Saturday Swimming Showdown Between Miami and Ohio
1/23/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 23, 2009
OXFORD, Ohio--Ohio women's collegiate swimming and diving's version of the Super Bowl takes place Saturday afternoon (Jan. 24) at 1 p.m. with the annual battle between Miami University and Ohio University.
Coach Dave Jennings's RedHawks, ranked No. 1 in the CollegeSwimming.com Women's Mid-Major Poll and the lone undefeated team in MAC dual meets, faces Coach Greg Werner's No. 9 Bobcats at MU's Nixon Aquatic Center. In the Mid-American Conference's preseason coaches' poll, Ohio was picked to finish first while Miami was chosen as the runner-up. Miami (8-1, 4-0 MAC) has won eight consecutive dual meets and its own Invitational, while Ohio (5-2, 2-2) has been victorious in five straight duals.
Last year, the Bobcats took first in 11 of the 16 events and beat Miami, 186-114, in Athens.
"This promises to be a very exciting meet," said Jennings. "Ohio beat us last year, so we'll have to swim at a top level to be able to compete with them. We need a big crowd on Saturday to cheer on our team."
Miami's Sarah Bullock, who registered 500- and 1650-freestyle victories last Friday vs. Cincinnati, was honored as the MAC's Swimmer of the Week. She joins previous RedHawk honorees Kasey Carpenter (Oct. 28), Allison Stevens (Nov. 11) and Malarie Schmidt (Dec. 10).
Saturday's key match-ups (2008-09 top times and scores listed):
*200 Medley Relay: Miami (Malarie Schmidt, Kelsey Vehr, Nicole Roddenbery, Alyson Schmidt), 1:41.35 vs. Ohio, 1:45.83
*1000 Freestyle: Miami's Jenn Flaherty, 10:28.49 and Sarah Bullock, 10:34.57 vs. Ohio's Amanda Cecere, 10:14.80
*200 Freestyle: Miami's Allison Stevens, 1:48.66 and Chelsey Bruington, 1:49.81 vs. Ohio's Ashley Marion, 1:52.66 and Amanda Traylor, 1:52.68
*100 Backstroke: Miami's Malarie Schmidt, :55.07 vs. Ohio's Ashley Marion, :56.91
*100 Breaststroke: Miami's Kelsey Vehr, 1:02.41, Megan Brunn, 1:02.83, and Paige Iversen, 1:04.24 vs. Ohio's Laura Stasiuk, 1:05.88
*200 Butterfly: Miami's Malarie Schmidt, 2:01.95 and Allison Way, 2:02.15 vs. Ohio's Amanda Cecere, 2:05.10 and Rachel Heim, 2:05.25
*50 Freestyle: Miami's Alyson Schmidt, :22.87 vs. Ohio's Chelsey Bower, :23.72
*One Meter Diving: Miami's Kelsey Anagnos, 300.82 and Melissa Roemmele, 290.35 vs. Ohio's Lindsay Hamilton, 282.70
*100 Freestyle: Miami's Alyson Schmidt, :49.59 and Allison Stevens, :50.60 vs. Ohio's Ashley Marion, :51.50
*200 Backstroke: Miami's Kasey Carpenter, 1:58.73 vs. Ohio's Sarah Owen, 2:02.63
*200 Breaststroke: Miami's Megan Brunn, 2:15.53 vs. Ohio's Petra Shomicz, 2:22.65
*500 Freestyle: Miami's Maggie French, 4:59.82 and Sarah Bullock, 5:05.49 vs. Ohio's Sarah Owen, 4:58.10
*100 Butterfly: Miami's Allison Way, :54.90 vs. Ohio's Rachel Heim, :55.91
*Three Meter Diving: Miami's Melissa Roemmele, 300.10 and Kelsey Anagnos, 291.38 vs. Ohio's Lindsay Hamilton, 294.70
*200 Individual Medley: Miami's Malarie Schmidt, 2:01.92 vs. Ohio's Ashley Marion, 2:06.31
*800 Freestyle Relay: Miami (Allison Way, Chelsey Bruington, Alyson Schmidt and Allison Stevens), 7:17.42 vs. Ohio, 7:36.75
Miami's remaining schedule: Jan. 31 at Eastern Michigan, 1 p.m. Feb. 6 vs. Ball State, 7 p.m. Feb. 25-28 at MAC Championships (Bowling Green)
CollegeSwimming.com Division 1-Mid-Major Rankings
1 Miami 254.00
2 Harvard 250.20
3 William & Mary 232.78
4 Florida Gulf Coast 232.54
5 Western Kentucky 231.98
6 Towson 230.98
7 Oakland 230.35
8 Missouri State 226.48
9 Ohio 224.28
10 North Texas 222.64
College Swim Coaches Association Rankings (Jan. 16)
1 Georgia (9) 270
2 Stanford 261
3 Texas 252
4 California 240
5 Auburn 235
6 Florida 225
7 Arizona 214
8 Texas A&M 205
9 Minnesota 192
10 Tennessee 178
10 Virginia 178
12 Southern California 176
13 Indiana 164
14 North Carolina 153
15 Penn State 146
16 UCLA 130
17 Wisconsin 128
18 SMU 115
19 Arkansas 109
20 Northwestern 95
21 Louisville 86
22 Michigan 80
23 Virginia Tech 76
24 Notre Dame 65
25 Princeton 38
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Louisiana State 36, Washington 28, Missouri 19, Kansas 16, Santa Barbara 14, Utah 9, Harvard 8, Kentucky 6, Arizona State 5, South Carolina 5, Miami (OH) 4, Oregon State 2
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