Hoosiers sweeps Louisville in dual meets
On the men’s side, the No. 8 Hoosiers defeated the No. 14 Cardinals 193-107, and the No. 13 IU women’s team earned a victory against the No. 15 Louisville ladies, posting a score of 160-140.
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On the men’s side, the No. 8 Hoosiers defeated the No. 14 Cardinals 193-107, and the No. 13 IU women’s team earned a victory against the No. 15 Louisville ladies, posting a score of 160-140.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU Diving Coach Jeff Huber announced his retirement Friday afternoon.After 35 years of coaching at the top-tier levels in national and international diving, Huber has agreed to continue through August 2013 at the request of Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Fred Glass.“Coach Huber’s leadership of the Indiana University Diving program is legendary,” Glass said in a press release. “With multiple national champions and Olympians over his quarter century at the program’s helm, Jeff has made his mark on the world stage representing IU with distinction. "On a personal note, it has been an honor and a pleasure for me to have had the opportunity to know Jeff as a man of not only amazing ability, but great integrity. I wish him, Lesa, Julia, and David all the best in this new phase of their lives.”Huber has been with the IU diving program for 24 seasons and has established himself as a 12-time U.S. National Coach of the Year. He also served as a coach for the United States at three of the last four Olympic Games and has been recognized 14 times as the Big Ten Coach of the Year, six times for women's and eight times for men's. Throughout his career, he has led Indiana University student-athletes to 42 Big Ten titles and 19 Big Ten Diver of the Year awards.Under Huber's reign, 123 NCAA All-America awards have been brought to Bloomington. Huber has sent divers to the Olympics, Pan Am Games, World University Games, FINA Diving World Cups and several USA Diving National Championships.Recent Olympian and 2009 NCAA Champion on the 3-meter springboard, Christina Loukas, was coached by Huber.“I verbally committed to Indiana University as a high school senior but changed my mind at the last minute,” Huber said in the release. “To have a second chance to come to IU and continue the diving tradition established by legendary IU diving coach Hobie Billingsley was a dream come true for me. The day I stepped on campus I felt like I had been here my whole life.“There is no better place in the country than Indiana University. My wife Lesa is a faculty member at IU and both of our children, Julia and David, are graduates of IU. We are an IU family. I want to thank the athletic department staff for their many hours of hard work and support."The 2012-13 season has been successful for Huber and the IU diving program. After winning his first conference title on the 3-meter springboard last season, junior Darian Schmidt broke his own school record in the event on Jan. 19, 2013.Earlier in 2012 on the women's side, senior Amy Cozad, also coached by Huber, finished third on the platform at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials and was named as the delegation's alternate for the event at the games.Eric Neuburger, the Associate Athletic Director for Facilities and and External Alliances will begin searching nationally for Huber's replacement immediately.
Indiana University Diving Coach Jeff Huber announced his retirement Friday afternoon.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU swimming and diving team will head to Louisville, Ky., to compete against the Cardinals at 5 p.m. Friday in the Ralph R. Wright Natatorium.With the Hoosier women coming off last Saturday with a solid victory against Purdue and the men rested up from a weekend at home, the IU swimmers and divers hope to add another win to their record. “The girls know it’s going to be a tough meet, but we’re all really determined at this point,” junior Lindsay Vrooman said. “Our win against Purdue last weekend will definitely help motivate us to win more in Louisville.”Led by freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass, the Hoosier women beat Purdue 179-121. Snodgrass grabbed victories in the 100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke and the 200-meter individual medley. As a result of her performance, Snodgrass earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Week and Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Vrooman also contributed strong wins in 1,000-meter freestyle and the 500-meter freestyle. “Louisville has some pretty good breastrokers, sprint freestylers and I.M. swimmers, so that’s where we’ll be weakest,” Vrooman said. “Even with that being said, our team has a lot of depth, so we could potentially out-score Louisville with a lot of top finishes and even some 4th and 5th places, which will add up.”For the women’s divers, senior Amy Cozad dominated the platform diving competition and almost beat her own school record in the process. “These meets are