minnesota GOLDEN GOPHER SWIMMING & DIVING 2014 NCAA Women s Swimming & Diving Championships

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1 minnesota Athletic Communications Contact Maddy Olson C: GOLDEN GOPHER SWIMMING & DIVING UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 244 Bierman Field Athletic Building, th Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minn NCAA Women s Swimming & Diving Championships March 20-22, 2014 University Aquatic Center Minneapolis, Minn. Daily Schedule Prelims: 11:00 a.m. CT Diving: 1:00 p.m. CT Finals: 6:30 p.m. CT Quick Facts University Information Location: Minneapolis, Minn. Founded: 1851 Enrollment: Nickname:Golden Gophers Colors: Maroon and Gold Conference: Big Ten University President: Eric W. Kaler Director of Athletics: Norwood Teague Home Facility (capacity): University Aquatic Center (2,500) Coaching Staff Men s and Women s Head Coach: Kelly Kremer (Drury, 92) Head Women s Coach: Terry Ganley (Minnesota, 77) Diving Coach: Wenbo Chen (Beijing Sports University, 87) Assistant Coach: Steve Miller (Minnesota, 09) Assistant Coach: Ryan Purdy (Minnesota-Duluth, 05) Volunteer Swim Coach: Tyler Gerst Welcome to Minneapolis The University of Minnesota women s swimming and diving team is coming off another Big Ten Championship win, earning a Three-Peat title. The last event for the team will be hosting the 2014 NCAA Women s Swimming & Diving Championships in Minneapolis, Thursday through Saturday. In addition to the 3rd straight B1G Championship title, the women s team went 9-0 in the regular season. Big Ten Coach of the Year Gopher head coach Kelly Kremer was named the Big Ten Swimming Coach of the Year for the third-consecutive season. Gophers in the Ranks The CSCAA NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving as of February 17, 2014 has the Golden Gophers ranked No. 12. Take Your Mark Kiera Janzen will be competing in the 200 free, 500 free, 1650 free, and 800 free relay this week. The junior will be looking to cut some more time off her distance swims. After sophomore Kierra Smith took first in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the 2014 Big Ten Championships, she will be one to watch as she competes in both breaststroke events and the. Senior is looking forward to her fourth and final NCAA Championships. These are just a few of the Minnesota standout swimmers that will be competing at the 2014 NCAA Championships. Diving for Gold Maggie Keefer will finish her ten-year diving career this week, making her fourth appearance at the NCAA Championships this year. The senior placed 2nd in 1-meter diving last season, and 6th on the three-meter boards. She will be joined by sophomore, Jessica Ramberg, who will make her first NCAA Championships appearance. Go Gophers! Team Information -14 Dual Record: Big Ten Championships: 1st place National Championships: 10th place Social Media Website: gophersports.com Facebook: History Big Ten Championships: 6 (1999, 2000, 2008,,, 2014) Top NCAA Finish: 9th (), 10th ()

2 2014 Gopher Women s NCAA Swimming & Diving Roster NAME YEAR EVENTS HOMETOWN SR Back/Free Maple Grove, Minn. Erin Caflisch SR Free Eyota, Minn. Sam Harding SO Distance Free Las Cruces, N.M. Maddie Hoch FR Free/Back Mechanicsburg, P.A. Kiera Janzen JR Free White Bear Lake, Minn. Maggie Keefer SR Diving Stillwater, Minn. Jessica Plant JR Free/Back Winnipeg, Manitoba Jessica Ramberg SO Diving Forest Lake, Minn. Tori Simenec JR FlyFree Salem, Ore. Breanne Siwicki FR IM/Free Winnipeg, Manitoba Kierra Smith SO Breast Kelowna, B.C. Lauren Votava SO Sprint Free/Fly Des Peres, Mo. Becca Weiland JR Sprint Free Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Blake Zeiger JR Free Cumberland, R.I. Erin Caflisch Sam Harding Maddie Hoch Kiera Janzen Maggie Keefer Jessica Plant Jessica Ramberg Tori Simenec Breanne Siwicki Kierra Smith Lauren Votava Order of Events Thursday, March Free 50 Free One-meter Diving 500 Free 50 Free One-meter Diving Friday, March Fly 200 Free 100 Breast 100 Back 800 Free Relay Three-meter Diving 200 Medley Relay 100 Fly 200 Free 100 Breast 100 Back Three-meter Diving 800 Free Relay Saturday, March Back 100 Free 200 Breast 200 Fly 400 Free Relay Platform Diving 1650 Free 1650 Free 200 Back 100 Free 200 Breast 200 Fly Platform Diving 400 Free Relay Becca Weiland Blake Zeiger

