Women's Swimming and Diving Hosts Miami Invitational
12/2/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Dec. 2, 2004
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ELEVENTH ANNUAL MIAMI INVITATIONAL COMES TO NIXON AQUATIC CENTER: Six teams, in addition to the host RedHawks, are headed to Oxford this weekend for the Miami Invitational. Preliminaries start each day, Friday-Sunday, at 9 a.m., with final races beginning at 6 p.m. The preliminaries should last approximately two hours, with the finals anticipated to last two-and-a-half hours. The teams competing and order of events are below:
Teams Competing:
Miami University
Cincinnati
Cleveland State
Johns Hopkins
Kenyon
Louisville
Wheeling Jesuit
Friday:
200 Freestyle Relay
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
1-Meter Diving
400 Medley Relay
Saturday:
200 Medley Relay
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
3-Meter Diving
800 Freestyle Relay
Sunday:
1650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Platform/Synchronized Diving
400 Freestyle Relay
STORYLINES:
1. The RedHawks are after back-to-back Miami Invitational wins after knocking off 10 other schools last year. In 2002-03, Miami finished fourth in the yearly meet.
2. Miami has won four of its last five multi-team competitions heading into the Miami Invite. With the only loss in that stretch coming in the Indiana Invitational, Nov. 19-21., the streak encompasses the 2003 MAC Championships, 2003 Miami Invitational, 2004 Midwest Conference Championships and 2004 MAC Championships.
3. The Miami Invite is the last competition for the RedHawks for more than a month, following finals week and winter break. When competition resumes, Miami goes for a sweep of the other three Division I swimming and diving programs in Southwest Ohio against Cincinnati. Wright State and Xavier fell to Miami on Nov. 19 and 20, respectively.
COACH'S CORNER: Dave Jennings enters his 23rd season at Miami having won 13 of Miami's 14 MAC Championships. He has presided over the RedHawks' current 24-meet MAC winning streak that extends more than three years. In his 22 seasons, Miami has a 94-21 record in MAC competition, and four Miami classes (`86, `87, `88, `99) have graduated knowing nothing other than winning a conference title. In the past 11 seasons, Miami has taken home either the team gold or silver, and none of Jennings' 22 Miami squads have finished lower than fourth at the conference meet. Individually, Jennings has coached his athletes to 172 individual or relay gold medals. One of those individual golds returns this year with Laura Armbruster, the defending 100 breaststroke champ, and Miami's victorious 400 medley relay foursome also remains intact. Jennings aims to make the Class of 2005 the fifth perfect class in Miami history.
Individual Event Wins This Season By Swimmer/Diver
Laura Armbruster, Jr. - 4
200 IM, 200 Breast vs. Buffalo, 200 IM vs. Ball State, 400 IM vs. Ohio State
Kristen Bezier, Fr. - 3
100 Breast vs. Ball State and vs. Xavier/IUPUI, 200 IM vs. Xavier/IUPUI Maggi Bulla, Jr. - 1
200 Back vs. Akron
Erin Darrah, So. - 1
1000 Free vs. Wright State Christin Eberst, Jr. - 4
1m Diving vs. Wright State and vs. Xavier/IUPUI; 3m Diving vs. Wright State and vs. Xavier/IUPUI
Lauren Evanosky, Fr. - 6
200 Back vs. Buffalo; 100 IM, 200 IM vs. Akron, 100, 200 Back vs. Ball State; 100 Back vs. Ohio State
Katie Forster, Jr. -6
200 Fly, 500 Free vs. Buffalo; 1650 Free vs. Akron; 100 Fly, 200 Free vs. Ball State; 200 Fly at Indiana Invite*
*Broke Miami Record
Christel Frantz, Sr. - 3
50 Free vs. Wright State; 50 Free and 200 Free vs. Xavier/IUPUI
Amber Kerek, So. - 2
500 Free and 1000 Free vs. Xavier/IUPUI
Ellen Koch, So. - 1
100 Back vs. Xavier/IUPUI
Julie Madden, Sr. - 3
1000 Free vs. Buffalo; 500, 1000 Free vs. Ball State
Katie Meister, So. - 1
3m Diving vs. Ball State
Katie Miles, Sr. - 1
200 Back vs. Xavier/IUPUI
Margaret Patrick, So. - 5
50 Free vs. Buffalo; 50, 100 Free vs. Akron; 50, 100 Free vs. Ball State
Ashley Seymour, So. - 1
200 IM vs. Wright State
Tyler Smith, So. - 3
200 Free vs. Buffalo and vs. Wright State; 100 Free vs. Wright State
Katie Unger, Jr. - 5
100 Free vs. Buffalo; 100, 200 Breast vs. Akron; 200 Breast, 200 Fly vs. Ball State
Comparing the Competitors--Miami Invitational
Cincinnati
Dual Meet Record: 0-3
Head Coach: Monty Hopkins
Last Meet: Indiana Invite (8th of 8), Nov. 19-21
Swimmer to Watch: Ann Degenstein was UC's top finisher at the Indiana Invite, Nov. 19-21taking fifth in the 200 Butterfly.
Cleveland State
Dual Meet Record: 4-3 Head Coach: Mike Lehto Last Meet: Defeated Gannon, Baldwin-Wallace and John Carroll, Nov. 15
Swimmer to Watch: Marianne Lionell was named the Horizon League's Women's Swimmer of the Week, winning three events (50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Breast) in the quad meet on Nov. 15.
Johns Hopkins
Dual Meet Record: 2-2
Head Coach: George Kennedy
Last Meet: Lost to Yale, Nov. 23
Swimmer to Watch: Jessica Chang won three events against Yale on Nov. 23, including the 100 Breast, 200 Breast and 100 Fly.
Kenyon
Dual Meet Record: 2-6
Head Coach: Jim Steen
Last Meet: Def. John Carroll, Nov. 20
Swimmer to Watch: Sam McCarthy won two events (200 IM, 200 Back) versus John Carroll.
Louisville
Dual Meet Record: 4-0
Head Coach: Arthur Albiero
Last Meet: Def. West Virginia, Nov. 12
Swimmer to Watch: Freshman Amanda Taylor set Louisville records against Notre Dame in the 500 Freestyle, 400 IM and 50 Back in an exhibition meet two weeks ago.
Marshall
Dual Meet Record: 6-2
Head Coach: Leonard Kraus
Last Meet: Ball State Invite (2nd of 6), Nov. 19-20
Swimmer to Watch: Milla Kuurto set two Marshall records against Buffalo on Nov. 12 in the 200 Back and 200 IM.
Ohio State
Dual Meet Record: 4-1
Head Coach: Jeanne Fleck
Last Meet: Def. Denison, Nov. 21
Swimmer to Watch: Freshman Griet Buelens won two events (500, 1000 Free) and finished second in another against Miami on Nov. 13.
Wheeling Jesuit
Dual Meet Record: 1-1
Head Coach: Jeffrey Stewart
Last Meet: Lost to California Univ. of Pennsylvania, Nov. 19 Swimmer to Watch: Danielle Holskey won two events (50 Free, 200 Back) against California University of Pennsylvania.
Miami
Dual Meet Record: 6-1
Head Coach: Dave Jennings
Last Meet: Indiana Invite (7th of 8), Nov. 19-21
Swimmer to Watch: Katie Forster broke a 15-year-old Miami record in the 200 Fly at the Indiana Invitational.
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