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Northwestern Hosts Triple Dual in Final Regular Season Action
1/28/2016 12:10:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
EVANSTON, Ill. — The Wildcats will host Minnesota and Purdue on Friday and Saturday for a triple dual at the Norris Aquatics Center. This weekend's competition is the last regular season action before the Big Ten and NCAA Championships.
Friday's action will begin at 5 p.m. and Saturday's events will start at noon.
ORDER OF EVENTS
FRIDAY: 200 medley relay, Diving, 1,000 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 200 IM, 400 freestyle relay
SATURDAY: 400 medley relay, Diving, 400 IM, 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 500 freestyle, 200 breastsroke, 200 freestyle relay
LAST TIME OUT
Northwestern topped Iowa in commanding fashion last weekend in a home dual, winning 190.5-109.5. Olivia Rosendahl (Los Angeles, Calif./Immaculate Heart) had a terrific performance, winning both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. From the 1-meter springboard, she scored 317.63 points, which notched a Northwestern pool record.
Lacey Locke (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) won three events on Saturday, the 100 back, 200 back, and 200 IM. In each event, she was the fastest finisher by more than a second.
In the 50 free, Mary Warren (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) captured her second NCAA 'B' qualification of the season while registering a season-best time of 22.94.
YOU'RE A WINNER!
After Rosendahl's performance from the boards, she was awarded a pair of awards from the Big Ten Conference: Diver of the Week and Co-Freshman of the Week. It was her fourth Freshman of the Week honor of the season, and it was NU's first Diver of the Week nod since 2011.
Locke was also honored this week. TeamUnify/CollegeSwimming.com named the junior the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week after winning three events versus Iowa.
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A WILDCAT?
This week, the women's swimming & diving program was named a CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for maintaing a team GPA above 3.0 in the fall quarter. With their 3.41 mark, the 'Cats had the second-highest team GPA in the Big Ten.
WHO'S HERE?
For Purdue, one of their top performers this season has been Emily Fogle, who notched an NCAA 'A' cut in both the 100 and 200 breast at the Purdue Invitational. Alexa Davis has notched 'B' cuts in both the 100 free and 200 free for the Boilermakers.
For the Golden Gophers, Lauren Votava has reached NCAA 'B' qualifications in both the 100 free and 200 fly. Danielle Nack has also reached that mark in the 200 fly.
Some Northwestern swimmers will see familiar faces at the triple dual. Three Purdue swimmers (Alex Clarke, Julianne Heyde, and Hanna House) all attended the same high school (Carmel) as Lacey Locke. Rachel Munson of Minnesota and Ellen Stello of the Wildcats both attended Shorewood in Wisconsin.
POOL TIME WITH THE 'CATS
In the third edition of the women's swimming & diving talk show, host Katie Branch interviews Locke about her TeamUnify/CollegeSwimming.com honor and her performance versus Iowa.
Players Mentioned
