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(04/01/13 4:23am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU men’s swimming and diving program brought 14 swimmers to the 2013 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships this past weekend at the IU-Purdue University Indianapolis Natatorium and Sports Complex. Nine of those 14 swimmers scored points. Posting their best finish since 1980, the Hoosiers scored 201 points to place ninth. “I couldn’t have been happier with the swimmers and divers during this meet,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “There was a lot of determination.”After a disqualification in the breaststroke leg of the 400-yard individual medley relay at the 2013 Big Ten Championships, junior Cody Miller watched helplessly as another race and another phenomenal time was wiped off the scoreboard at the 2013 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Miller hit the wall with a time of 52.02 in the 100-yard breaststroke but was called for an illegal kick. In a preliminary time of 52.66, Miller made the championship final after tying for seventh place. Although Miller missed the mark in the event, Mike Hurley snagged a 22nd-place finish in 53.70 with Tanner Kurz following in 23rd (53.80) in his first individual event at the NCAA Championships. “The officials said Cody (Miller) did a dolphin kick in the final,” Looze said. “It was great to see him respond by making the A final in the 200-yard breaststroke.”Miller redeemed himself in the 200-yard breaststroke by placing fourth in an All-American honors time of 1:53.29. He beat his preliminary time of 1:53.29, which was .87 seconds faster than his preliminary time. Setting a new school record for the Hoosiers, sophomore Steve Schmuhl came out of preliminaries with a time of 3:41.98. In the championship final of the event, Schmuhl swam to a fifth-place finish and earned All-American honors. In the 200-yard butterfly, Schmuhl was able to pick up a 22nd-place finish with his time of 1:44.62. Also setting a school record, senior Jim Barbiere beat his previous record of 14:56.79 by 2.71 seconds after he placed 12th in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 14:54.08. The IU swimmer hadn’t started swimming the event until this year. Junior Eric Ress earned fifth place for the Hoosiers in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:39.92. Second through fifth place spanned .62 seconds. Not only did Ress compete in the 200-yard backstroke, but he also swam in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke individually. Earning All-American honors for his time of 45.31 in the 100-yard backstroke, Ress placed third for the Hoosiers and improved upon his preliminary time of 46.03 by .72 of a second. Ress was the second finisher for IU in the 200-yard individual medley after placing 19th with a time of 1:44.58, following Miller’s third place finish.Teammate junior James Wells hit the wall in 1:43.72, good for 30th place. On the first day of competition, two school records were broken. In the 50-yard freestyle, Daniel Kanorr swam to ninth place with a time of 19.42 in the A final. In the platform competition, junior Conor Murphy scored 422.15 points and finished third. This is the best finish for the Hoosiers since Mark Lenzi placed second in 1990. In the platform final, junior Emad Abdelatif ended the event in 19th with a score of 316.45 points followed by sophomore Danton Rogers in 20th with a score of 306.95 points. An era of diving has ended. This was the last NCAA Championships coached by IU Diving Coach Jeff Huber. In his last NCAA Championships trip, Huber had three divers finish in the top three in the men’s and women’s meets combined. “It was amazing getting to work with Coach Huber for this time,” Schmidt said. “A turning point in my career was last winter, when we had nationals at Tennessee, and I had a disastrous meet,” he said. “He walked me to the end of the pool and ripped me a new one in a harsh but good way.” Representing IU in the relay events, a team of Wells, Miller, Schmuhl and Kanorr touched the wall in ninth place with a time of 3:08.40, a new school record in the 400-yard medley relay. In the 800-yard freestyle relay, Schmuhl, Barbiere, Matt Gerth and Ress combined to place 11th with a time of 6:23.31. “We had three relays in the B final,” Looze said. “What we really need to work on is getting our relays in the A final.”
(03/28/13 1:52am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Ten swimmers, three alternates and four divers must rise to the occasion this weekend.The IU men’s swimming and diving team will compete in the 2013 NCAA Championships beginning today and ending Saturday at the IU Natatorium and IU-Purdue University Indianapolis Sports Complex in Indianapolis. After their performance at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, the Hoosiers lead all schools with four diving entries. The diving championships took place March 14-16 in West Lafayette, Ind. Eric Ress is set to compete in the 100 backstroke, 200 individual medley and the 200 backstroke. “Personally I’m looking to final in multiple events and be in the mix for top-three finishes,” Ress said. “The depth of the NCAA this season has definitely gotten deeper, and I’m looking forward to racing.”With the majority of the IU men confident they would grasp invites or at least have the intention of dropping time to get invited, the team was able to construct a solid plan for how to approach conference and NCAAs. “Diving is also a huge advantage going into the meet,” Ress said. “With four divers, all of whom are able to score, we have a lot more depth in those three events compared to most teams.”Senior Darian Schmidt finished second on the 1-meter springboard at the Zone C Diving Championships to qualify for NCAAs.Juniors Conor Murphy and Danton Rogers went 1-2 in the platform event to qualify, while Emad Abdelatif earned his first trip to the NCAAs after placing fourth on the 1-meter. Murphy finished the 2013 Big Ten Championships with a Big Ten title in the platform and a new school record. On the other hand, the Hoosiers may have a disadvantage or two. “A disadvantage might be that we have a lot of young swimmers going, but in the long run it really sets up the team well for future success,” Stephen Schmuhl said. Schmuhl will be swimming in the 200 individual medley, 400 individual medley and the 200 butterfly. As the only distance swimmer heading to NCAAs, Schmuhl has spent the past few weeks training alone. Cody Miller will be a significant threat during the competition. He will be swimming in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and the 200 individual medley. At the 2013 Big Ten Championships, Miller dominated these events and brought home Big Ten titles in each one. Although the Hoosiers placed second at the 2013 Big Ten Championships with 664 points, the team hopes to improve upon its performance and take home a NCAA title. The IU team has big shoes to fill. From 1968 to 1973, the Hoosiers won the team title, and throughout NCAA history, Hoosiers have won 80 individual and relay NCAA titles. “The bulk of the hard work this season is over, and the last few weeks are mostly about keeping nerves down, fine-tuning and getting motivated for the week of racing,” Ress said. Tune into ESPN3 Live Streaming Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. ET to watch IU throughout the championships.