3 -14 Minnesota Women s Top Times & Results 9-0 Record 5-0 Big Ten Arizona State Minneapolis, Minn. - Oct. 5, W, Michigan Minneapolis, Minn. - Oct. 11, W, Wisconsin Madison, Wis. - Oct , W, Iowa Iowa City, Iowa - Nov. 1, W, North Dakota Grand Forks, N.D. - Nov. 9, W, Minnesota Grand Prix Minneapolis, Minn. - Nov , Jean Freeman Invite Minneapolis, Minn. - Dec. 6-7, Hawai i Honolulu, Hawaii - Jan. 11, 2014 W, North Carolina State Minneapolis, Minn. - Jan , 2014 W, Minnesota Challenge Minneapolis, Minn. - Feb. 7-8, Freestyle 1 Becca Weiland Erin Caflisch Blake Zeiger Lauren Votava Heidi Busack Freestyle 1 Lauren Votava Becca Weiland Erin Caflisch Blake Zeiger Jessica Plant Freestyle 1 Jessica Plant 1: Kiera Janzen 1: Tori Simenec 1: Lauren Votava 1: Maddie Hoch 1: Freestyle 1 Samantha Harding 4: Kiera Janzen 4: Maddie Hoch 4: Jessica Plant 4: Hailey Szews 4: Freestyle 1 Kiera Janzen 9: Samantha Harding 10: Hailey Szews 10: Breanne Siwicki 10: Freestyle 1 Samantha Harding 15: Kiera Janzen 16: Breanne Siwicki 16: Hailey Szews 16: Christie Clarke 17: Backstroke Katelyn Holmquist Katharine Anton Maddie Hoch Ellen Bloom Backstroke 1 1: Katharine Anton 1: Breanne Siwicki 1: Katelyn Holmquist 2: Maddie Hoch 2: Breaststroke 1 Kierra Smith Heidi Busack 1: Blake Zeiger 1: Hailey Szews 1: Monica Radecke 1: Breaststroke 1 Kierra Smith 2: Blake Zeiger 2: Heidi Busack 2: Tori Simenec 2L Samantha Harding 2: Butterfly 1 Becca Weiland Tori Simenec Devin Ste Marie Blake Zeiger Allison Schumacher Butterfly 1 Devin Ste Marie 1: Tori Simenec 1: Becca Weiland 2: Breanne Siwicki 2: Christie Clarke 2: Individual Meley 1 Kierra Smith 1: Tori Simenec 1: Breanne Siwicki 2: Blake Zeiger 2: Maddie Hoch 2: Individual Medley 1 Breanne Siwicki 4: Samantha Harding 4: Hailey Szews 4: Kierra Smith 4: Tori Simenec 4: Meter 6 Dives 1 Maggie Keefer Katy Etterman Sarah McCardy Jessica Ramberg Lexi Tenenbaum Meter 6 Dives 1 Maggie Keefer Sarah McCrady Jessica Ramberg Lexi Tenenbaum Katy Etterman Platform 5 Dives 1 Sarah McCrady Maggie Keefer Katy Etterman Lexi Tenenbaum Jessica Ramberg

