WISCONSIN Women’s & & Diving Release Women’s Contact: Karl Anderson February 25, 2008 Office: (608) 262-1811 / Cell: (612) 749-7188 e-mail: [email protected]

also 2007-08 Big ten championships schedule/results u The No. 20 University of Wisconsin women’s swimming and diving team fin- 8-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten ished sixth with 377 points at the 2008 Big Oct. 5 @ UW-Green Bay W 159-80 Ten Championships last weekend. Oct. 11 Iowa W 197-102 Oct. 12 UW-Milwaukee W 166-72 Oct. 26-27 SMU Classic 5th/6 teams 258.5 meet Highlights Nov. 2-3 @ Arizona L 166-128 u Nov. 16 @ Notre Dame W 218-151 UW got off to a hot start by win- Nov. 17 @ Northwestern W 196-173 ning the day’s first event, the 200-yard Nov. 29- Texas Invite 4th/15 teams freestyle relay, in record-setting fashion. Dec. 1 423 points The team of seniors Hannah McClurg Jan. 12 Hawaii W 183-107 (San Diego, Calif.) and Jackie Vavrek Feb. 1-2 Big Ten Quad Duals (West Chicago, Ill.) and freshmen Maggie Illinois W 272-75 Meyer (North Oaks, Minn.) and Kelsey Purdue W 233-136 Gergen (Hastings, Minn.) swam to an Feb. 21-23 Big Ten Championships 6th, NCAA “A” time of 1:28.51 to claim the @ Columbus, Ohio 377 points victory. The time set a new Big Ten record, Senior Jackie Vavrek won the 50-yard free- style and is the only Badger to win back- Mar. 1 Go-Pher It Invite 1 p.m. breaking the time of 1:28.80 set in 2007 by to-back Big Ten titles in the event in school Mar. 14-16 NCAA Zone Diving Champ. All Day Michigan. history. Mar. 20-22 NCAA Championships (W) All Day u Another record was established in the notched an NCAA “B” time as she placed Home events in bold 50-yard freestyle. Vavrek became the first 11th with a time of 23.10. Badger to win back-to-back Big Ten titles in the event in school history. She is the u The Badgers produced two NCAA “B” sixth person to do it in any event in pro- times in the 500-yard freestyle. Sophomore 2007-08 Quick Facts gram history. In the prelims, Vavrek actu- Gabby Maddalena (The Woodlands, ally broke the Big Ten record with a time Texas) finished ninth with a time of Head Coach: Eric Hansen (9th year) of 22.30. The mark was actually passed 4:46.70, while junior Jen Illescas (East Alma Mater: Iowa State, 1988 later in the prelims by Andrea Hupman Elmhurst, N.Y.) was 12th, coming in at a of Northwestern, but Vavrek came back time of 4:49.13. Assistant Coaches: Geoff Hanson, strong and won the finals with a time of Daniel Kowalski, Kari Woodall 22.36. u Sophomore Candice Peak finished 11th in the 200-yard IM to lead the Diving Coach: Tom Michaël u The 50-yard freestyle proved to be a Badgers. She posted an NCAA “B” time of Volunteer Assistant Diving Coach: strong event for Wisconsin as the team 2:02.25, breaking her own personal-best Whitney Michaël posted three NCAA “B” times in addition time by over one second. 2007 Big Ten Finish: Women - 5th to Vavrek’s “A” time. McClurg finished sixth with a time of 22.92, a new per- u Wisconsin closed things out with a 2007 NCAAs: Women - 24th sonal-best in the event. Junior Christine fourth-place finish in the 400-yard medley Zwiegers (Somerset West, South Africa) relay. The foursome of Meyer, sophomore came in ninth with a time of 22.86, a Rosie Morahan (London, England), personal-best for her as well. Gergen Zwiegers and McClurg finished in an NCAA “B” time of 3:40.06

STAT OF Number of events at the 2008 Big Ten Championships The week 2 Wisconsin claimed last weekend.