a great benchmark for our training and how we need to adjust our training ’til the end of the season,” senior Mick Dell’Orco said. “With Big Ten’s right around the corner, it’s great to get that competitive edge and get in the mind frame that we need to be in to perform when it counts.”On the men’s side, junior Cody Miller had a great performance against Ohio State and Iowa as he took first place in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events. Not only is he scoring big points for the Hoosiers in these events, but he also is one of the Big Ten leaders in the event. IU will also look to juniors James Wells (100-meter backstroke) and Eric Ress (200-meter backstroke) who contributed to the Hoosier sweep of the backstroke events against Ohio State and Iowa. In the sprint events, senior Daniel Kanorr touched the wall in first place in the 50-meter freestyle and second in the 100-meter freestyle. The No. 14 Louisville Cardinals will pose a challenge for No. 8 IU as they go into this weekend’s competition. The IU men will continue their dual meet schedule as they face Evansville Feb. 8 and Purdue Feb. 9. The Hoosier men will compete in the Big Ten Championships in Bloomington at the Doc Councilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center Feb. 27 through March 2.The IU women are set to compete in the 2013 Big Ten Championships Feb. 20-23 in Minneapolis, Minn. “The team has been training really well so we are definitely ready to compete,” Dell’Orco said. “We are coming off a couple good meets, so we are definitely looking to keep the ball rolling through the end of the season.”
After dominating her events at a dual meet against the Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette this past weekend, freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass has earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Week and Big Ten Freshman of the Week.
An Indiana University diver was recently named to USA Diving's 26-member Olympic Performance Squad.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Despite the pressure of competing against an in-state rival and having it broadcast live on the Big Ten Network, the No. 22 IU women’s swimming and diving team came out victorious against the Purdue women at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center on Saturday in West Lafayette.Boasting victories in 12 of 16 events, the Hoosiers finished the meet 58 points over the Boilermakers with a final score of 179-121. From opening the meet with a body-length win in the 200 freestyle relay to senior diver Amy Cozad snatching first place on the platform, IU Coach Ray Looze said the women exhibited strong performances. “The girls were loose and having a good time,” Looze said. “I think that had to do with starting the meet off in a proper frame of mind.” In the event that set the tone for the rest of the meet, the 1000-yard freestyle, junior Lindsay Vrooman grabbed a first-place finish with a time of 9:58.75. Ten seconds behind her was junior Guinevere Vanden Noort clocking in at 10:08.71 and obtaining third place.Vrooman also took a victory in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:50.07 with Vanden Noort finishing fourth in 4:58.45. Sophomore Cynthia Pammett contributed a win in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.51. “Cynthia Pammett was fantastic,” Looze said. “We’ve got a lot of selfless kids.” Pammett also placed second in the 50-yard freestyle (23.49) and in the 100-yard freestyle (50.48).In the 100-yard backstroke, the Hoosiers went 1-2-3 as freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass won in 53.73, sophomore Justine Ress placed second (55.63) and sophomore Allie Day finished third (56.16). Snodgrass went on to place first in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:55.48 as well, as part of a 1-2-3 Hoosier finish. With a time of 2:01.43, Day came in second and Ress took third in 2:02.87.Not only did Snodgrass dominate the backstroke events, but she also had a victory in the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.50). The Hoosier women swept this event with sophomore Dorina Szekeres second (2:05.32), Day third (2:06.08) and junior Bronwyn Pasloski fourth (2:06.15). Led by senior Ashley Specht with a first-place finish and a time of 1:01.75 in the 100-yard breaststroke, Pasloski followed in second with a time of 1:02.29. The breaststroke duo of Specht and Pasloski prevailed again in the 200-yard breaststroke as Pasloski took first in 2:16.26 and Specht third in 2:17.71.In IU’s sixth straight win of the day, freshman Haley Lips touched the wall at 2:00.29 in the 200-yard butterfly.The freshman added another victory to the Hoosier record as she finished the 100-yard butterfly in 55.70. “The whole meet was wonderful,” Looze said. “All of our girls were either at or under their seasonal best times.” The Hoosier women will compete against the No. 17 Louisville Cardinals in their final dual meet of the 2012-13 season at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, in Louisville, Ky.
