Green Bay Women, UIC Men Take Home Horizon League Titles

WOMEN'S FINAL TEAM SCORES
Green Bay 859
Milwaukee 737
Wright State 564
UIC 546
Youngstown State 300
Cleveland State 290
Valparaiso 214
Butler 134

MEN'S FINAL TEAM SCORES
UIC 703
Wright State 685
Milwaukee 647
Cleveland State 612
Green Bay 583
Valparaiso 183

SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP: DAY FOUR RECAP
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay women secured their fifth-consecutive Horizon League championship on Saturday, while the University of Illinois at Chicago men held off the field to nab their first-ever team championship in swimming and diving.

The Phoenix women won with a score of 859 points, followed by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (737), Wright State University (564) and UIC (546). Coming in fifth was Youngstown State University (300), followed by Cleveland State University (290), Valparaiso University (214), and Butler University (134).

The men's team race was much tighter, as the Flames (703) were chased by runner-up Wright State (685), third-place Milwaukee (647), fourth-place Cleveland State (612), with Green Bay in fifth (583) and Valparaiso rounding out the field (183).

To start the final session, sophomore Danielle Wenger of Milwaukee defended her title in the mile, posting a winning time of 16:53.14. Kelly Hashoian was second (17:00.18) and Olivia Arnold of Youngstown State third (17:11.30). Krystyna Wieczerzak of Wright State, also successfully repeated as champion the 200-yard backstroke with a new Horizon League record time of 1:59.00, just ahead of Green Bay's Danielle DeGrand (1:59.11). Christine Spading of Green Bay then sprinted to victory in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 50.84 ahead of Cleveland State's Carys Behn (51.26).

In the 200-yard breaststroke, Milwaukee freshman Sarah Wardecke won the event in 2:17.86, but did not break her League record from the morning session (2:16.73). In the last individual event of the week, Milwaukee's Molly Finn won her fourth-straight title in the 200-yard butterfly, setting a new League record of 2:01.37. The Phoenix women then wrapped up the meet with another League mark in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:24.64).

For the men, Cleveland State freshman Mark deSwardt made the NCAA "B" cut and broke both the 1000 and 1650-yard freestyle League records in his mile swim with times of 9:01.64 and 15:02.06, respectively. He beat runner-up Zach Van Swol of UIC by 42 seconds (15:44.07), and then went on to earn Newcomer of the Year, Swimmer of the Meet, and Athlete of the Year honors.

Wright State's Nathan Demchuk (1:47.78) then outlasted Milwaukee's Jeremy Waldhart (1:48.52) in the 200-yard backstroke. It was the 100-yard freestyle that proved to be the most thrilling event of the evening, as last year's Co-Swimmers of the Meet went head-to-head. Cleveland State's Jakub Dobies could not hold off Green Bay's Alex Hill, as Hill won the event with a new League record and an NCAA "B" Cut time of 43.69, ahead of UIC's Brian Anderson (44.20) and Dobies (44.53).

Cleveland State's Deni Gasparin took his second-consecutive victory in the 200-yard breaststroke with his winning time of 2:01.09, ahead of Wright State's Davynn Peffer (2:01.25) and UIC's Will Ikeda (2:02.02). UIC then made a grand statement in the 200-yard butterfly, as Steve Yemm (1:46.94), Andrew Schmitt (1:47.33) and Evan Dunn (1:48.85) went 1-2-3 to put UIC ahead by 48 points going into diving and the final relay. Finally, the Flames men won the 400-yard freestyle relay (2:57.04) with a new League mark to secure their first team championship in history.

Panthers Take Second Place At Swimming & Diving Championships
Senior Molly Finn won a league title in the 200 butterfly for the fourth-straight season and sophomore Danielle Wenger and freshman Sarah Wardecke each added their second league crowns of the meet to highlight the action of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's swimming & diving team Saturday night at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center. The Panthers finished in second-place, with Green Bay capturing its fifth-consecutive Horizon League title at the 2009 Horizon League Championships.

The Phoenix women won with a score of 859 points, followed by UWM with 737. Wright State University was third (564) and UIC fourth (546). Coming in fifth was Youngstown State University (300), followed by Cleveland State University (290), Valparaiso University (214) and Butler University (134).

"It would have been nice to win and we were in it for a long while, but Green Bay is an amazing team right now," Panther head coach Erica Janssen said. "For us to compete with them like we did this year was really great. The future will be bright based on how our younger swimmers performed, but we are happy with the week and a move up from third place last year."