Athletic Communications Office • University of Wisconsin • Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, WI 53711 CSCAA Women’s Dual Meet Poll u 1-meter diving was the lone diving u Wisconsin earned two more “A” times 2/14/08 event of the day. The Badgers placed two with a second place finish in the 400-yard Rank School Points 1 Georgia (10) 300 divers in the top-20 as sophomores Jenny freestyle relay. Meyer, Vavrek, Illescas 2 Stanford 290 Hawkins (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Emily and McClurg set a school record by 3 Florida 276 Cheffins (Calgary, Alberta, ) fin- completing the event in a time of 3:17.98. 4 Arizona 269 The time also was better than the Big Ten 5 Auburn 259 ished 18th and 19th, respectively. Hawkins 6 Texas A&M 256 posted a score of 229.85, while Cheffins’ record, but Michigan finished .5 seconds 7 Tennessee 239 score was 229.40. ahead of that. 8 California 231 9 Minnesota 220 u Meyer picked up another “A” cut for 10 Virginia 209 u The Badgers maintained their strong the Badgers in the event when she led off 11 Michigan 198 presence in the relay races with a second 12 Penn State 184 place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. with a time of 49.34, good for a qualify- 13 North Carolina 183 The team of Meyer, Morahan, Zwiegers ing time in the 100-yard freestyle. She also 14 SMU 170 and Vavrek finished in an NCAA “A” time broke the school record set in 2002 by 15 UCLA 163 Sarah McCauley. 16 Arizona State 139 of 1:39.24. 17TIE LSU 127 17TIE Princeton 127 u Meyer earned her third NCAA “A” u Maddalena notched the sixth “A” 19 Texas 126 time of the weekend with her finish in the time of the night for the Badgers when she 20 Wisconsin 116 100-yard . Meyer, who already finished second in the 1650-yard freestyle. 21 Indiana 106 Maddalena finished the event in a time of 22 Missouri 87 earned “A” times in the 200-yard medley 23 Florida State 83 relay and in the 200-yard freestyle relay, 16:16.34. 24 Virginia Tech 74 finished the 100-yard backstroke in third 25 Washington 70 with a time of 54.11. u The Badgers earned three more NCAA “B” times in the 100-yard freestyle. McClurg Receiving Votes: South California (42), Arkansas (38), Kentucky (29), Northwestern (24), Kansas (13), u Wisconsin earned two NCAA “B” earned her qualifying mark by finishing Brigham Young (3). times in the 200-yard freestyle. Illescas in sixth place with a time of 50.04, while finished sixth with a time of 1:48.50, while Vavrek was ninth with a time of 50.34. McClurg was 13th with a time of 1:49.21, Freshman Kelsey Gergen (Hastings, a new personal-best. Minn.) earned her “B” time by swimming Wisconsin Big Ten Athletes of the in a time of 50.67 in a bonus final heat. Week u Zwiegers picked up an NCAA “B” time individually with her sixth place finish in u Wisconsin picked up two NCAA “B” Swimming: times in the 200-yard butterfly. Illescas Jackie Vavrek Oct. 9, 2007 the 100-yard butterfly. Zwiegers swam to a Jen Illescas Dec. 11, 2007 time of 53.97 in the finals, while in the pre- finished 11th with a time of 2:00.60, while Maggie Meyer Feb. 5, 2008 lims she finished in a time of 53.81 to set a senior Katie Imhoff-Smith (Waukesha, new personal-best by over a full second. Wis.) was 13th with a time of 2:01.63. Diving: Ciara Rinaudo Oct. 9, 2007 u Oct. 16, 2007 u Sophomore Libby Brooks added Brooks picked up an NCAA “B” time another NCAA “B” time to the Badgers’ in the 200-yard breaststroke. She finished total with a 15th-place finish in the 400- the event in a time of 2:18.20, good for yard IM. Brooks completed the event in a 14th place. time of 4:23.23.

u The UW picked up its fifth “B” time next competition of the day and 12th of the weekend with a fifth-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle u Wisconsin will head to Minneapolis, relay. Illescas, McClurg, Meyer, and Minn to participate in the Go-Pher It Invite senior Jenny Gelden (Kenosha, Wis.) on March 1. finished the event in a time of 7:15.72.

u Peak got things started by earning an NCAA “A” time with her fifth place finish in the 200-yard backstroke. Peak completed the event in a time of 1:57.21, besting her own previous best by over two seconds.

u Meyer also earned an NCAA qualifying time in the event. She earned a “B” time with her finish of 1:57.51. 2007-2008 Wisconsin Women’s Swimming Top Times 2/25/08 50 Freestyle 100 Butterfly School: 22.30, Jackie Vavrek, 2008 School: 53.60, Gina Panighetti, 1998 Big Ten: 22.26, Andrea Hupman, Northwestern, 2008 Big Ten: 52.60, Kaitlyn Brady, Michigan, 2006 NCAA: 21.63, , Georgia, 2006 NCAA: 50.01, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2002

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 22.30A-P Jackie Vavrek BTC 2/21/08 53.81B-P Christine Zwiegers BTC 2/24/08 22.36A Jackie Vavrek BTC 2/21/08 53.97B Christine Zwiegers BTC 2/24/08 22.86B Christine Zwiegers BTC 2/21/08 54.92B-P Katie Imhoff-Smith Texas 11/29/07 22.91B Jackie Vavrek NWU 11/16/07 55.17B Christine Zwiegers Texas 11/29/07