(03/25/13 4:13am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Although the Hoosiers nearly missed a top-10 finish at the 2013 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, the IU women’s team earned several top finishes and placed record times individually. Scoring 115 points and achieving their 10th consecutive top-15 finish at the NCAA Championships, the Hoosiers earned their best finish since 2010 as they swam and dove to 11th place. Georgia came out as the victor at the conclusion of the meet with a score of 477 points and took home the national title. “I thought it was a great performance by the Hoosiers,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “The girls showed grit. They showed determination. They were passionate about what they were doing.”For IU, junior Lindsay Vrooman completed her standout season on a high note. The veteran distance swimmer demolished her previous school record of 15:51.20 in the 1,650-yard freestyle on Saturday by .47 of a second in a third-place finish of 15:50.83. Vrooman is one of two IU swimmers to ever record a time below 16 minutes in the event. Not only did she break a school record in the 1,650-yard freestyle, but she also made her mark in the 1,000-yard freestyle after she broke the school record with a split of 9:37.74. “She is the rock of this team, and I told her that after the race,” Looze said. “She wanted to win the national title in that race and, Lindsay being Lindsay, she wasn’t real happy with it. But it is her best times and it is her highest finish at the NCAA Championships.”“You have to celebrate every little step of the way even if they are not as big of celebrations as you would like."On the first day of competition, Vrooman swam the 500-yard freestyle in 4:36.41 and placed fifth in the nation. Her time was the second-fastest in school history and earned All-American honors. In the 200-yard backstroke on Saturday, freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass cut .4 of a second off her preliminary time to touch the wall in the finals at 1:52.12. The All-American time earned Snodgrass a seventh-place finish. A day earlier, Snodgrass finished third place in the 100-yard backstroke in 51.52 to earn an NCAA All-American honor and a personal career-best time.“It feels awesome to go to such a big competition and have performances that rank amongst the best in the nation,” Snodgrass said. “I am excited that I still have three years left.”Sophomore Allie Day hit the wall in 1:54.42, good for 21st place. Sophomores Cynthia Pammett came in 25th with a time of 1:55.05, Dorina Szekeres 28th (1:55.23) and Justine Ress 36th (1:56.12). In the 200-yard butterfly, junior Brenna MacLean just missed a top-ten finish. After touching the wall with a split of 1:55.68 and earning honorable mention All-American, MacLean had an 11th place finish. For the women divers, senior Amy Cozad had the highest finish in the platform event. She placed third with 325.20 points, an All-American mark. “I think at one point this season we were ranked 22nd and that’s the kind of respect we were getting by the coaches that vote on that poll but this is the only national ranking that matters,” Looze said. “It’s the final one.”“I couldn’t be more pleased with the way they responded.” While most of the Hoosier women are done with the 2012-2013 season, a break is not in store for a few of the swimmers. Canadian natives junior Bronwyn Pasloski, Pammett, MacLean and Snodgrass are going to the World Trials Victoria qualifying meet next week in Victoria, Canada, Looze said.They will all swim for a chance to participate in the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona and the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia.“They are going to head up there with Coach Tommy Brush and hopefully do a really good job and try to get on some international teams for the summer,” Looze said. “But otherwise, everybody else is going to take a little time off, get caught back up on school, and then get ready for their training for the summer.”
