a win in the 800-yard freestyle relay, the IU women are tied at 68 with Wisconsin for the lead with Minnesota just two points behind after the brief Day 1 action in Bloomington.
How do the Hoosiers stack up against the rest of the Big Ten?
It’s crunch time for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. The women take part in the Big Ten Championship next week while 11 men will travel to the OSU Winter Open this weekend to finalize their Big Ten Championship roster.
When the IU men’s swim team woke up Saturday, it was down by 22 to arch-rival Purdue. When the team went to bed that same night, it had claimed a 166-134 victory.
The IU swimming team will travel to West Lafayette to take on rival Purdue this weekend.
For the second time this season, IU sophomore Eric Ress was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week Tuesday for his performance in a 176-124 victory over No. 18 Louisville and Virginia Tech Friday. Ress won the 100 and 200-yard backstroke, both of which were pool records.
After a loss to Michigan earlier in the year, the women came back and won 157-127 against the Wolverines on Jan. 8. On Friday, the men were on a mission to bring Louisville down after a loss to the team last season.
The IU diving team will travel to Iowa to compete in the USA Winter Diving Nationals from Sunday through the rest of the week and both the IU men and women travel to Louisville to face Louisville and Virginia Tech on Saturday.