Despite the mounting pressure of competing against the biggest state rival and having it aired on the Big Ten Network, the No.22 Indiana University women's swimming and diving team came out victorious against the Purdue women at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind on Saturday.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU women’s swimming and diving team will face another in-state rival at noon Saturday in West Lafayette against Purdue .The competition will be aired live on the Big Ten Network. “Both teams want to do whatever they can to win,” senior swimmer Ashley Specht said. “In the past, both teams have swam very fast because they know they have the pressure of people watching.” Coming off of a win against Notre Dame last weekend, the Hoosiers hope to keep the momentum as they head into their match against the Boilermakers. The IU women will not only get to compete under the lights, but they will also get the opportunity to learn their competition for the upcoming Big Ten Championships in March. Although the Hoosiers face many daunting challenges, including the heightened pressure that comes with competing against Purdue and the lack of home pool advantage, the swimmers said they choose to focus on the positives.“They have some very fast girls and it will be interesting to see how our girls react,” Specht said. “I think that if we start off strong, then we will easily sweep away with a win.”The Purdue swimming and diving team won 14 of 16 events in their most current competition against Michigan State Jan. 12. “Purdue has beaten us the past several times in a row so we know what’s coming there,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “We are going to have to be really ready to go and prepared for their best shots.” The Hoosiers will have to step up particularly in the sprint events. Representing the Purdue women at the Michigan State meet, Laura Gustafson won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.64 and the 100-yard freestyle in 50.88.Last weekend, IU junior Sara Delay won the 50 free with a time of 23.37, just .27 faster than Gustafson’s time. Freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass will help add to IU’s depth as she continues to dominate in backstroke events. Snodgrass earned her third Big Ten weekly award Tuesday after her performance against Notre Dame. In the 100-yard backstroke, she placed first with a time of 54.21, a NCAA B-Cut. Snodgrass picked up another first place in the 200-yard backstroke after touching the wall at 1:56.32, also a NCAA B-Cut.Aside from the backstroke events, IU and Purdue are expected to have close races in the butterfly events and relays.Compared to Purdue’s Rihannon Sheets’ final time of 2:00.92 in the 200-yard butterfly against Michigan State, freshman Haley Lips touched the wall at 2:00.86. Lips ended with a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterly and a time of 55.81 against Notre Dame, while Sheets placed first with a time of 55.97. Despite the roadblocks to an IU victory presented by Purdue, the women hope to carry their team spirit and distinct abilities to West Lafayette and clench a win.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU women’s swimming and diving team will face another in-state rival at 12 p.m. Saturday in West Lafayette against Purdue.The competition will be aired live on the Big Ten Network. “Both teams want to do whatever they can to win,” senior swimmer Ashley Specht said. “In the past, both teams have swam very fast because they know they have the pressure of people watching.” Coming off of a win against Notre Dame last weekend, the Hoosiers hope to keep the momentum as they head into their match against the Boilermakers. The IU women will not only get to compete under the lights, but they will also get the opportunity to learn their competition for the upcoming Big Ten Championships in March. Although the Hoosiers face many daunting challenges, including the heightened pressure that comes with competing against Purdue and the lack of home pool advantage, the swimmers said they choose to focus on the positives.“They have some very fast girls and it will be interesting to see how our girls react,” Specht said. “I think that if we start off strong, then we will easily sweep away with a win.”The Purdue swimming and diving team won 14 of 16 events in their most current competition against Michigan State Jan. 12. “Purdue has beaten us the past several times in a row so we know what’s coming there,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “We are going to have to be really ready to go and prepared for their best shots.” The Hoosiers will have to step up particularly in the sprint events. Representing the Purdue women at the Michigan State meet, Laura Gustafson won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.64 and the 100-yard freestyle in 50.88.Last weekend, IU sophomore Sara Delay won the 50 free with a time of 23.37, just .27 faster than Gustafson’s time. Freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass will help add to IU’s depth as she continues to dominate in backstroke events. Snodgrass earned her third Big Ten weekly award Tuesday after her performance against Notre Dame. In the 100-yard backstroke, she placed first with a time of 54.21, a NCAA B-Cut. Snodgrass picked up another first place in the 200-yard backstroke after touching the wall at 1:56.32, also a NCAA B-Cut.Aside from the backstroke events, IU and Purdue are expected to have close races in the butterfly events and relays.Compared to Purdue’s Rihannon Sheets’ final time of 2:00.92 in the 200-yard butterfly against Michigan State, freshman Haley Lips touched the wall at 2:00.86. Lips ended with a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterly and a time of 55.81 against Notre Dame, while Sheets placed first with a time of 55.97. Despite the roadblocks to an IU victory presented by Purdue, the women hope to carry their team spirit and distinct abilities to West Lafayette and clinch a win.