(03/24/13 7:24pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Although the Hoosiers nearly missed a top-10 finish at the 2013 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, the IU women’s team earned several top finishes and placed record times individually. Scoring 115 points and achieving their 10th consecutive top 15 finish at the NCAA Championships, the Hoosiers earned their best finish since 2010 as they swam and dove to 11th place. Georgia came out as the victor at the conclusion of the meet with a score of 477 points and took home the national title. “I thought it was a great performance by the Hoosiers,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “The girls showed grit, they showed determination, they were passionate about what they were doing.”For IU, junior Lindsay Vrooman completed her standout season on a high note. The veteran distance swimmer demolished her previous school record of 15:51.20 in the 1,650-yard freestyle on Saturday by .47 of a second in a third-place finish of 15:50.83. Vrooman is one of two IU swimmers to ever record a time below 16 minutes in the event. Not only did she break a school record in the 1,650-yard freestyle, but she also made her mark in the 1,000-yard freestyle after she broke the school record with a split of 9:37.74. “She is the rock of this team, and I told her that after the race,” Looze said. “She wanted to win the national title in that race and, Lindsay being Lindsay, she wasn’t real happy with it. But it is her best times and it is her highest finish at the NCAA Championships.”“You have to celebrate every little step of the way even if they are not as big of celebrations as you would like,” he said. On the first day of competition, Vrooman swam the 500-yard freestyle in 4:36.41 and placed fifth in the nation.Her time was the second-fastest in school history and earned All-American honors. In the 200-yard backstroke on Saturday, freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass cut .4 of a second off her preliminary time to touch the wall in the finals at 1:52.12. The All-American time earned Snodgrass a seventh-place finish. A day earlier, Snodgrass finished third place in the 100-yard backstroke in 51.52 to earn an NCAA All-American honor and a personal career-best time.“It feels awesome to go to such a big competition and have performances that rank amongst the best in the nation,” Snodgrass said. “I am excited that I still have three years left.”Sophomore Allie Day hit the wall in 1:54.42, good for 21st place. Sophomores Cynthia Pammett came in 25th with a time of 1:55.05, Dorina Szekeres 28th (1:55.23) and Justine Ress 36th (1:56.12). In the 200-yard butterfly, junior Brenna MacLean just missed a top-ten finish. After touching the wall with a split of 1:55.68 and earning honorable mention All-American, MacLean had an 11th place finish. For the women divers, senior Amy Cozad had the highest finish in the platform event. She placed third with 325.20 points, an All-American mark. “I think at one point this season we were ranked 22nd and that’s the kind of respect we were getting by the coaches that vote on that poll but this is the only national ranking that matters,” Looze said. “It’s the final one.”“I couldn’t be more pleased with the way they responded,” he said. While most of the Hoosier women are done with the 2012-2013 season, a break is not in store for a few of the swimmers. IU swimmers and Canadian natives junior Bronwyn Pasloski, sophomore Cynthia Pammett, MacLean and Snodgrass are going to the World Trials Victoria qualifying meet next week in Victoria, Canada, Looze said.They will all swim for a chance to participate in the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona and the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia.“They are going to head up there with Coach Tommy Brush and hopefully do a really good job and try to get on some international teams for the summer,” Looze said. “But otherwise, everybody else is going to take a little time off, get caught back up on school, and then get ready for their training for the summer.”
(03/20/13 7:46pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Continuing its season after a second-place finish at the 2013 Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships, the No. 13 IU women’s team will send 11 swimmers and two divers to the NCAA Championships March 21-23 at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.Junior Sara Delay, junior Stephanie Armstrong and freshman Siri Kristiansen will join the 11 swimmers as relay alternates. After qualifying for the NCAA Championships by going 1-2 on the platform event at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships in West Lafayette, Ind. last weekend, senior Amy Cozad and junior Kate Hillman will represent Hoosier diving at the meet. “Kate and I trained at this pool, the IUPUI Natatorium, before we came to IU,” Cozad said. “We are very comfortable with the pool and we even know some of the people who work here which is more comforting as well.” At the Big Ten meet this season, Cozad won her first Big Ten title with a record-breaking score of 390.05 points on the platform. After obtaining eighth place in the 500-yard freestyle at the 2012 NCAA Championships with a time of 4:42.13, junior Lindsay Vrooman looks to bring in more points for IU. During the 2013 Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis, Vrooman won the 500-yard freestyle with a Big Ten record time of 4:35.41. Vrooman is also scheduled to compete in the 200-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle. At the 2012 NCAA Championships, Vrooman placed sixth in the 1,650-yard freestyle event with a time of 15:56.85. This season, the Hoosier distance swimmer has knocked 5.65 seconds off that time. In the 1,650-yard freestyle event at the 2013 Big Ten Championships, Vrooman earned a victory, a school record and a Big Ten record with her time of 15:51.20. Senior Ashley Specht aims to finish her last season with the IU swimming and diving program with a bang. Rounding out the 2013 Big Ten Championships with a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.54, Specht became the second Hoosier swimmer to ever post a time below one minute in the event. “I came back after Big Tens and trained fast and worked hard,” Specht said. “It is also my senior year, so I just want to go out and give it my all.” Representing the freshman class, Brooklyn Snodgrass, Haley Lips and Taylor O’Brien will also compete at the Championships. After winning the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events, the 800-yard freestyle relay and the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award at the Big Ten Championships, Snodgrass looks to continue her success. She placed first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 52.07 and the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:51.77. Sophomore Dorina Szekeres will perform for the Hoosiers in the 200-yard individual medley, the 200-yard backstroke and the 400-yard individual medley, while Bronwyn Pasloski will compete in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events. “Our team has done a great job training fast after Big Tens,” Specht said. “We got right back into training and have had positive attitudes in and out of the pool.”