100 Freestyle 200 Butterfly School: 49.34, Maggie Meyer, 2008 School: 1:57.92, Gina Panighetti, 1997 Big Ten: 48.55, Shannon Shakespeare, Michigan, ‘97 Big Ten: 1:57.78 Guslah Gunenc, Ohio State, 2006 NCAA: 1:51.91 Natalie Coughlin, California, 2002 NCAA: 47.00, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2003

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 49.34A-R Maggie Meyer BTC 2/24/08 1:59.33B Jen Illescas Texas 12/1/07 50.04B Hannah McClurg BTC 2/24/08 1:59.54B Jen Illescas NWU 11/17/07 50.34B Jackie Vavrek BTC 2/24/08 1:59.76B-P Jen Illescas BTC 2/24/08 50.39B-P Maggie Meyer Texas 12/1/07 2:00.50B Jen Illescas Ariz. 11/2/07 100 Backstroke 200 Freestyle School: 53.57, , 2006 School: 1:45.88, Ellen Stonebraker, 2001 Big Ten: 52.93 , Indiana, 2007 Big Ten: 1:45.26, Lindsay Smith, Michigan, 2005 NCAA: 49.97, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2002 NCAA: 1:42.65, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2003 Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 54.09A-R Maggie Meyer BTC 2/21/08 1:48.09B-P Jen Illescas BTC 2/22/08 54.11A Maggie Meyer BTC 2/22/08 1:48.10B Jen Illescas Texas 11/30/07 54.40B-P Maggie Meyer BTC 2/22/08 1:48.29B-P Jen Illescas Texas 11/30/07 54.76B-R Maggie Meyer BTQd 2/1/08 1:48.50B Jen Illescas BTC 2/22/08 200 Backstroke 500 Freestyle School: 1.55.32, Susan Johnson,2004 School: 4:39.71,, 2005 Big Ten: 1:54.65, Alicia Humphrey, Michigan, 1995 Big Ten: 4:39.71 Carly Piper, Wisconsin, 2005 NCAA: 1:49.52, Natalie Coughlin, California, 2002 NCAA: 4:34.39, , Stanford, 1990 Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 1:57.05A Candice Peak BTC 2/24/08 4:46.70B Gabby Maddalena BTC 2/21/08 1:57.51B Maggie Meyer BTC 2/24/08 4:48.11B-P Gabby Maddalena BTC 2/21/08 1:57.98B-P Candice Peak BTC 2/24/08 4:48.31B Jen Illescas Texas 11/29/07 1:58.60P Maggie Meyer BTC 2/24/08 4:49.13B Jen Illescas BTC 2/21/08 100 Breaststroke 1,000 Freestyle School: 1:01.38, Amalia Sarnecki, 2006 School: 9:42.61, Carly Piper, 2003 Big Ten: 59.77, Kristen Woodring, Penn State, 2001 Big Ten: 9:41.11, Emily Brunemann, Michigan, 2007 NCAA: 9:29.49, Janet Evans, Stanford, 1990 NCAA: 58.41, , Stanford, 2003

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 9:59.81 Gabby Maddalena Hawaii 1/12/08 1:03.23B Rosie Morahan Texas 11/30/07 9:55.81 Gabby Maddalena BTQd 2/2/08 1:03.77 Rosie Morahan BTQd 2/1/08 10:01.77 Gabby Maddalena Ariz. 11/2/07 1:03.99P Rosie Morahan Texas 11/30/07 10:05.72 Gabby Maddalena UWGB 10/5/07 1:04.01P Rosie Morahan BTC 2/22/08

1,650 Freestyle 200 Breaststroke School: 16:01.74, Carly Piper, 2003 School: 2:09.95, Yi Ting Siow, 2007 Big Ten: 916:00.89 Emily Brunemann, Michigan, 2007 Big Ten; 2:09.95, Yi Ting Siow, Wisconsin, 2007 NCAA:15:39.14, Janet Evans, Stanford, 1990 NCAA: 2:07.36, Tara Kirk, Stanford, 2002

Time Swimmer Meet Date Time Swimmer Meet Date 16:16.34A Gabby Maddelena BTC 2/24/08 2:17.63B-P Libby Brooks BTC 2/24/08 16:34.07B Gabby Maddalena Texas 12/1/07 2:18.15B Rosie Morahan Ariz. 11/2/07 16:42.97 Gabby Maddalena NWU 11/17/07 2:18.33P Libby Brooks Texas 12/1/07 17:28.55 Katie Twitchell Texas 12/1/07 2:19.15 Rosie Morahan NWU 11/17/07