After breaking his own school record this past weekend in a double-dual home meet against Ohio State and Iowa at Councilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center, junior diver Darian Schmidt was named Big Ten Diver of the Week on Tuesday. Representing the Indiana University women's team, freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week, her third Big Ten award.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A few breakout performances and a new school record later, the IU swimming and diving team added three victories to its record Saturday afternoon.The 22nd-ranked women’s team defeated No. 19 Notre Dame 175-125, while the No. 10 Hoosier men’s team bested No. 18 Iowa 172-126 and No. 6 Ohio State by a mere two points, with a final score of 150-148, at the Councilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.Junior diver Darian Schmidt beat his own school record in the 3-meter springboard by less than one point. A score of 460.2 was good to win the meet’s event and surpass his previous record of 459.3 set in the 2012 Big Ten Championships.“All the credit goes to my coaches because of all the time they have put in,” Schmidt said. “They are the hardest-working coaches in the country.” IU Diving Coach Jeff Huber said it was no shock Schmidt beat the record.“A couple of days ago in practice, he had a breakout practice where he was doing some stuff we’ve been working on for a long time so it wasn’t a surprise that he set the record,” Huber said.The Hoosier men dominated the 1-meter springboard competition, taking the top four spots. Earning a score of 403.58 points, senior Mick Dell’Orco took first place as Schmidt placed second with 395.48 points. Junior Bryce Ogden finished with 395.18 points and picked up third place, while junior Emad Abdelatif was fourth (394.68).“Some of our most experienced guys struggled today and they’d be the first to admit that, and we still grinded out a victory,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “We had several guys step up who have not stepped up in their IU careers.” Senior Daniel Kanorr was among the many who stepped up and contributed to the Hoosier men’s victories. In the 50-yard freestyle, Kanorr placed first with a time of 20.12, a NCAA B Cut time. With a time of 44.94, Kanorr added a second place finish in the 100 freestyle.Senior Matt Gerth placed high in the 200 free as he touched the wall in second place (1:38.76), just behind Iowa’s Jordan Huff. Junior James Wells stepped up for the Hoosiers and picked up a first-place finish in the men’s 100-yard backstroke race with a time of 47.67, a NCAA B-Cut. Junior Eric Ress placed third in the event with a time of 48.68.On the women’s side, sophomore Sara Delay placed first in the 50-yard freestyle (23.37) and anchored the winning 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays. Her 50-free victory was the first individual event she had won since sat out the 2011-12 season after having her colon removed.“It’s been a really tough season, but I finally came back after having setbacks with having issues with having my ostomy surgery,” Delay said. “I feel a lot stronger and the workouts are coming along.”In the 1,000-yard freestyle, freshman Taylor O’Brien finished first in 10:00.37, followed by freshman Haley Lips (10:08.66). Junior Lindsay Vrooman picked up a win in the 200 free after leading wall-to-wall, earning a time of 1:48.58.With a time of 54.21, freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass placed first in the 100-yard backstroke and earned a NCAA B Cut.The Hoosier women will next compete noon Saturday at Purdue. The meet will be televised live on the Big Ten Network. The men do not have another meet until Feb. 1, when the team will travel to Louisville, Ky., to compete against No. 16 Louisville.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A few breakout performances and a new school record later, the IU swimming and diving team added three victories to its record Saturday afternoon. The 22nd-ranked women’s team defeated No. 19 Notre Dame 175-125, while the No. 10 Hoosier men bested No. 18 Iowa, 172-126, and No. 6 Ohio State by a mere two points, with a final score of 150-148, at the Councilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. Junior diver Darian Schmidt beat his own school record in the 3-meter springboard by less than one point. A score of 460.2 was good to win the meet's event and surpass his previous record of 459.3 set in the 2012 Big Ten Championships.“All the credit goes to my coaches because of all the time they have put in,” Schmidt said. “They are the hardest working coaches in the country.” For IU Diving Coach Jeff Huber, it was no shock Schmidt beat the record.