Postoll Sets School Record, Wildcats Collect Seven 'B' Cuts at Day Two
2/18/2016 3:50:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
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- DAY TWO SWIMMING PRELIMINARY RESULTS (PDF)
- DAY TWO DIVING PRELIMINARY RESULTS (PDF)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After leapfrogging plenty of Wildcat swimmers in the record books during the preliminary competition, Melissa Postoll (Acworth, Ga./Kennessaw Mountain) dazzled again by setting a school record in the 200 IM on Thursday afternoon.
After the second day of competition at the Big Ten Women's Swimming & Diving Championships, the 'Cats sit in ninth place with 191 points.
In the 50 free, both Annika Winsnes (Singapore/United World College) and Mary Warren (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) picked up two NCAA 'B' cuts apiece, with Winsnes also registering a third-place performance in the consolation final in the afternoon.
Olivia Rosendahl (Los Angeles, Calif./Immaculate Heart) was the only Wildcat to register a spot in the championship final, doing so from the 1-meter springboard. She collected points for Northwestern with her eighth-place finish.
Finals Session
In the 200 free relay, the quartet of Mary Warren, Julia Pratt (Vincennes, Ind./Vincennes Rivet), Katherine Senseman (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South Vigo) and Annika Winsnes, earned a spot on the podium with their eighth-place time of 1:31.44. Their performance was a season-best time in the event and the 10th-best output in program history.
The view on the podium is goooooood!!! Go #B1GCats!! pic.twitter.com/RQvZzvmmRL
— NU Women's Swim/Dive (@NUSwimDive) February 18, 2016
Melissa Postoll stole the show once again, improving her already-fantastic time in the 200 IM by setting a Northwestern record with her performance of 1:59.65, topping Amy Balcerzak's record of 1:59.74 that had stood since 2000. Postoll took home a third place finish in the consolation final, good for 11th place. She also registered another NCAA 'B' qualification.
Boom. @MPostoll4 is now the Northwestern record-holder in the 200 IM! #B1GCats pic.twitter.com/ND11T0FD7o
— NU Women's Swim/Dive (@NUSwimDive) February 19, 2016
Annika Winsnes capitalized on her second swim, trimming one-tenth of a second off of her already PR-setting performance, finishing in 22.78. Her time was third in the consolation final and 11th overall. Mary Warren boasted a 22.86 finish, collecting points for the 'Cats the 14th place. Both swimmers picked up another NCAA 'B' cut.
Back on the 1-meter springboard, Olivia Rosendahl racked up 297.90 points — her third-best scoring output of the season — to place eighth in the championship final.
Preliminary Session
Ellen Anderson (Montgomery Village, Md./Gaithersburg) earned the potential of a second swim, as her 4:50.60 time in the final heat qualified her for an alternate position. Emily Launer (DeKalb, Ill./Rosary), who swam in the fifth heat, had a phenomenal performance, cruising to a 4:50.93 finish (a season-best).
A slew of 'Cats, including Megan Purdy (Boulder City, Nev./Boulder City), Sydney Modeas (East Amherst, N.Y./Clarence), and Ellen Stello (Shorewood, Wis./Shorewood) also notched season-bests. Aja Malone (Acworth, Ga./Allatoona) registered a personal-record with her 4:56.59 performance.
500 Free Preliminary Results
25th (1st Alternate) - Ellen Anderson, 4:50.60
28th - Emily Launer, 4:50.93 (season-best)
29th - Ellen Stello, 4:51.05 (season-best)
33rd - Megan Purdy, 4:52.07 (season-best)
43rd - Sydney Modeas, 4:54.01 (season-best)
50th - Aja Malone, 4:56.59 (career-best)
52nd - Lauren Abruzzo, 4:57.24
Each Northwestern swimmer in the 200 IM prelim notched personal-records. Melissa Postoll and Lacey Locke (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) both recorded NCAA 'B' qualifications with their swims.
Postoll, despite boasting a seed time of 2:04.01, came in and dominated the day with her 2:00.12 swim. She notched a spot in the consolation final in the afternoon.
Melissa Postoll's 2:00.12 time in the prelims was pretty spectacular. Finals start in less than an hour. pic.twitter.com/0nuGPzhGcq
— NU Women's Swim/Dive (@NUSwimDive) February 18, 2016
Locke's time of 2:01.59 was also the best of her career, maintaining her position as the sixth-best NU swimmer in the event.
Peyton Greenberg (Louisville, Ky./duPont Manual) and Alex Grimes (Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos) both finished in third place in their respective heats.
200 IM Preliminary Results
14th (Consolation Final) - Melissa Postoll, 2:00.12 (NCAA 'B' Qualification, career-best)
31st - Lacey Locke, 2:01.59 (NCAA 'B' Qualification, career-best)
52nd - Alex Grimes, 2:04.03 (career-best)
54th - Peyton Greenberg, 2:04.31 (career-best)
86th - Lindsay Adamski, 2:08.17 (career-best)
Both Annika Winsnes and Mary Warren notched NCAA 'B' cuts in the 50 free prelim. Winsnes, in the tenth heat, set a personal record with her 22.79 swim. Warren's time of 22.78 was a season best for the sophomore. They both earned spots in the 'B' final in the afternoon. Julia Pratt (Vincennes, Ind./Vincennes Rivet) also set a season-best with her 23.36 swim in the preliminaries.
50 Free Preliminary Results
14th (Consolation Final) - Mary Warren, 22.78 (NCAA 'B' Qualification, season-best)
15th (Consolation Final) - Annika Winsnes, 22.79 (NCAA 'B' Qualification, career-best)
36th - Julia Pratt, 23.36 (season-best)
64th - Katherine Senseman, 23.82 (career-best)
64th - Maddy Sims, 23.82 (career-best)
78th - Jackie Doyle, 24.24 (career-best)
81st - Julianne Kurke, 24.30 (career-best)
82nd - Anna Keane, 24.31 (season-best)
90th - Annika Kollevoll, 24.79 (career-best)
97th - Katie Branch, 29.34
In the 1-meter diving preliminaries, Olivia Rosendahl earned a spot on the championship final because her 289.65 points put her in the top eight of all entrants.
1-Meter Diving Preliminary Results
7th (Championship Final) - Olivia Rosendahl, 289.65
29th - Monique Demaisip, 243.35
39th - Mashal Hashem, 229.10
46th - Eryn Scannell, 207.50
The finals session — including the 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and 1-meter diving — will begin at 5:30 p.m. CT. It will be streamed live on BTN2Go and live statistics will be available (swimming and diving).
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