IU drops meets on the road
The road was not kind to the IU men's and women's swimming and diving team, as they lost their respective weekend matches.
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The road was not kind to the IU men's and women's swimming and diving team, as they lost their respective weekend matches.
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Junior Eric Ress had another good showing, finishing fifth in the 100-yard backstroke and posting the third-best time in school history in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing fifth. Numerous women had top-five finishes, from junior Nikki White in the 500-yard freestyle to junior Alyssa Vavra in the 400-yard individual medley.
The annual Hoosierland Open, which usually takes place during the weekend before Thanksgiving, will lose a bit of its luster this year, as about 80 percent of the swim team will be participating in USA Short Course Nationals in Columbus, Ohio.
About 40 members of the IU swim team have shipped off to Columbus, Ohio for the USA Short Course Nationals. Members who didn’t make the trip will look to hold the fort at this weekend’s Hoosierland Open along with the diving team.
Led by sophomore Eric Ress and junior Alyssa Vavra, both Hoosier teams fell to the tough Virginia squad. The women beat the Nittany Lions 195-158, and the men’s results against Penn State were unavailable.
For the first time since October, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will be competing against the same opponents in the same weekend. For the first time this season, the swimmers will be swimming somewhere other than Bloomington.
Team Tortuga, a local cycling team that had 25 members (only five or six of whom raced seriously) last year, is planning to expand its talent base to the entire Midwest as a result of increased sponsorship from the Scholars Inn Bakehouse.
As the Texas men easily defeated both IU and Michigan in Friday’s dual meet, the Hoosiers ended up tying the Wolverines after Michigan squeezed out a victory in the last 25 yards of the final relay.
The IU men's swimming team will take on defending NCAA champion Texas in a double-dual meet this weekend. Michigan will be the other team in competition.
Juniors Alyssa Vavra, Brittany Strumbel and Gabriella Agostino claimed individual wins in Friday's and Saturday's dual meet.
Friday and Saturday, the women’s team takes on two talented teams in Michigan and Texas. Texas, who defeated IU last year, is coming off an enormous victory against California, a perennial power that won the NCAA Championship in 2009.
This weekend, Little 500 riders gathered alongside non-Little 500 riders on North Jordan Avenue and at Bill Armstrong Stadium to compete with each other during the Fall Cycling Series.
Three cycling events are to take place this weekend, all on or near campus, for the Cycling Series.
The club will participate in events such as the Street Sprints and the Climb Trial the weekend of Oct. 22-24.
As a senior, IU student Dave Leno is already preparing for his Big Ten Network television broadcasting debut set for this weekend.