“A couple of days ago in practice, he had a breakout practice where he was doing some stuff we’ve been working on for a long time so it wasn’t a surprise that he set the record,” Huber said. The Hoosier men dominated the 1-meter springboard competition, taking the top four spots. Earning a score of 403.58 points, senior Mick Dell’Orco took first place with Schmidt placing second with 395.48 points. Redshirt junior Bryce Ogden finished with 395.18 points and picked up third place, while junior Emad Abdelatif was fourth (394.68).“Some of our most experienced guys struggled today and they’d be the first to admit that and we still grinded out a victory,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “We had several guys step up who have not stepped up in their IU careers.” Senior Daniel Kanorr was among the many who stepped up and contributed to the Hoosier men’s victories. In the 50-yard freestyle, Kanorr placed first with a time of 20.12, a NCAA B Cut time. With a time of 44.94, Kanorr added a second place finish in the 100 freestyle. Also placing high for the men was senior Matt Gerth in the 200 free as he touched the wall in second place (1:38.76), just behind Iowa’s Jordan Huff. Junior James Wells stepped up for the Hoosiers and picked up a first-place finish in the men’s 100-yard backstroke race with a time of 47.67, a NCAA B-Cut. Junior Eric Ress placed third in the event with a time of 48.68. On the women’s side, sophomore Sara Delay placed first in the 50-yard freestyle (23.37) and anchored the winning 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays. Her 50-free victory was the first individual event she had won since sat out the 2011-12 season after having her colon removed. “It’s been a really tough season, but I finally came back after having setbacks with having issues with having my ostomy surgery,” junior Sara Delay said. “I feel a lot stronger and the workouts are coming along.” In the 1,000-yard freestyle, Taylor O’Brien finished first in 10:00.37, followed by freshman Haley Lips (10:08.66). Junior Lindsay Vrooman picked up a win in the 200 free after leading wall-to-wall, earning a time of 1:48.58. With a time of 54.21, freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass placed first in the 100-yard backstroke and earned a NCAA B Cut. The Hoosier women will next compete at Purdue on Saturday, Jan. 26 at noon. The meet will be televised on the Big Ten Network. The men do not have another meet until Feb. 1, when the team will travel to Louisville, Ky., to compete against No. 16 Louisville.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will face three competitors at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Councilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.The Hoosier men will be pitted against the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Iowa Hawkeyes in a double-dual meet, while the Hoosier women will compete against Notre Dame. “Our team wants to win the meet and stay tough in our races,” junior Lindsay Vrooman said. “This will be our first meet in a while so it’s going to be very hard for a lot of us, but as long as we stay mentally and physically tough throughout the meet I’m sure we’ll all be happy with our perfomance.” Although Notre Dame has some fast women, team depth and a shared enthusiasm to compete will be an advantage for the IU women’s team. “We have done a really good job swimming fast in season thus far,” senior Ashley Specht said. “Girls are posting times that we would usually see in taper meets.” Not only are the swimmers prepared to add some wins to the record this weekend, but the IU divers also trained intensely during winter break for the meet and the remainder of the season. In addition to IU competing at home, the men have a bigger diving team than OSU and Iowa combined. Compared to OSU’s six divers and Iowa’s seven, IU has 13 divers on the roster.By avoiding travelling and the adjusting to the facilities, the Hoosier swimmers and divers face few disadvantages when competing at home. “Our biggest weakness right now is going to be our energy level for the weekend,” senior Mick Dell’Orco said. “We’ve been putting in a lot of hours and really ramped up the intensity over break.”Vrooman said the training was an integral part of the goal-making process. “Our winter break training will definitely reflect on our performance at Big Tens and NCAAs,” Vrooman said. “Our team goals still stayed the same, and winter break training was a good time to remind ourselves of those goals.” Veteran swimmers like Vrooman and Specht paired with a deep freshman class have established a strong women’s team this