(03/18/13 3:07pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Six IU divers qualified for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the 2013 NCAA Zone C Diving Championships in West Lafayette this past week. Senior Amy Cozad became an NCAA qualifier after winning the platform event with a score of 697.30 in a combined semifinal and final finish, while junior Kate Hillman took second place with 609.80 points. Hillman also qualified for the NCAA Championships.Cozad had competed earlier in the week in the 3-meter championships, but could not qualify after a sixth place finish. She had to wait until the final day of competition to clinch her spot at NCAAs.“Getting sixth on the 3-meter was just to get myself into my competitive attitude,” Cozad said. “I’m not great at springboard, but I’m as good as I need to be usually, so by the time platform comes I’m ready to go.”IU Diving Coach Jeff Huber reminded Cozad to focus on the process rather than the outcome and to focus on one dive at a time. “I’ve dedicated a lot of time for this sport that I love,” Cozad said. “At the NCAA tournament, I want to show everyone what I’ve been working so hard at.” On the men’s side, junior Conor Murphy finished first in the platform event with a score of 921.65. Second-place finisher sophomore Danton Rogers was more than 200 points behind Murphy with a score of 691.90. Both qualified for the NCAA Championships. Junior Darian Schmidt also qualified after finishing second on the 3-meter event with a score of 799.60. “I felt flat this week at the zone meet,” Schmidt said. “The meet is so long and there are so many divers that it’s just tiring.” Schmidt said he hopes to break the 1-meter and 3-meter school records and snag a medal in the process at the NCAA tournament. After placing fourth in the 1-meter, junior Emad Abdelatif qualified for one of the nine available spots.The NCAA Championships will take place from March 21-23 for the women and from March 28-30 for the men. Both meets will be held at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI.
(03/04/13 5:38am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>On the last day of the Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, the Hoosiers earned two Big Ten titles, five school records and coach of the year honors.Despite another disqualification in the 400-yard medley relay due to early exchanges by two swimmers, the Hoosiers finished the championships in second place with 664 points, ahead of Ohio State (470 points) and behind Michigan (899 points). “Two guys jumped and that’s inexcusable and I take full responsibility for that,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “Coaches need to have their teams better prepared. We don’t need to jump relay starts and we are going to fix it.”Junior Cody Miller made his mark at the championships after collecting three individual titles, two Big Ten Conference records and the Swimmer of the Championships award. In the 200-yard breaststroke, Miller earned the second-fastest time in NCAA history and a new school record as he touched the wall in 1:51.03. With this victory, Miller claimed his third consecutive Big Ten title in the event.The IU diving program brought home several accolades Saturday night as junior diver Darian Schmidt shared Diver of the Championships honors with Ohio State’s Shane Miszkiel and Jeff Huber was named Diving Coach of the Year for the ninth time on the men’s side. Making him the second Hoosier to break the 15-minute mark in the 1,650-yard freestyle, Jim Barbiere finished in sixth place with a school-record time of 14:56.79. Eric Ress missed a victory in the 200-yard backstroke and placed second with a time of 1:40.22, earning an automatic cut for the NCAA Championships and the third-fastest time in school history. After setting a new school record in the 100-yard freestyle with his time of 43.21, Daniel Kanorr placed fifth in the finals.Setting another school record for the Hoosiers in the 200-yard butterfly with his time of 1:43.53, Stephen Schmuhl beat Todd Patrick’s previous record by two-tenths of a second. Schmuhl ended up finishing second in the finals with a time of 1:43.55. For the divers, Conor Murphy led the platform event from start to finish and earned a victory with his school-record score of 495.55. From scoring 91.20 points on his first dive to closing the meet with a dive that earned five perfect tens, Murphy came out on top. “He came in as number one and handled the pressure and came out with a school record,” Huber said. “Hopefully we’ll keep that going into the NCAAs.”Finishing behind Murphy in second was senior Casey Johnson, who completed his Big Ten career with a career-best 441.50 points. “We’ve done a lot of great swimming and diving this past week, and I’m super proud of the guys and we look forward to NCAAs next and hopefully taking a team that can make a statement there,” Looze said. The Hoosiers look forward to the NCAA Championships on March 28-30 in Indianapolis. The IU divers will compete at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships March 14-16 in West Lafayette.
(03/03/13 6:39pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>On the last day of the Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, the Hoosiers earned two Big Ten titles, five school records and coach of the year honors.Despite another disqualification in the 400-yard individual medley relay due to early exchanges by two swimmers, the Hoosiers finished the championships in second place with 664 points, ahead of Ohio State (470 points) and behind Michigan (899 points). “Two guys jumped and that’s inexcusable and I take full responsibility for that,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “Coaches need to have their teams better prepared.” “We don’t need to jump relay starts and we are going to fix it,” he said. Junior Cody Miller made his mark at the championships after collecting three individual titles, two Big Ten Conference records and the Swimmer of the Championships award. In the 200-yard breaststroke, Miller earned the second-fastest time in NCAA history and a new school record as he touched the wall in 1:51.03. With this victory, Miller claimed his third straight Big Ten title in the event.The Indiana University diving program brought home several accolades Saturday night as junior diver Darian Schmidt shared Diver of the Championships honors with Ohio State’s Shane Miszkiel and Dr. Jeff Huber was named Diving Coach of the Year for the ninth time on the men’s side. Making his name as the second Hoosier to break the 15-minute mark in the 1,650-yard freestyle, Jim Barbiere finished in sixth place with a school-record time of 14:56.79. Eric Ress just nearly missed a victory in the 200-yard backstroke and placed second with a time of 1:40.22, earning an automatic cut for the NCAA Championships and the third-fastest time in school history. After setting a new school record in the 100-yard freestyle with his time of 43.21, Daniel Kanorr placed fifth in the finals.Setting another school record for the Hoosiers in the 200-yard butterfly with his time of 1:43.53, Stephen Schmuhl beat Todd Patrick’s previous record by 2/10ths of a second. Schmuhl ended up finishing second in the finals with a time of 1:43.55. For the divers, Conor Murphy led the platform event from start to finish and earned a victory with his school-record score of 495.55. From scoring 91.20 points on his first dive to closing the meet with a dive that earned five perfect tens, Murphy came out on top. “He came in as number one and handled the pressure and came out with a school record,” IU Coach Dr. Jeff Huber said. “Hopefully we’ll keep that going into the NCAAs.”Finishing behind Murphy in second was senior Casey Johnson, who completed his Big Ten career with a career-best 441.50 points. “We’ve done a lot of great swimming and diving this past week and I’m super proud of the guys and we look forward to NCAAs next and hopefully taking a team that can make a statement there,” Looze said. The Hoosiers look forward to the NCAA Championships on March 28-30 in Indianapolis, Ind. The IU divers will compete at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships March 14-16 in West Lafayette.