Finn closed out her career in the 200 butterfly in style, winning the event for the fourth-straight season. That marks the first time a UWM swimmer has ever won four-consecutive league titles in one event in program history.

She broke the school and league records - which she already held - in the preliminaries with a time of 2:02.63 (record was 2:03.79). That record lasted all of eight hours as she went 2:01.37 in the finals to reset it once again.

"Molly is just one of those phenomenal people, you cannot describe how hard she works and how big her heat is and what she meant to the program," Janssen said. "To watch her win four-straight titles is something that just melts your heart. To do that for four years, when everyone is gunning for you, is just so hard to do."

Wenger defended her title in the 1650 freestyle, winning in a school-record time of 16:53.14. That topped the former mark that she set a year ago at this meet with 17:13.65. The league championship was her second of the meet (1000 free).

At the end of the night, Wenger was also named league athlete of the year, just the second women to earn the award in program history (Lindsay Caldwell, 2006).

Wardecke became the second Panther to claim a pair of league crowns, winning the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:17.86. She did that one better in the morning preliminaries, breaking the former league, school and freshman record of 2:19.82 set by Shannon Berndt in 2007 with a time of 2:16.73.

"It was just phenomenal," Janssen said. "We knew Wardecke had the talent all year to do this. Wenger and Wardecke just work so hard. For Danielle to get the Athlete of the Year, she deserves it. You want to see those kids that work hard, never complain, try and do everything right ... you want to see them have success and they totally deserve everything they got this week."

Joining in on the awards was senior Ashley Hall and sophomore Kelsey George, who were named Co-Divers of the Meet. Todd Hill was named the Women's Diving Coach of the Year, the fourth time in six years he has been tabbed for the honor.

"I could not ask for much more," Hill said. "Everyone on the team had a very good meet. It is especially great when you can get two different conference champions in one meet. It will be a big loss to see Ashley move on, but I think the time that she had here at UWM has really set a precedent for the next ones coming through and really shows them how to work and how to become a champion."

The team broke yet another record to close out the meet, with the squad of freshman Heidi Niespodzany, junior Bailey Nennig, Wenger and Wardecke taking second in the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:28.50. That broke the former standard of 3:28.93, set in 2006 by Lindsay Caldwell, Heather Sawatzki, Molly Finn and Jess Kelly.

In the 100 freestyle, Niespodzany was eighth in a season-best 52.46, while sophomore Ellie Gross was 14th in a time of 53.53.

Joining Wardecke in the finals of the 200 breast were juniors Nennig and Kerry Rossow. Nennig placed third in a career-best 2:20.21 and Rossow was sixth in 2:21.85.

UWM added two more in the consolation heat, both in career-best times. Junior Ali Winius was 11th in 2:24.95 and freshman Taylor Jozwiak 13th in 2:27.79.

Senior Kelsey McDonough swam in the consolation finals of the 200 fly, placing 13th in 2:10.78.

All five women that swam in the mile set career-best times, with junior Alex Nelson coming in fifth when she knocked over 20 seconds off her former best time. Nelson touched the wall in 17:22.30 to beat her former mark of 17:42.07.

Junior Jenny Westfall was 11th in 17:48.77 (career-best was 18:13.00), McDonough 12th in 17:49.28 (18:00.58) and freshman Maggie Pease took 17th overall in 18:35.16.

The Panthers placed four women in the finals of the 200 backstroke, with freshman Danielle Chapman taking sixth in the championship heat. Her season-best time of 2:05.45 was just off the UWM freshman record of 2:05.01.

In the consolation heat, senior Kristina Hansen was 10th in a career-best 2:08.77 (topping her former mark of 2:09.24), freshman Jennifer Schober 11th in 2:10.39 and Pease 16th in 2:13.72.

Young Milwaukee Team Places Third At Swimming & Diving Championships
With four days of record-breaking performances, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's swimming & diving team earned a third-place finish at the 2009 Horizon League Championships Saturday night at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center. UIC moved up from fourth place a year ago to claim the league title with 703 points, with Wright State taking second with 685 and the Panthers close behind in third with 647.

Rounding out the field was Cleveland State in fourth (612), Green Bay in fifth (583) and Valparaiso sixth (183).