year. “I can’t even describe to you how awesome this group of girls are,” Specht said. “We all walk into practice with a smile on our face and we all want to train fast.”On the men’s side, sophomore Steve Schmuhl returns from a successful winter break. Schmuhl finished 12th in the 400-meter individual medley Dec. 13 at the 2012 World Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Redshirt senior Jim Barbiere is also set to compete in an international competition beginning on July 10 in the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia. The IU men’s swimming and diving team’s next competition will be at 5 p.m. Feb. 2 in Louisville, Ky., while the women’s team will compete against the Boilermakers at noon Jan. 26 in West Lafayette.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A lack of international swimming experience has factored little in the competitive nature of one IU swimmer. Sophomore Steve Schmuhl posted a top-15 finish in the 400-meter individual medley during finals week at the 2012 FINA World Short Course Championships in Istanbul. “I roomed with Garrett Weber-Gale, who was part of the famous 400 free relay in Beijing,” Schmuhl said. “It was a little daunting at first, especially since a lot of the guys were in their late twenties and I am still a teenager, but it was an awesome environment.”As the third-youngest top-15 finisher, Schmuhl narrowly missed a chance to perform in the championship final. With his 12th-place finish and a time of 4:10.38, the Hoosier swimmer was less than two seconds greater than the cutoff. The turnover from studying and taking final exams to flying the more than 5,500 miles to Istanbul proved to be stressful for Schmuhl, who had to take three finals the day before he left for the competition. “I basically became a hermit in the weeks leading up to my departure,” Schmuhl said. “I had to take one final when I got back, but I ended up doing very well on the semester and got a 3.1 GPA.”Despite the duress of finals and age gap between Schmuhl and the other competitors, the international experience is another successful race under Schmuhl’s belt. “He needs to continue to get experiences like that and to remain consistent and take the success that he attained in Turkey and use it as a springboard instead of something that will set him back,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. Along with qualifying for the U.S. Short Course Championship team at the U.S. Open in August, the Broomfield, Colo., native also placed 11th in the 400 individual medley at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. Schmuhl’s time at the Short Course World Championships was about eight seconds faster than his time at the U.S. Open, which was 4:18.74. “I know there are still some technical things in my breaststroke to work out before Big Tens and NCAAs, but I’m confident that I can get those kinks all smoothed out before championship season,” Schmuhl said. In his freshman year at IU, Schmuhl competed at the NCAA Championships in the 400 individual medley relay with a time of 3:11.07 and a 13th place finish, which earned him All-American honors. “The most important thing is what he does on a daily basis to perform at a consistent level,” Looze said. “Getting consistency and sticking with it is what he needs to continue to work on.” Schmuhl is not the only Hoosier representing the IU swimming and diving program overseas, as senior Jim Barbiere is also preparing to compete in an international event. Barbiere was named one of the 39 members of Team USA, which will participate in the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia. The swimming competition is scheduled for July 10-16. For his fifth-place finish at the U.S. Open in the 200 freestyle, Barbiere earned a spot on Team USA as a member of the 4x200 freestyle relay. Schmuhl, Barbiere and the rest of the Hoosier men will take on Ohio State and Iowa at 11 a.m. Jan. 19 in a home double-dual meet.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>They say Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither is a Big Ten and NCAA Champion swimming program. IU Coach Ray Looze said this year’s group of freshmen have had no choice but to step up, with the loss of a huge, successful senior class last year, including French Olympian Margaux Farrell, 2011 Team USA member Allysa Vavra, Brittany Strumbel, Laura Head, Katelyn Ishee, Kristen Mitsch, Courey Schaefer, Kim Tracey and Nikki White. Two leading ladies, Brooklyn Snodgrass and Haley Lips have done exactly that for the Hoosier women’s team by establishing themselves as pivotal point scorers this season. Along with Alexis Bullard, Shelby Carroll, Siri Kristiansen, Allie Lamberson, Sarah Lewis, Madeline Maher, Taylor O’Brien and Rachel Thompson, the freshmen class has contributed to the IU victories that have helped maintain the high level of performance last year’s senior class produced.