Swimming Release #3

Nov. 5, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS -

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SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK

TJ Collins
Wright State
Junior
Kettering, Ohio


Collins posted four individual victories and participated on three winning relays last weekend as the Raiders swam to victory over Milwaukee and Green Bay. On Friday against the Panthers, Collins won the 50-yard (21.33) and 100-yard freestyle (47.16) events while also anchoring the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays. At Green Bay the next day, he swept the sprints again and improved his time in the 100 to 46.39. He also helped the 200-yard freestyle relay team to a win.

Molley Pipkorn
Wright State
Freshman
Hartland, Wis.


Pipkorn had four individual wins and a relay victory in two League meets last weekend. At Milwaukee on Friday, Pipkorn swept the distance events, winning the 1,000 (10:26.16) and 500-yard freestyles (5:09.03) before placing second in the 50-yard freestyle (25.27) and helping the Raiders to a winning time of 3:33.09 in the 400-yard freestyle relay. At Green Bay, Pipkorn won back-to-back events, posting times of 10:33.44 in the 1,000 and a 1:54.65 in the 200-yard freestyle, while placing third in the 100-yard freestyle (54.27).

DIVERS OF THE WEEK

Wilson Robinson
Green Bay
Sophomore
Hibbing, Minn.


Robinson won the three-meter board against Wright State with a career-best score of 279.80, giving him his third victory in four events this season. He also placed fourth on the one-meter event with a sum of 244.82, just 13 points shy of the winner.

Ashley Hall
Milwaukee
Senior
New Berlin, Wis.


Hall won the three-meter event against Wright State with an NCAA Zone-qualifying total score of 283.88. She also placed second on the one-meter board with a score of 252.15.

Other Men's Top Performers

Mark deSwardt
Cleveland State
Fr., Durban, South Africa
deSwardt won five individual events last weekend. Against Canisius on Friday, he won the 200 (1:44.27), 500 (4:36.79) and 1,000-yard freestyle (9:32.87) events. The next day at St. Bonaventure, deSwardt posted wins again in the 500 (4:42.71) and 1000 (9:37.66), and placed second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:54.68).

Matt DiMasso
Cleveland State
Fr., Cincinnati, Ohio
DiMasso won both the one (252.90) and three-meter (233.02) events as the lone diver against Canisius. He then placed fourth in both events at St. Bonaventure on Saturday.

Alex Hill
Green Bay
Junior, Lakeville, Minn.
Hill was the only swimming event winner for the Phoenix as they hosted Wright State, taking home crowns in the 500-yard freestyle (4:41.40) and the 1000-yard freestyle (9:51.43). He also helped Green Bay's 200-yard freestyle relay to second place against the Raiders.

Jeremy Waldhart
Milwaukee
Jr., West Bend, Wis.
Waldhart won the 100 (53.56) and 200-yard backstroke (1:54.03) events in a loss to Wright State on Friday while also placing second in the 200-yard individual medley (1:59.22). Against Wheaton on Saturday, Waldhart posted three wins, this time in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:12.22), 400-yard individual medley (4:15.24) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.11).

Brian Anderson
UIC
So., St. Charles, Ill.
Anderson won the 50 (21.32) and 100-yard freestyle (54.05) events in a 165-64 win over Eastern Illinois on Saturday. He also posted the fastest anchor split in the 200-yard medley relay (20.53).

Brian Murphy
UIC
Fr., Countryside, Ill.
On Saturday, Murphy took first-place in the one-meter event (220.35) and second on the three-meter board (201.40) against Eastern Illinois.

Caleb Nettleton
Wright State
So., North Canton, Ohio
Nettleton won the one-meter event against both Milwaukee (274.43) and Green Bay (257.59) while placing second in the three-meter at both meets.

Other Women's Top Performers

Sarah Lynne Gates
Butler
Sr., Lexington, Ky.
Gates posted a pair of third-place finishes against Cleveland State and Canisius with times of 2:17.65 in the 200-yard individual medley and 1:03.13 in the 100-yard backstroke. She went on to post a win in the 100-yard freestyle against Youngstown State on Saturday with a season-best performance of 57.65. Gates also placed second in the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.95) and added a top-time in the 400-yard individual medley (4:56.20) at YSU.

Carys Behn
Cleveland State
Fr., Westville, South Africa
Behn picked up wins in three events against Butler and Canisius in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10.28.06), 200-yard individual medley (2:11.75) and 500-yard freestyle (5:06.79). She also placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.60), third in the 200-yard butterfly (2:15.00) and helped the 400-yard freestyle relay to a win at St. Bonaventure.

Kacey Cummings
Cleveland State
Fr., Farmington Hills, Mich.
Cummings won all four of her diving events last weekend, including season-best scores in the one-meter (256.50) and three-meter (268.12) against Canisius and Butler. She scored 222.08 in the one-meter and 223.95 in the three-meter against St. Bonaventure on Saturday.

Alyssa Danielson
Green Bay
So., Rogers, Minn.
Danielson won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.75 and was the runner-up in the 100-yard freestyle (53.70) against Wright State. She also led off the victorious 200-yard freestyle relay.

Lauren McGraw
Green Bay
Jr., Woodbury, Minn.
McGraw won both diving events against Wright State, posting a score of 247.60 in the one-meter event and a mark of 237.90 on the three-meter board. She is now 4-0 this season.

Sarah Wardecke
Milwaukee
Fr., Appleton, Wis.
Wardecke won the 100-yard freestyle against Wright State with a UWM freshman-record time of 52.25. She then touched the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle (24.28) and placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.28). Against Wheaton, Wardecke won the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.61) while also participating on two winning Panther relays.

Sonia Peterson
UIC
So., Morton Grove, Ill.
Peterson won the one-meter (217.10) and placed second in the three-meter event (214.95) on Saturday against Eastern Illinois.

Brooke Sawyer
UIC
So., Muskego, Wis.
Sawyer won the 100-yard butterfly (58.73) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.49) against Eastern Illinois last weekend.

Olivia Arnold
Youngstown State
Sr., Rutherglen, Australia
Arnold broke her own school record in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10.28.53 as the Penguins defeated Butler 144-87. She also won the 500-yard freestyle (5:10.23) and 400-yard individual medley (4:39.63) with personal-best times.