B- NCAA Consideration Qualifying Standard, P - Swam in prelims E-Swam in exhibition, R-Relay Leadoff 2007-2008 Wisconsin Women’s Swimming Top Times 2/25/08 200 Individual Medley 200 Medley Relay School: 1:57.60, Yi Ting Siow, 2007 School: 1:38.89, Johnson, Sarnecki, Hernandez, Vavrek, 2006 Big Ten: 1:57.60, Yi Ting Siow, Wisconsin, 2007 Big Ten: 1:38.89, Johnson, Sarnecki, Hernandez, Vavrek, 2006 NCAA: 1:53.91, Maggie Bowen, Auburn, 2002 NCAA: 1:36.09, Degolia, Chandler, Jackson, Kelly, Arizona, 2007 Time Swimmer Meet Date 2:02.25B Candice Peak BTC 2/21/08 Time Swimmers Meet Date 2:02.77B-P Candice Peak BTC 2/21/08 1:39.24A Maggie Meyer BTC 2/24/08 2:04.05 Candice Peak BTQd 2/1/08 Rosie Morahan 2:04.55 Candice Peak Hawaii 1/12/08 Christine Zwiegers Jackie Vavrek 400 Individual Medley School: 4:08.92, Bethany Pendleton, 1994 400 Medley Relay Big Ten: 4:08.92, Bethany Pendleton, Wisconsin, 1994 School: 3:39.05, Johnson, Sarnecki, Gelden, Hernandez, 2006 NCAA: 4:02.28, , Stanford, 1992 Big Ten: 3:36.39, Haupt, Stanchock, Biedermann, Dlugonski, Penn State, 2003 Time Swimmer Meet Date NCAA: 3:30.18, Rogers, Hardy, Vollmer, Silver, California, 2007 4:22.53B-P Libby Brooks BTens 2/24/08 4:23.23B Libby Brooks BTens 2/24/08 Time Swimmers Meet Date 4:23.98P Libby Brooks Texas 11/30/07 3:40.06B Maggie Meyer BTC 2/21/08 4:24.36 Libby Brooks NWU 11/17/07 Rosie Morahan Christine Zwiegers 200 Freestyle Relay Hannah McClurg School: 1:28.51, McClurg, Vavrek, Meyer, Gergen, 2008 Big Ten : 1:28.51, McClurg, Vavrek, Meyer, Gergen, Wisconsin, 2008 1 Meter Diving School: 314.93, Ciara Rinaudo, 2007 NCAA: 1:27.23, Jackson, Nymeyer, Turner, Kelly, Arizona, 2007 Big Ten: 345.20, Christina Loukas, Indiana, 2006 NCAA: 353.50, Blythe Hartley, USC, 2006 Time Swimmers Meet Date 1:28.51A Hannah McClurg BTC 2/21/08 Score Diver Meet Date Jackie Vavrek 314.93 Ciara Rinaudo UWM 10/12/07 Maggie Meyer 289.73 Emily Cheffins UWM 10/12/07 Kelsey Gergen 280.58 Jenny Hawkins UWM 10/12/07 237.90 Sadie Rothstein UWM 10/12/07 400 Freestyle Relay School: 3:17.98, Meyer, Vavrek, Illescas,McClurg, 2008 Big Ten: 3:16.58, Eberwein, Crisman, Sugar, 3 Meter Diving Shakespeare, Michigan, 1999 School: 316.65, Ciara Rinaudo, 2007 Big Ten: 388.10, Chelsea Davis, Northwestern, 2006 NCAA: 3:12.13, Silver, Reilly, Hardy, Vollmer, California, 2007 NCAA: 373.15, Blythe Hartley, USC, 2006 Time Swimmers Meet Date 3:17.98A Maggie Meyer BTC 2/23/08 Score Diver Meet Date Jackie Vavrek 316.65 Ciara Rinaudo UWM 10/12/07 Jen Illescas 311.70 Emily Cheffins UWM 10/12/07 Hannah McClurg 273.53 Jenny Hawkins UWM 10/12/07 269.10P Ciara Rinaudo Texas 11/29/07 800 Freestyle Relay School: 7:07.30, Piper, Lyman, Pendleton, McCauley, 2003 Big Ten: 7:07.30, Piper, Lyman, Pendleton, McCauley, Wiscon- Platform Diving sin, 2003 School: 251.70. Emily Cheffins, 2008 NCAA: 7:00.25, Farrell, Burckle, Uhle, Retrum, Florida, 2005 Big Ten: 346.05, Carrrie McCambridge, Purdue, 2006 NCAA: 335.30, Taryn Ignacio, Kentucky, 2006 Time Swimmers Meet Date 7:15.72B Jen Illescas BTC 2/22/08 Hannah McClurg Score Diver Meet Date Maggie Meyer 251.70 Emily Cheffins Hawaii 1/10/08 Jenny Gelden 236.65 Emily Cheffins BTQd 2/2/08 210.40 Jenny Hawkins BTens 2/24/08 202.65 Emily Cheffins Texas 12/1/07

A- NCAA Automatic Qualifying Standard B- NCAA Consideration Qualifying Standard P - Swam in prelims