(03/01/13 4:59am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Before the 400-yard medley relay, the IU men’s swimming and diving team was only 39 points away from Big Ten Championship leader Michigan. After the event, IU sits in second-place overall with 237 points while Michigan is in first with 316 points. The Big Ten officials claim that junior Cody Miller did a double butterfly kick during the breaststroke leg of the event, causing the team’s disqualification. Not only did IU place second in the 400-yard medley relay, but they also had beaten the school record. However, the disqualification struck that down. “I disagree but I have a lot of respect for the officials here,” IU Coach Ray Looze said about the call. Despite the setbacks, the Hoosiers had a successful meet starting with Miller’s victory in the 200-yard individual medley. Miller touched the wall in 1:41.85, earning a Big Ten meet record and a school record. Sophomore Stephen Schmuhl finished fourth with 1:43.65, followed by Eric Ress in fifth with 1:43.92 and Donald Hurley placed seventh with a time of 1:45.31. In the 1-meter diving event, Darian Schmidt prevailed with his score of 432.15, 12.7 points better than his preliminary score of 419.45. “That was one of my goals for this year and I got to do it,” Schmidt said. “It feels really good. Hopefully I can raise the bar again tomorrow.”Mick Dell’Orco placed fifth with 338.95 points, followed by Casey Johnson in sixth (337.50), Conor Murphy in seventh (333.25) and Bryce Ogden in eighth (332.25). In the 500-yard freestyle, redshirt senior James Barbiere placed fifth for the Hoosiers with a time of 4:16.84. The men continue competition Friday with prelims at 11 a.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m at the Councilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. “We got dealt a little bit of adversity there at the end and it’s just something that we will have to overcome,” Looze said. “That’s part of life and there is a lot of struggle in life and this is just going to be something that we’ll bounce back from, no doubt in my mind.”
(02/28/13 3:56am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU men’s swimming and diving team set the bar high Wednesday at the Councilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center on the first night of the 2013 Big Ten Championships. After breaking two school records in the 200-yard medley relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay, the Hoosier men are tied with Ohio State for second place overall with 66 points.“I am really pleased with the start, and I really think it’s just the beginning,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “We’ve set ourselves up to have a really good meet.”The team of junior James Wells, freshman Tanner Kurz, junior Cody Miller and senior Daniel Kanorr finished third in the 200-yard medley relay behind Ohio State and Michigan with their school-record breaking time of 1:25.15. In the 800-yard freestyle relay, the team of junior Eric Ress, sophomore Matthew Gerth, sophomore Stephen Schmuhl and senior James Barbiere finished second at 6:19.68, also a school record. The team will compete in multiple events today, including the 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley, 50-yard freestyle and 1-meter diving trials at 11 a.m. Finals will begin at 6:30 p.m.“We’ve got to take care of ourselves tonight, get a good dinner, get to bed and come out swinging tomorrow, because prelims are going to be key,” Looze said.
(02/26/13 9:09pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Hoosier men are coming back to the 2013 Big Ten Championships with a vengeance. After finishing 3.5 points behind second place in 2012, the No. 8 IU men’s swimming and diving team has its eyes set on a top-two spot. The Hoosiers will play host to the Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, which will take place at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. The meet begins at 6:30 p.m. today and will conclude March 2.In total, the Hoosiers have won 24 team titles and have 10 straight top-five finishes at the Big Ten meet. IU was the location of the Big Ten Championships in 2006, when the team won its most recent conference title. Junior Eric Ress is currently ranked second in the conference in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:42.72 and is in pursuit of his second Big Ten title in the 100-yard backstroke, where he is currently ranked eighth. In the 2011 Big Ten Championships, Ress won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 45.11. “I know when it is the night before I’ll definitely keep visualizing and thinking about how I want to swim my race, but for the most part I feed off of the energy from my teammates,” Ress said. “When we’re having a good time and swimming for each other, we do well.”Junior Cody Miller is also shooting for his third straight Big Ten title in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke. Winning the 100-yard breaststroke at this Big Ten meet would make Miller the third swimmer in Big Ten history to win three straight and the fourth to win three titles overall. Not only is Miller ranked in the top five in the breaststroke events, but he is also ranked second in the 200-yard individual medley. “Our breaststroke is looking like one of our deepest events,” Ress said. “Cody Miller has been consistently a top performer at conference, and we have a strong group of guys like Sam Trahin, Tanner Kurz, Mike Hurley and Ian Boggs to be up there in the mix.”In the 100-yard breaststroke, Miller is ranked fourth with a time of 53.69, while he is ranked second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:54.89. As the defending Big Ten Champion in the 3-meter springboard, diver Darian Schmidt looks to continue his reign in the event. Schmidt set a new dual meet record earlier in the season in the 3-meter springboard event with a score of 460.20 points. “We have 10 guys that could legitimately score on all three events,” senior Mick Dell’Orco said. “Many other teams will only bring four or five divers at the most. We are definitely going to do some damage this year,”With the IU swimming team lacking depth compared to No. 3 Michigan, the main goal is to place high in the consolation finals, sophomore Steve Schmuhl said. “I am very confident that the work that I have put in will produce the results that I am looking for,” he said. “The whole team has been working hard, and I’m sure that this will be our best Big Tens to date.”