4 Final Team Results 1. University of Minnesota Indiana University Penn State University Ohio State University Purdue University University of Michigan University of Wisconsin-Madison Northwestern University University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Iowa University of Illinois Michigan State University Gopher Big Ten Swimming and Diving Awards Swimming Coach of the Year Kelly Kremer, Minnesota Co-Diver of the Championships Maggie Keefer, Minnesota 2014 First Team All-Big Ten Kiera Janzen Maggie Keefer Sarah McCrady Jessica Plant Tori Simenec Kierra Smith Lauren Votava 2014 Second Team All-Big Ten Erin Caflisch Samantha Harding Rebecca Weiland Blake Zeiger 2014 Big Ten Women s Swimming & Diving Championships Feb Minneapolis, Minn. Recap Minnesota claimed its third consecutive Big Ten Women s Swimming & Diving Championship Saturday night, dominating the fourday meet. The Gophers finished with a score of 760 points while Indiana was a strong second with 649 points. Penn State was third with 484 points and Ohio State was fourth with 374. The Gophers relied on great depth and posted at least one finalist in every event to rack up their sixth overall team title, which ranks second overall behind Michigan s 14. Wisconsin s Ivy Martin was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships after winning the 50 and 100 freestyles, breaking conference records in both events while Purdue s Casey Matthews and Minnesota s Maggie Keefer split the Diver of the Championships honor. Indiana s Gia Delasandro was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year after winning the 200 butterfly in a conference record time and placed second in the 100 butterfly. Indiana junior Lindsay Vrooman became a three-time Big Ten champion in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 15:55.20 but she was challenged by Minnesota sophomore Sam Harding, who touched second in 15: Swimming in the early heats of the mile, Minnesota freshman Breanne Siwicki placed third in a time of 16: Northwestern freshman Lauren Abruzzo also impressed, finishing fourth in 16:15.29 for the top Wildcat finish of the meet. Penn State junior Megan Silverling was fifth in 16:15.88 and Ohio State freshman Lindsey Clary was sixth in 16: Indiana continued its Saturday night charge in the 200 backstroke with an amazing finish. Brooklynn Snodgrass completed a sweep of the backstroke events, cruising to the win in 1:51.43 while Alexandria Day was second in 1: Cynthia Pammett was third in 1:55.20 and Justine Ress was fourth in 1: Junior Dorina Szekeres also placed seventh for Indiana as the Hoosiers racked up an astonishing 85 points in the event. The incredible showing pulled the Hoosiers within 68 points of overall leader Minnesota. The Penn State tandem of Katie Rowe (1:56.01) and Mackenzie Powers (1:56.18) took fifth and sixth and Minnesota s was eighth in 1: Wisconsin s Ivy Martin posted an incredible swim in the 100 freestyle, shattering the conference record in a time of She dominated the field, easily beating runner-up Alyson Ackman of Penn State (48.34). Martin also won the 50 free on Thursday while Ackman won the 200 free on Friday. Indiana s Kaitlyn Flederbach took third in and Ohio State s Michelle Williams was fourth in Minnesota s Becca Weiland was fifth in and Gopher senior Erin Caflisch was sixth in Michigan s Zoe Mattingly was seventh in and Wisconsin s Chase Kinney was eighth in Minnesota was able to push its team scoring lead to 94 after the event. Minnesota sophomore Kierra Smith finished a sweep of the breaststroke events, clocking an NCAA automatic time of 2:06.66 to claim the Big Ten title in the 200 breast. She won by more than three seconds over runner-up Melissa Rodriguez of Penn State who touched the wall in 2: Indiana s Bronwyn Pasloski was third in 2:09.69 and Michigan senior Angela Chokran was fourth in 2: Ohio State freshman Taylor Vargo was fifth in 2:11.62 and Purdue junior Francesca Marr was sixth in 2: Ohio State junior Ashley Vance was seventh in 2:12.48 and Iowa senior Karolina Wartalowicz was eighth in 2: Another Big Ten record fell in the 200 butterfly as Indiana freshman Gia Dalesandro blew away the field in a time of 1:53.95, breaking the 2010 mark set by Indiana s Kate Fesenko of 1: Penn State sophomore Katie Rowe was second in 1:56.0 and Hoosier senior Brenna Maclean was third in 1: Minnesota junior Devin Ste. Marie was fourth in 1:56.93 and Indiana freshman Olivia Barker was fifth in 1: Wisconsin freshman Dana Grindall was sixth in 1:58.72 and Purdue junior Rhiannon Sheets was seventh in 1: Penn State freshman Katelyn Sowinski rounded out the final in 2: Minnesota senior Sarah McCrady closed out her Big Ten career in dramatic fashion, nailing her final dive of the platform competition to win her first Big Ten title. McCrady scored mostly 8 s on her final dive to clinch the title with a final score of Indiana s Kate Hillman was a close second with a score of and Purdue s MacKenzie Tweardy was third with points. Iowa s Calli Head was fourth with a score of Minnesota s Maggie Keefer closed out a strong meet with a fifth place finish and a score of The meet closed with a pulsating finish with four teams closely vying for the title in the 400 freestyle relay. Wisconsin held off Minnesota, Penn State and Indiana at the wall to win the event for the third time in the last four years. The Badgers team of Aja Van Hout, Ivy Martin, Chase Kinney and Rebecka Palm touched the wall in 3: Minnesota (Lauren Votava, Becca Weiland, Erin Caflisch, Blake Zeiger) was a close second in 3:16.24 while Penn State (3:16.33), Indiana (3:16.70) and Ohio State (3:17.18) rounded out the top five.

5 Minnesota Record Book (Short Course) Event 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle 200 Freestyle 500 Freestyle 1000 Freestyle 1650 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke 200 Breaststroke 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 1 Meter Diving (6) 3 Meter Diving (6) Platform Diving (5) 200 Freestyle Relay 400 Freestyle Relay 800 Freestyle Relay 200 Medley Relay Time : : : : : : : : : : : : : :31.45 Name Rebecca Weiland Stacy Busack Kiera Janzen Jenny Shaughnessy Ashley Steenvoorden Ashley Steenvoorden Jillian Tyler Haley Spencer Becca Weiland Megan Braun Tori Simenec Jenny Shuaghnessy Kelci Bryant Kelci Bryant Maggie Keefer Weiland, Caflisch, Zeiger, Votava Busack, McCarthy, Shaughnessy, Eggers Simenec, Votava, Plant, Janzen Behrens, Spencer, Weiland, Caflisch Behrens, Spencer, Weiland, Caflisch Year 2014