"The men were just awesome this week and I know I use that word all the time, but they were," UWM head coach Erica Janssen said. "I hate to compare us to other teams, but we are very young - a lot like UIC was a few years ago. So, the future is very bright with our freshmen doing so well. I cannot be happier with how our guys did. No one expected us to be there and we were in it until the end. Just that alone is incredible for our men."

Junior Jeremy Waldhart earned second-team all-league honors in the 200 backstroke, falling in a very close race to Wright State's Nathan Demchuk. Waldhart's time of 1:48.52 was less than a second behind the winning time of 1:47.48.

Waldhart did do some more record-breaking in the morning preliminaries, as his time of 1:47.68 set a new school mark, topping the former standard of 1:50.47 set last year by Tyler Jefferson.

Two others claimed a place in the championship heat and responded with career-best times. Freshman Kyle Trelka was fifth in 1:51.35 and sophomore Matt Kluczinske was seventh in 1:52.14 (former best was 1:54.26).

"The leadership was just tremendous this year," Janssen said. "Andrew Belton and David Adams, as seniors, and Jeremy Waldhart as captain, did an incredible job this season. They will be deeply missed so we will need someone to step up next year and take their place."

The 100 freestyle provided one of the more entertaining races of the evening, as the league record fell and the top four were within 92-hundredths of a second. Sophomore Jake Kalinowski nearly pulled off his second title of the week, but his time of 44.61 was beaten by the winner's (GB's Alex Hill) clocking of 43.69.

However, Kalinowski did add another record to his resume, as his time toppled the former Milwaukee school record of 44.65 set by Josh Baseheart in 2002.

Junior Ed Lichinsky and senior Andrew Belton swam in the consolation heat and each recorded career-best times. Lichinsky was 12th in 46.03 (breaking his former mark of 46.97) and Belton was 13th in 46.28 (47.45).

Five freshmen paced the action in the 200 butterfly, with two swimming in the championship heat and three more in the consoles. Evan Green placed fourth overall with a time of 1:51.27, which would have been good enough to break the UWM freshman record in the event had Jordan Diel not broken it in the preliminaries. Diel did place fifth in the finals at 1:51.39 after breaking the former mark of 1:51.86 (Chase Gravengood) in the morning prelims, touching the wall in 1:51.25.

Three others set season-best times, with Sky Boggio winning the consolation heat in a time of 1:51.51. Nathan Rahe was right behind in 10th with a time of 1:51.68. Greg Wise rounded out the squad in 13th, touching the wall in 1:55.54.

Freshmen also led the way in the 100 breaststroke, with three making it to the evening finals. Keele placed sixth in a time of 2:06.75, Brady Huemann eighth in 2:08.73 and Nolan Sinkler 11th in 2:10.13.

Keele continued his great week in the pool with another UWM freshman mark, breaking the standard of 2:06.52 (Kyle Fyock) in the race with his time of 2:06.47 in the morning preliminaries.

One last record fell in the final event of the night, as the 400 freestyle squad of Trelka, Kalinowski, Lichinsky and Belton placed fifth in a time of 3:00.68, nearly two seconds better than the former mark of 3:02.48 set way back in 2000 (Kuri, VanDenWymelenberg, D. Babcock, Schmaling).

In three-meter diving, two Panthers made their way to the evening finals, with freshmen Jake Koll finishing fifth (265.80 points) and Shane Conner eighth (226.10). Sophomore Nick DeWitt also placed 10th (197.30).

The men had three in the 1650 timed finals, with senior David Adams setting a career-best in his final attempt at the mile in 16:16.09, topping his former best of 16:17.76. Sophomore Dan Heraly was 11th in 16:20.70 and junior Matt Mahoney was 17th in 16:59.38, knocking nearly 35 seconds off his former best of 17:34.49.

deSwardt Sweeps Post-Season Honors, Dobies Outstanding As Vikings Finish Fourth
The Cleveland State University Vikings wrapped up the 2009 Horizon League Championships with a fourth-place finish (612 points) but it was freshman Mark deSwardt who drew the most attention on the final day. deSwardt won all three of his individual events and swept the post-season honors, earning the league’s awards for Swimmer of the Championship Meet, Athlete of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. It was the first time in Horizon League history that one swimmer has won all three honors.