(02/25/13 5:56am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>At the end of the 2013 Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis, the IU women’s swimming and diving team lost to Minnesota by 160 points. With Minnesota ending the meet with 831.5 points and IU coming out of the competition with 671.5, Penn State followed in third (498.5), Ohio State, fourth (384) and Purdue, fifth (363). Despite the loss, the team came back to Bloomington with two Big Ten Individual Honors and six Hoosiers on the 2013 All-Big Ten First Team. Freshman swimmer Brooklynn Snodgrass was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and junior Lindsay Vrooman was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships. IU senior diver Amy Cozad, freshman Haley Lips, sophomore Cynthia Pammett, Snodgrass, sophomore Dorina Szekeres and Vrooman all made the All-Big Ten First Team.In the 200-yard backstroke, Snodgrass touched the wall in a personal best time of 1:51.77. By completing the event with the fourth-fastest time in IU history, Snodgrass secured her spot at the NCAA Championships. Pammett finished in second place with a time of 1:53.58. She was followed by sophomore Allie Day in fifth (1:55.47), Szekeres, sixth (1:55.61) and sophomore Justine Ress, seventh (1:55.83). Vrooman had huge success at the Big Ten Championships after leading IU in scoring with 56 points and breaking the school record in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Vrooman hit the wall at 15:51.20, good enough to win her second consecutive Big Ten title in the event and break a Big Ten meet record. She beat the previous IU record set by Allison Kay in 2009 (15:56.50) by more than five seconds. Vrooman’s win is the third time the Hoosiers have gained a victory in the event. “During the race I told myself that I didn’t want to leave that pool without touching the wall first,” Vrooman said. “Allison Kay was an amazing distance freestyler at IU, and it’s crazy to think that my name will be up there from now on. It’s something I’ve always wanted and to finally achieve it is just unbelievable.”Freshman Taylor O’Brien came in fourth place, 19.08 seconds behind Vrooman with a career best time and NCAA B Cut of 16:10.28.In the 200-yard breaststroke, senior Ashley Specht earned a career-best time of 2:09.42 and a third-place finish. Junior Bronwyn Pasloski came in fifth with a personal record of 2:11.06, while freshman Siri Kristiansen came in seventh with a time of 2:14.24. Rounding out the field for the Hoosiers was freshman Madeline Maher in ninth with a personal record of 2:12.46. All of the swimmers in the 200-yard breaststroke earned NCAA B Cuts. In the 200-yard butterfly, Lips finished first for the Hoosiers after coming in third overall with a personal record of 1:57.11. Junior Brenna MacLean hit the wall at 1:58.12, earning seventh place and an NCAA B Cut time. After achieving a score of 334.60 points in the preliminary round of the 10-meter platform diving event, Cozad earned first place and a new Big Ten record with a score of 390.05 points. “Before last night, whenever I would win prelims I would always screw up in the finals,” Cozad said on Sunday. “To come back and win finals, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” Junior Kate Hillman finished eighth in the event with a score of 288.90, while senior Cassidy Kahn finished 16th with a score of 257.35. In the preliminary round, Kahn received 270.30 points on the platform, a career best score. A team of Pammett, Snodgrass, Vrooman and junior Stephanie Armstrong combined to earn sixth place in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a NCAA B Cut and fifth-fastest time in school history of 3:18.76. “I’ve never been a part of such a great team, and each and every one of my teammates put their heart into each of their races,” Vrooman said. “It’s kind of cliché to say, but I definitely left Minnesota feeling like we won.”The Hoosier divers will compete in the NCAA Zone Diving Championships in West Lafayette, Ind. beginning March 14 and commencing March 16. The IU women’s team will also compete in the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis March 21-23.
