Despite early struggles, Dalesandro proving key in senior year
Though senior swimmer Gia Dalesandro struggled to maintain mental game, she’s learned not to care.
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Though senior swimmer Gia Dalesandro struggled to maintain mental game, she’s learned not to care.
After Olympic, national and Big Ten season success, IU swimming and diving is looking to keep its undefeated dual meet momentum going into the Big Ten Championships.
If someone needed a boost, the team picked them up. If someone needed a kick in the butt, they got it. If someone needed a hug, they got a hug. The team was just on point, IU swimming coach Ray Looze said.
Championship seasons can erase a lot of things, both good and bad, but the IU women’s swim and dive team’s goal is to finish on a high note, IU Coach Ray Looze said.
For Jessica Parratto and Michal Bower, being competitors is just a small component of a friendship that has grown into a dominant duo this season for the IU women’s swimming and diving program.
IU swimming and diving closed its season Friday as the men took down No. 7 Louisville with a 195-105 victory while the women fell, 171-129.
When talking to people close to junior swimmer Ali Khalafalla, one word frequently arises — proud.
The undefeated IU men’s swimming and diving team will look to finish a perfect dual meet season against Louisville on Friday, and the IU women will battle for a second consecutive win in the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.
Saturday’s meet saw another strong showing for the IU swimming and diving teams. The Hoosiers traveled to Purdue for a rivalry meet and came away with a 182.5-117.5 win on the men’s side and a 155-139 victory for the women. The men won 12 of 16 events on the day, and the women won 10 of 16.
Following a big weekend against Michigan, the IU swim and dive team will venture north to West Lafayette, Indiana and take on in-state rival Purdue on Saturday in a battle for state supremacy.
Eighteen years.
It’s not often a chance at a program-defining victory comes along, but that is exactly what the IU swimming and diving teams have in front of them Friday afternoon.
He chased around a group of kids as they fled from the college student dubbed “Godzilla.” The 6-foot-3, long-armed monster bore down on the kids as they tried to escape his clutches.
IU divers Michael Hixon and Michal Bower will take their talents to the crossroads of Ohio this week to compete at the USA Diving Winter Nationals.
When freshman swimmer Jack Kucharczyk signed with IU late in his senior year of high school, he focused his attention on demonstrating his talent to his coaches.
Two different events yielded similar results as the Hoosier swimmers were back in action at both the AT&T Winter National Championships in Atlanta and the Miami Invitational in Oxford, Ohio, this weekend.
While roughly three-quarters of the Hoosier swim team headed south for AT&T Winter National Championship, the rest of the squad will head to Oxford, Ohio for the Miami (OH) Invitational.
Hoosier swimming will increase its competition on a national level this week, and IU Coach Ray Looze said it’s an opportunity for the swimmers to hone their skills while racing from behind.
In the past few months life has changed for sophomore swimmer Lilly King. From being a little-known student-athlete, to a star in Rio and campus celebrity, King’s life is far from normal. However, one thing remains constant: wins.
Despite being shorthanded this weekend, IU didn’t have trouble dispatching Cincinnati 195-102 on the men’s side and 187-106 on the women’s.