In the final day of competition, the Vikings tallied three school records, two Horizon League and two Horizon League Championship record, once NCAA “B” cut time and nine new additions to CSU’s all-time Top-10 list in the final day. UIC won its first-ever Horizon League Championship with 703 points followed by Wright State (685) and Milwaukee (647). Green Bay (583) and Valparaiso (183) rounded out the scoring.

 “We were very excited about our performances and there were many highlights this week,” head coach Wally Morton said. “We had five NCAA “B” cuts, which might be the most of any other team in the meet, so we have a lot to build around as we continue to improve our program.”

Even with all the great performances, it was easy for Morton to zero in on the most impressive.

“Without question, our performance of the meet came from Jakub Dobies,” Morton said. “He will go to NCAA Championships with the intent to make the final eight and win the 100 breast. His school record time of 52.94 was by far the performance of the meet.”

During the event, Cleveland State swimmers set a total of 10 school records including Dobies in the 50 free (20.09), 100 free (44.53) and 100 breast (52.94); deSwardt in the 1,000 free (9:01.46) and 1,650 free (15:02.06); and Stephen Grove in the 100 fly (48.60). Four relay teams also set new records including the 200 free relay (1:19.50) of Dobies, Grove, Keith Everhart and Mike Marsico; the 400 free relay (3:00.45) of Dobies, Grove, Nedim Nisic and Marsico; the 200 medley relay (1:27.58) of Todd Winchell, Dobies, Grove and Marisco; and the 400 medley relay (3:16.72) of Winchell, Dobies, Grove and Marsico.

On the final day, deSwardt wasted little time getting the Vikings started on a good note during the mile swim. The freshman won his third individual title in four days, shattering a handful of records in the process. In addition to an NCAA “B” cut time of 15:02.06, deSwardt shattered three 1,650 free records, all by Henk Markgraaff – the CSU record of 15:19.07 (1999), the Horizon League regular season record of 15:32.09 (1997) and the Horizon League Championship record of 15:19.07 (1997). At the 1,000 yard point, deSwardt’s time of 9:01.46 was also good enough for new CSU and Horizon League records. His new time broke his old record CSU and Horizon League regular season record time of 9:05.64 set on Jan. 24 and also broke the Horizon League Championship mark he set on Wednesday (9:08.01).

“Mark had the greatest distance swim in the history of the Horizon League with his mile swim. It was just phenomenal,” Morton said.

Not to be overlooked, CSU’s Pieter Ritz finished strong in the mile with his season-best time of 16:11.73 for a seventh-place finish.

During the 200 back, the Vikings had two Top-10 finishers in Colin Hanner and Zvonimir Androic and both picked up new all-time Top-10 times. Hanner finished third in the event with a time of 1:50.97 after swimming the sixth-fastest time in school history during his preliminary heat (1:50.80). Androic, swimming in the “B” final, finished ninth in 1:48.87, the second-fastest time in school history. Derek Butts also finished in his fastest time of the season (2:02.84, 17th) during his preliminary swim.

CSU kept fighting for one of the league’s top spots during the 100 free as four Vikings finished in the Top-15. Dobies set a new school record with a swim of 44.53 in a third-place finish. Behind Dobies, Nisic swam the fifth-fastest time in school history to finish ninth while Grove’s season-best time of 45.82 was good for 11th place. Marsico finished 14th overall with a time of 46.42 after tying the 10th-fastest time in school history during his preliminary heat (45.97). Everhart also swam a season-best time of 46.47 during the preliminaries to finish 18th.

The Vikings picked up their second victory of the night in the 200 breast as Deni Gasparin swam his season-best time of 2:01.09 to repeat as the champion. Marko Milenkovic finished fourth, swimming the fourth-fastest time in school history, 2:02.42.

”Deni’s win in 200 breast was an outstanding achievement and he did it in a gutsy way,” Morton said. “He went after it early and hung on for the win. It was a great performance”. 

In the 200 fly, all three of CSU’s swimmers recorded their season-best times. Androic led the way with an 11th-place finish (1:53.08) followed by Volkmar Baur in 14th (1:55.75). During his preliminary race, Travis Lombardozzi swam a 1:58.84 for 17th place.

The Vikings took advantage of the final event to set a new school record in the 400 free relay. Dobies (45.13), Grove (45.03), Nisic (44.89) and Marsico (45.40) finished in 3:00.45 to take fourth place.

CSU’s diver, Matt DiMasso completed his first Horizon League Championships with the 3-meter event. After finishing eighth in the finals of the 1-meter event, DiMasso took 11th in the 3-meter diving with 192.70 points.