“I think we are better with the addition of this freshmen class, and I think we have a chance to be a better team because these freshmen girls are swimming like they are veterans,” Looze said. “The girls that we graduated last year, we took really several years to develop them.”Heading into the 2012-13 season, IU’s swimming and diving team lost three of the team’s major point contributors. At the 2012 Big Ten Championships, Vavra, Strumbel and Farrell combined to score 235 out of the team’s 651-point total, more than one-third of the team’s production. Vavra also scored 36 points individually at the 2012 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Farrell went on to earn a bronze medal as part of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay team at the 2012 London Olympics. Snodgrass has already achieved several merits, earning the Big Ten Swimmer and Freshman of the Week after her victories in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events in the double-dual meet against Texas and Michigan.With times of 53.20 and 1:53.97, the Canadian native currently has the best times in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke, respectively, in the Big Ten conference. At the 2012 AT&T Winter National Championships on Saturday, Snodgrass earned a top-five finish in the 200-yard backstroke. “To get in there and make an A final unshaved is a real nice feather in the cap for anybody, whether they be upperclassmen or freshmen,” Looze said.Ranked third in the conference in the 200-yard butterfly and in the top 20 in three other events, Lips has also added to the Hoosiers’ depth. “The atmosphere is great, and it is nice to have people around me to push me to be the best I can be,” Lips said.Out of the first three intercollegiate meets Snodgrass and Lips have swum in, they have finished outside of the top five in individual events on only a combined three occasions.“The fact that they can be impactful at the NCAA level their freshman year gives me a lot of reason for optimism,” Looze said. “We are still a rebuilding team, but there is a lot of promise on the horizon.” For the women’s distance group, O’Brien has been influential so far this season. Currently, O’Brien has a Big Ten top time in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:28.58, as well as the seventh top time in the 1000-yard freestyle at a time of 9:59.78 and 14th in the 500 free with a time of 4:49.12.With a time of 1:02.98 in the 100 breaststroke, Maher currently has the 15th top time in the conference and the sixth top time in the 200 breaststroke.Although the freshman squad is already performing at a high level at double-dual meets and nationals, Looze said the most important time for them to perform will be at the Big Tens and NCAAs. The freshmen are on the right track to represent the Hoosier swimming program by the end of the season, but there are a few training for more individually-oriented meets. Snodgrass will be competing at the World Championship Trials for Canada after the Big Ten Championships and the NCAA meet. Both Snodgrass and Lips, combined with the other members of the 2012-13 freshmen group, have already scored major points for the IU swim team and hope to continue to make an impact.“Athletics is such a fluid endeavor that it’s hard to predict the future, but if they stay consistent and have a clear, steady approach and don’t let their emotions get too low or too high, really good things can happen for them in the future,” Looze said.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU men’s and women’s swimming teams came out of the AT&T Winter Nationals with five top-five finishes Saturday night.The competition was at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin, Texas.After the first day of competition, the Hoosiers placed multiple top 10 finishes, one of which came in the 200 freestyle relay. Freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass, junior Bronwyn Pasloski and sophomores Justine Ress and Cynthia Pammett touched the wall with a time of 1:32.40 to finish seventh overall in the event.In the 400 medley relay, Snodgrass, senior Ashley Specht, freshman Haley Lips and Pammett combined to place sixth with a time of 3:38.42, while juniors James Wells, Cody Miller and Eric Ress and senior Daniel Kanorr placed fifth for the men with 3:14.86.Placing sixth and achieving an NCAA B cut, junior Lindsay Vrooman touched the wall with a time of 4:43.35 in the 500 