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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU senior Amy Cozad tutors her teammates in math. She strives toward good grades. She also dives off structures 34 feet high. As a girl growing up in Indianapolis, Cozad was first exposed to diving in middle school. Her aunt, Janet Cozad, encouraged her to join the middle school swim team.“My aunt Janet got me into diving lessons because we made a deal that if I swam for my middle school team my whole sixth grade year, I could start taking diving lessons instead of swimming lessons at IUPUI,” Cozad said. “I was dedicated to diving even before I started doing it.” Janet said Cozad was a good swimmer, but nothing could keep her away from the diving well. “Sure enough, at the end of her sixth grade season, Amy came to me and said, ‘You promised,’” Janet said. From there, Amy began diving two days a week, and about one-and-a-half years later she was diving five days a week. As a member of the Indiana Starz Diving Club, Cozad participated in Junior Olympic meets all over the country with Janet and her coach Sean McCarthy. Due to Cozad’s small frame and overall youthful appearance, the IU assistant coach at the time did not realize she was a senior and mistook her to be a junior. He told her he hoped it wasn’t too late and that he wanted her to come visit IU. “It was love at first sight,” Janet said.Throughout the past four years, Cozad has contributed many points to the IU swimming and diving team. Along with winning the consolation final on the platform at the 2011 Big Ten Championships with a Big Ten meet record score of 371.50 points, Cozad also earned Academic All-Big Ten. At the 2012 NCAA Championships, Cozad placed third on the platform and earned All-American honors with her score of 329.35. “Amy is a good competitor,” IU Diving Coach Jeff Huber said. “She gets better every year.” Last year, Cozad missed the Big Ten Championships to represent the Hoosiers at the FINA Diving World Cup in London in the synchronized platform event. At the 2012 NCAA Zone Diving Championships, her second-place finish of 346.00 points in the platform competition earned her the opportunity to perform at the NCAA meet. From competing in the 2012 USA Diving Olympic Team Trials in Federal Way, Wash., to participating in the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China, Cozad has had experience at both the national and international level.At the Olympic Trials, Cozad missed a shot at the Olympics by a mere 20 points in the women’s 10-meter platform, placing third overall.“Amy performs a reverse three-and-a-half in the tuck position,” Huber said. “Only a few women in the world are competing that dive.” How does Cozad continually pull off difficult dives and experience such success with it? “I have an album on my phone of videos of the best dives I’ve ever done,” Cozad said. “I like to watch these the night and the morning before I compete to remind myself that I have done these dives really well before, and I can do them really well again.”At the end of the 2012-2013 season, Cozad plans on focusing her attention on a strong finish to her last semester of college. “I’ve never gotten below a B- in college, and I’m hoping to keep it that way,” Cozad said.First, however, championship season is in sight. Today, Cozad will start her final Big Ten Championship meet, competing in the 1-meter dive. She also plans on diving in the 3-meter and platform competitions this weekend.After Big Tens, she will compete in the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. If she places high enough there, Cozad will participate in the NCAA Championships in her hometown of Indianapolis.Despite her senior season coming to an end, Janet said Huber has asked Cozad to stay and train after graduation. As far as continuing her diving career, Cozad is looking forward to training for the World Championship Trials in May.She said she is currently uncertain whether or not she wants to train for the 2016 Olympics.However, Cozad said she will always be a Hoosier, and if she decides to stay and train, she knows she is more than welcome to do so. “Huber and I have a special relationship,” Cozad said. “Coming to IU and diving for Huber was the best decision I’ve ever made.”
(02/20/13 5:03am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU women’s swimming and diving team travels to Minneapolis Wednesday to begin competing in the 2013 Big Ten Championship meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. “We have waited all season for this meet, and it’s always such a fun and exciting atmosphere,” senior Ashley Specht said. “Our team has been working so hard this year and want more than anything to win.” According to the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Division 1 team rankings, the Hoosier women are 13th with a 4-4 record and a 2-1 Big Ten record. The Indiana women were previously ranked 22nd. Indiana will be racing against fierce competitors including No. 16 Michigan and Minnesota, No. 19 Wisconsin, No. 21 Ohio State, No. 24 Penn State and No. 25 Purdue. After finishing in second place to the Minnesota Golden Gophers last year (680.5-651), the IU women’s team is determined to come out of the meet on top. “We are seen as the underdogs at this meet because we lost so many seniors, but I really think we are going to do better than ever,” Specht said. “We have so much drive and determination and have been counting down the days.” With 15 out of Indiana’s 25 swimming and diving team members being underclassmen, the lack of experience could potentially be a concern. On the other hand, the freshman class has proven their ability to meet and exceed expectations to perform well at the collegiate level. Freshman Brooklyn Snodgrass continually dominates the backstroke events and has already received five Big Ten awards, two Big Ten Swimmer of the Week awards and three Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards. “My goal is the same for every meet,” Snodgrass said. “Regardless of if it is a dual meet or end of the season competition, I just want to score as many points as I can for the team.”Snodgrass holds the top time in the Big Ten in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 53.20, while sophomore Justine Ress is ranked sixth. In the 200-yard backstroke, Snodgrass also sits at the top in the conference with a time of 1:53.97, while sophomore Cynthia Pammett is fourth (1:55.49) and sophomore Dorina Szekeres is sixth (1:56.60). “Compared to the other teams right now, we’re predicted to get second,” junior Lindsay Vrooman said. “It’s very tough to judge an outcome of a meet beforehand. Anything can happen. “But what I do know is that our team is more prepared and focused than our competitors.”In the 1,650-yard freestyle, Vrooman holds the top Bwig Ten time by nearly 20 seconds at 15:56.81. At the 2012 Big Ten Championships, Vrooman won her first Big Ten title after winning the 1,650-yard freestyle in 16:00.44. She is also ranked fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:43.35). Specht is currently tied for the second-fastest 100-yard breaststroke time going into the Big Ten meet with her time of 1:00.43, while junior Bronwyn Pasloski holds the fourth best time of 1:00.68. “We’ve gotten really pumped up the past few weeks, and I think the other teams shouldn’t count us out. We’re going in with an attitude to win,” Vrooman said.