Behn Tallies Third School Record of Meet, Vikings Finish Sixth
The Cleveland State University women wrapped up the 2009 Horizon League Championships with a sixth-place finish (290 points) and saw freshman Carys Behn set three new school records during the four-day event. In the final day, CSU swimmers set two school records and added ninth new times to CSU’s all-time Top-10 list.

Green Bay won the event (859) followed by Milwaukee (737), Wright State (564), UIC (546) and Youngstown State (300). Valparaiso (214) and Butler (134) rounded out the scoring. For the Vikings, their 290 points were the most since the 2006 championships.

”I thought he had a pretty good preliminary session today and performed well in the finals,” head coach Wally Morton said. “Overall, we set a number of school records and moved up in the rankings, just missing fifth-place by 10 points. This was also the most athletes we’ve advanced to the finals in many years, so we’re showing the improvement we expected to see. I thought overall we had a great meet, especially from our seniors, and with Carys Behn and Whitney Hickey we’ve got some great pieces to build around in the future.”

During the four-day event, Cleveland State swimmers set nine new records including Behn’s new marks in the 50 free (23.66), 100 free (51.26), 200 free (1:50.22) and 500 free (4:55.35) and Hickey’s 100 fly (57.03). Four relay marks were set as well, including the 200 free relay (1:35.34) of Behn, Maria Culjak, Hickey and Kristine Bunker; the 400 free relay (3:32.48) of Hickey, Behn, Kristine Bunker and Kristina Nagy; the 200 medley relay (1:47.86) of Culjak, Rachel Arzadon, Emily Splain and Hickey; and the 400 medley relay (3:56.14) of Culjak, Arzadon, Katie Bellew and Behn.

The night started with the mile race and Frances Carrion, CSU’s lone swimmer, finished 20th in 18:47.62.

In the 200 back, two of the Vikings’ three swimmers had times that put them into CSU’s all-time Top-10 list. Culjak finished eighth for the Vikings in a time of 2:09.33 after swimming the fourth-fastest time in school history during her preliminary heat (2:06.29). Behind Culjak, Splain finished 15th in 2:12.08 after swimming the ninth-fastest time in school history during the preliminaries (2:11.29). In the Vikings’ other preliminary swim, Sandra Bunker finished in 19th with a time of 2:16.00.

Behn set her third school record of the Horizon League Championships during her second-place finish in the 100 free. Behn swam a 51.26, bettering the CSU record of 52.22 set by Marianne Lionell in 2005. During preliminary heats, Kristina Nagy finished 15th (54.22) in her fastest time of the season while Brittany Tweardy was 23rd (56.18). Diana Mruk also swam her fastest time of the season, 57.04, to finish 26th.

“Carys had a great meet,” Morton said. “She was just missed winning several events and we’re going to continue to work with her. She will get better and better.”

Three of the four swimmers in the 200 breast added their times to CSU’s all-time top 10 including Katie Bellew, Erin Green and Rachel Arzadon. Bellew finished 14th in 2:27.95 after swimming the third-fastest time in school history during her preliminary race (2:26.93). Green was just behind her in 16th place with a time of 2:28.64 after swimming a 2:26.97 preliminary heat for CSU’s fourth-fastest time in school history. During other preliminary heats, Arzadon swam the eighth-fastest time in school history to finish 18th (2:28.31) while Brittany McCann finished 23rd in a time of 2:35.13.

In the 200 fly, Hickey recorded CSU’s top finish with a time of 2:09.83 to place eighth, and proved to be one of CSU’s top swimmers of the meet. Her preliminary time of 2:09.33 was the fifth-fastest time in school history. Just behind Hickey, Kristine Bunker swam the seventh-fastest time in school history to finish 12th (2:10.61).

The women wrapped up the meet with a school record in the 400 free relay. Hickey swam her fastest 100 free time of the season in the leadoff leg (53.79) followed by Behn (51.48), Kristine Bunker (54.16) and Nagy (53.05).

Crusaders Close Out Season with Three More Records at Horizon League Championships
Valparaiso closed out the 2009 season in record-setting fashion on Saturday evening, setting three more new school marks to bring the total number of new records set over the weekend to 11 at the Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships held in Brown Deer, Wis.
 