freestyle. Senior Jim Barbiere placed 13th and also earned an NCAA B cut in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:23.84.Snodgrass raced to 23rd in the 200-yard individual medley with 2:00.08, an NCAA B cut,, while Pammett finished 27th in 2:01.58.A time of 1:45.51 for Miller in the 200 individual medley was good for 10th place and a NCAA B cut. Earning an NCAA provisional mark, Ress placed 23rd in 1:48.37 in the bonus final.With one Hoosier swimmer in each of the 50-yard freestyle races, Ress took 53rd for the women (23.85), and Kanorr took 34th for the men (20.47).On the second day of competition, Snodgrass, 1:53.97, NCAA B cut, and Eric Ress, 1:42.72, NCAA B cut, both had fourth-place finishes in the 200 backstroke.In the 1,650-yard freestyle, Vrooman clocked in at 15:56.81 earning a third-place finish and an NCAA B cut. Freshman Taylor O’Brien placed 11th with a time of 16:28.58, also an NCAA B cut. With a provisional time of 1:58.14, junior Brenna MacLean took fourth in the 200 butterfly and was followed by Lips in ninth, 1:57.45, NCAA B cut. In the 200 breaststroke, Miller came out with a fifth-place finish, 1:54.89, NCAA B cut.With their sights on making the Big Ten conference squad, the Hoosier swimmers hope to use their experience at the Winter Nationals to indicate their strengths and weaknesses.“As a whole, the team is trying to work on the little things consistently so we can make these changes in time for the end of the season,” Eric Ress said.The Big Ten conference meet is the third week of February for the women and the fourth week of February for the men.The IU swimming teams are completed with competitions for this year but will be back in action at home Jan. 19, 2013. The men will face Ohio State and Iowa in a dual meet, and the women will face Notre Dame.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU swimming and diving team will head to Columbus, Ohio, to compete in the OSU Invitational Friday through Monday.With the preliminaries beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, participants will compete in the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 400 medley relay, men’s one-meter diving and women’s three-meter diving as part of the first day’s events. The finals for these races will start at 6 p.m.On Saturday, the event lineup includes the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 200 medley relay, men’s three-meter diving and women’s one-meter diving. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m., and finals start at 5 p.m.For the Hoosiers’ final day of competition, the schedule includes the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 1,650 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay and platform diving with prelims beginning at 9 a.m. and finals starting at 3 p.m.“The kids we are sending there are going to have to work really hard to get second place finishes, and that’s what I expect,” IU Coach Ray Looze said.Coming off two victories against No. 23 Penn State and No. 9 Virginia, the Hoosier men are ranked No. 7 according to the latest College Swim Coaches Association of America top 25. With their only losses coming against No. 1 Michigan and No. 4 Texas, the Hoosiers are currently 4-2 on the season.Although the Hoosiers will face competitors including No. 5 Florida, No. 10 Ohio State, Wisconsin and North Carolina, Looze expects his swimmers to have seasonal best times and establish themselves within the Big Ten Conference.In a most recent CSCAA poll, the IU women were ranked No. 14. However, the team added a pair of losses to its season record after losing to No. 10 Virginia and Penn State.While many top-placing swimmers on both the women’s and men’s side will be in Austin, Texas, competing in the USA Winter Swimming Nationals, Looze expects the remaining swimmers to come back from OSU with championship finals, A finals and B finals and second swims.Brooklyn Snodgrass, Madeline Maher, Taylor O’Brien and Haley Lips will represent the freshman class at nationals, while sophomores Dorina Szekeres and Cynthia Pammett, juniors Cody Miller, Eric Ress, Bronwyn Pasloski and Lindsay Vrooman, along with seniors Jim Barbiere and Ashley Specht, are just a few of the leading point scorers to compete in Texas this weekend.Live results can be found at ohiostatebuckeyes.com/livestats/m-swim/.
The Indiana University swimming and diving team will head to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the OSU Invitational on Nov. 30 through Dec. 3.
Juniors Eric Ress and Cody Miller will lead a small group of Indiana University swimmers in Austin, Texas for the AT&T Swimming Winter Nationals beginning Nov. 29 and ending Dec. 1.