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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>With wins in 13 of 16 events, the No. 7 IU men’s swimming and diving team bested Purdue 179.5-118.5 Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette. On the platform dive, seniors Casey Johnson and Mick Dell’Orco went 2-3. Johnson finished second with a score of 376.88, while Dell’Orco took third with 369.68 points. Junior Darian Schmidt placed first in the 1-meter springboard with a score of 402.08, and Dell’Orco finished second with 364.13 points.In the 200-yard medley relay, an IU team comprising junior James Wells, freshman Tanner Kurz, junior Cody Miller and senior Daniel Kanorr touched the wall at 1:28.98 and picked up a win. Contributing to the IU score, senior Ryan Hinshaw grasped a victory in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:21.39. In the 200-yard freestyle, the Hoosiers had a 1-2-3 sweep as redshirt senior Jim Barbiere placed first in 1:38.79, sophomore Matt Gerth second (1:39.28) and sophomore Mike Hurley third (1:39.62).Three IU swimmers finished the meet with NCAA B Cuts. One of those was junior Eric Ress, who won the 100-yard backstroke and posted a time of 48.39. Not only did Ress gain a victory in the 100-yard backstroke, but he also placed first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:46.07. Adding to Ress’ victory in the 200-yard backstroke sophomore Stephen Schmuhl came in second (1:47.71) and Wells placed third (1:50.09).Kanorr joined Ress when he tied with Purdue’s Danny Tucker in the 50-yard freestyle and both swimmers earned an NCAA B Cut of 20.05 seconds. Kanorr also placed highest for the Hoosiers in the 100-yard freestyle with his third place finish in 45.63 seconds. Miller had a strong meet as he picked up wins in the 100-yard breaststroke with an NCAA B Cut of 55.27 seconds and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.30). In the 100-yard breaststroke, Kurz finished second with a time of 56.21.Led by freshman Brent Aarons’ winning time of 4:30.42, the Hoosiers boasted three of the top four finishers in the 500-yard freestyle event as Barbiere placed second (4:31.81) and senior Nicholas Schwab fourth (4:32.63). In the 200-yard butterfly, Schmuhl prevailed and added a victory for the Hoosiers as he touched the wall at 1:49.98. Following close behind in second was senior Sam Trahin (1:50.62).Trahin earned a win in the 200-yard individual medley after clocking a time of 1:51.25. “The guys definitely sense Big Tens and NCAAs are around the corner so we’re all getting anxious to swim fast,” Ress said. The next competition for the Hoosier men will be the Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Bloomington from Feb. 27 to March 2.
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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>This weekend will be busy for the No. 7 men’s swimming and diving team. The Hoosier squad will split up as it competes in its final dual meets of the 2012-2013 season. On Friday, Evansville will travel to Bloomington to race against younger IU swimmers. The rest of the swimmers and all of the divers are competing against Purdue on Saturday.“Purdue is one of our biggest rivals and nothing feels better than beating them in their own pool,” sophomore Stephen Schmuhl said. “This is the swim team’s chance to make our contribution to the IU vs. Purdue competition across all athletics to prove that IU is truly the best in Indiana.” After defeating No. 14 Louisville 193-107 last weekend, the IU men hope to keep the momentum going as they race against their in-state rival. Although the Hoosiers are 7-2 on the season and have been able to pull out narrow wins against solid teams, most recently in their 150-148 win over Ohio State, the Boilermakers will present challenges. “Purdue is strong where we are weak,” Schmuhl said. “They have a lot of good sprinters and 100 butterflyers, areas where we aren’t so deep.” Purdue’s Danny Tucker touched the wall in 44.21 in the 100-yard freestyle in a meet against Michigan State on Jan. 11. At Louisville, senior Daniel Kanorr earned a time of 45.41 in the 100-yard freestyle, over a second slower than Tucker. While Purdue’s Danny Conway holds the Boilermaker’s top time in the 200-yard butterfly with his time of 1:49.19 at the Purdue Invitational on Nov. 18, Schmuhl led the Hoosiers to victory last weekend with a time of 1:48.14. “IU has no weaknesses, we are strong in every event,” senior Nicholas Schwab said. “We have a wide range of talent, and great enthusiasm on this team right now.” In last season’s match-up, IU won 166-134. After this weekend’s meet, the men will prepare for the 2012-2013 Big Ten Championships which will take place in Bloomington from Feb. 27 through March 2. “We are happy to have beaten Louisville, but of course our team goals are high, and we are hungry for more,” Schwab said. “I believe everyone is looking forward to the upcoming meets and having a lot of fun swimming fast.”
(02/04/13 3:41am)
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.
(02/01/13 8:23pm)
____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.
(02/01/13 3:52am)
____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.”
(01/28/13 3:21am)
____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.