David Sivak (Hobart, Ind./Hobart H.S.) was a part of seven total school records on the weekend, including three individual events and four relays.  His final record came on Saturday in the 100 freestyle where he posted a time of 45.86 seconds in the preliminary heat to better Tim Weidner’s 2002 mark of 46.33 seconds.  The 100 free also saw two other Crusaders finish in the top-10 all-time.  Victor Sikorski (Valparaiso, Ind./Wheeler H.S.) turned in a time of 47.71 seconds to rank seventh all-time while Blake Edwards (Orange, Calif./Lutheran H.S. of Orange County) moved into 10th all-time with a mark of 47.84 seconds.
 
Adam Jajtner (Port Washington, Wis./Port Washington H.S.) shattered his own school mark in the 1,650 freestyle for his third individual record of the competition as well.  His time of 16:14.96 was more than 11 seconds faster than his best last year of 16:26.58.  Jajter, a senior, also was a member of a pair of school record relays this weekend.
 
Sivak and Jajtner teamed with Austin Hunter (La Crescent, Minn./La Crescent H.S.) and Sikorski to close the meet in record-setting fashion in the 400 free relay.  The team bettered the old mark of 3:11.09 by more than three-and-a-half seconds with a time of 3:07.54.
 
Ansel Hillmer (Tampa, Fla./Hillsborough H.S.) moved into second place all-time for the Brown and Gold in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:55.88 on Saturday.  Meanwhile, Sivak swam the second fastest 100 breaststroke time ever in a time trial with a 58.42 second effort.
 
Hunter turned in the sixth fastest 200 backstroke of all-time, touching the wall in 1:59.86.  Trevor Trimpe (Connersville, Ind./Connersville H.S.) ranks eighth all-time in the 200 breaststroke after finishing in 2:16.71.
 
On the three-meter diving board, Kurtis Malone (Pekin, Ill./Pekin H.S.) placed 12th overall with a score of 183.70 points.
 
As a team, Valpo finished in sixth place with 183 points for the four-day meet.  UIC won the championship with 703 points followed by Wright State with 685 points.  Milwaukee was third with 647 points, with Cleveland State (612) and Green Bay (583) placing fourth and fifth respectively.
 
Two More Records Set on Final Day of Swimming and Diving Championships
Valparaiso set two more school records on the final day of competition at the 2009 Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday afternoon to bring the total number of new school marks set at this year’s event by the Crusader women to seven.  The Brown and Gold finished the championships in seventh place overall with 214 points.
 
Grace Arnold (Glendora, Calif./Glendora H.S.), opened the day setting a new school mark for Valpo in the 1,650 freestyle.  The sophomore, who also broke the 1,000 free mark in the championships, touched the wall in 17:50.91 to better Britt Nelson’s 2005 mark of 17:54.49.  Stephanie Ferschl (Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago H.S.) also moved into third all-time in the same event, posting a mark of 18:03.24.
 
Jaclyn Krause (Rochester, Mich./Notre Dame Prep H.S.) also set a new school mark for the Brown and Gold on the evening, and at the same time recorded the highest Crusader finish of the championships.  The junior finished fourth overall in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.04 seconds, but even bettered that time in the preliminaries, where she set the record with a time of 51.94 seconds.  Krause broke her own school mark of 52.96 seconds set last year.  Rachel Majercik (Schaumburg, Ill./Conant H.S.) also broke Krause’s old school record on her way to a ninth place finish on the night.  Her time of 52.77 seconds now ranks second all-time.
 
Shaunna Dangremond (Tucson, Ariz./Sabino H.S.) turned in the second-fastest time ever at Valpo in the 200 backstroke in the morning preliminaries, finishing in 2:10.37.
 
Amy Andracki (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect H.S.) had the top time for the Brown and Gold in the 200 breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:28.69 while Elizabeth Thompson (Norman, Okla./Norman North H.S.) had the school’s top finish in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:11.42.
 
The Crusaders closed out the meet with a seventh place finish in the 400 freestyle relay.  The team of Arnold, Majercik, Laura Rickey (Monmouth, Ill./Monmouth-Roseville H.S.), and Krause finished in 3:35.06, the third fastest mark of all-time.
 
Green Bay won the team title with 859 points followed by Milwaukee (737) and Wright State (564).  UIC finished fourth with 546 points with Youngstown State (300) and Cleveland State (290) placing fifth and sixth respectively.  Butler (134) rounded out the field.