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Women's Swimming and Diving takes command against Indiana, Michigan
10.30.2009 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Oct. 30, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas captured 12 of 14 events and raced out to commanding leads over visiting Indiana and Michigan on day one of the teams' double-dual meet Friday at UT's Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
With two of the meet's three sessions complete, Texas leads Indiana, 174-84 and holds a 188-70 lead over Michigan. Indiana leads Michigan by a 150-108 count.
Texas opened the afternoon session with a win in the 200 freestyle relay, as sophomore Katie Riefenstahl, freshmen Bethany Adams and Kelsey Amundsen and sophomore Kathleen Hersey were victorious in 1 minute, 32.80 seconds. Michigan's Emily Brunemann followed with a win in the 500 freestyle, though Texas sophomore Leah Gingrich added a NCAA provisional-qualifying mark of 4:48.16 for second place.
Hersey added a NCAA "B" cut while claiming the 200 individual medley in 1:59.79 before Adams chipped in a win in the 50 freestyle in 23.38. Junior Brie Powers placed second in 23.77. UT sophomore Lauren Caldwell led a one-two Texas finish in the one-meter diving event and was victorious with 278.60 points.
Freshman Maren Taylor took second with 277.60 points. The Longhorns capped the afternoon session with a win in the 400 medley relay, as Riefenstahl, freshman Laura Sogar, Hersey and Adams finished in a NCAA "B" cut of 3:42.81.
Texas kicked off the evening session with a victory in the 200 medley relay in 1:43.04. Freshman Jessica Guro led off in 26.37 before giving way to Adams, who split 28.54 on the breaststroke. Hersey split 25.06 on the butterfly, and Riefenstahl anchored in 23.07. Hersey followed up with a win in the 400 individual medley in a NCAA "B" cut of 4:14.40. Gingrich took second and added a "B" cut of 4:15.48.
Just minutes after claiming the 400 IM, Hersey returned to handily win the 100 butterfly in 53.97, good for another NCAA "B" cut. Gingrich followed with her second NCAA provisional-qualifying mark, this time in a winning effort of 1:48.83 in the 200 freestyle. Riefenstahl took third in 1:50.53.
Sogar led a Longhorns quartet atop the 100 breaststroke and claimed the event in 1:02.96, a NCAA provisional-qualifying mark. Freshman Spindrift Beck took second in 1:03.89, and junior Carlye Ellis placed third in 1:04.37. Adams took fourth in 1:04.48. Riefenstahl led the Horns in the 100 backstroke with a third-place effort of 56.25.
Caldwell finished off a sweep of the day's diving events by claiming the three-meter event with 308.85 points. Taylor took third with 288.55 points. The Longhorns finished off the evening with a tight victory in the 800 freestyle relay. Gingrich, Adams, Hersey and Riefenstahl claimed the event in a NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 7:23.00 and edged Indiana's mark of 7:24.14.
Texas, Indiana and Michigan begin the third and final session of their double-dual meet on Saturday at 10 a.m. Central at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. A men's and women's platform diving event will be held at 11 a.m.
POST-MEET QUOTES
Texas head coach Kim Brackin
"I'm really happy with our freshmen. They swam well, and from the morning to the evening session, they showed consistency, and that's the theme of this year. In the 100 breaststroke, it was nice to see everyone race with confidence and keep the momentum building. It's a long season, and that was a nice way for those girls to start out. I asked the team to step up tonight and fill the holes we had, and they did that. I'm impressed with that, and they did that better than I thought they would. We set a great tone in the first two sessions of this meet."
