
Women's Swimmers Defeat Ohio State, 173-124
1/29/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 29, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - The 10th-ranked Northwestern women's swimming and diving team recovered from Friday night's loss to No. 8 Michigan with a 173-124 win at Ohio State Saturday afternoon.
The Wildcats were led by double winners Amy Balcerzak, Tashy Bohm and Dominique Diezi. Balcerzak placed first in the 100 breaststroke (NCAA `B' standard 1:03.44) and the 200 IM (2:05.61), Bohm was a winner in the 100 backstroke (56.70) and 200 backstroke (2:02.03), and Diezi claimed the 100 freestyle (51.57) and the 200 freestyle (1:53.68).
Other winners for Northwestern were Allyson Bowman in the 50 freestyle (24.25), Rachel Johnson in the 200 breaststroke (2:24.94) and Hyun Soo Suh in the 500 freestyle (5:00.62). The Wildcats also swept the two relays on the day, winning the 200 medley relay in 1:45.60 and the 200 free relay in 1:35.07.
Northwestern closes out the dual meet season with a 4-5 overall record and a 2-3 Big Ten mark. The Wildcats will next swim at the Big Ten Championships, which will be held in Indianapolis the weekend of Feb. 18-20.
* MEET RESULTS *
Northwestern 173, Ohio State 124
COURSE: Short-course yards
* = NCAA 'B' standard, ** = NCAA 'A' standard
200 MEDLEY RELAY 1. NU 'A' (Diezi, Balcerzak, Bowman, Igoe), 1:45.60, 2. OSU 'A', 1:48.25, 3. NU 'B' (Sample, Greenberg, Fowles, Keefe), 1:51.06, 4. OSU 'B', 1:53.23, 5. OSU 'C', 1:55.97.
1,000 FREESTYLE
1. Fischer, OSU (10:25.85), 2. Adams, NU (10:38.54), 3. Kaminowski, OSU (10:49.40), 4. Bojko, OSU (11:17.98), 5. Puttler, NU (11:40.63).
200 FREESTYLE
1. Diezi, NU (1:53.68), 2. Sander, OSU (1:54.35), 3-TIE. Johnson, NU and Suh, NU (1:54.79), 5. Nigh, OSU (2:01.40), 6. Brouilette, OSU (2:07.09).
100 BACKSTROKE
1. Bohm, NU (56.70), 2. Stephens, OSU (58.37), 3. Skartvedt, NU (1:02.07), 4. Bushnell, NU (1:06.23).
100 BREASTSTROKE
1. Balcerzak, NU (1:03.44*), 2. Staley, OSU (1:06.80), 3. Straughsbaugh, OSU (1:08.67), 4. Mayer, OSU (1:09.58), 5. Moore, NU (1:09.63), 6. Keefe, NU (1:10.84).
200 BUTTERFLY
1. Sendrowski, OSU (2:02.71), 2. Fowles, NU (2:07.99), 3. Fischer, OSU (2:08.02), 4. Lowry, OSU (2:11.99), 5. Talcott, NU (2:12.97).
50 FREESTYLE
1. Bowman, NU (24.25), 2. Hazen, OSU (24.42), 3. Moore, NU (24.59), 4. Igoe, NU (25.27), 5. Baren, OSU (25.81).
100 FREESTYLE
1. Diezi, NU (51.57), 2. Sander, OSU (54.05), 3. Igoe, NU (54.14), 4. Sample, NU (54.16), 5. Olsen, OSU (55.58), 6. Brouillette, OSU (57.61).
200 BACKSTROKE
1. Bohm, NU (2:02.03), 2. Stephens, OSU (2:10.02), 3. Johnson, NU (2:12.64), 4. Talcott, NU (2:23.84).
200 BREASTSTROKE
1. Johnson, NU (2:24.94), 2. Greenberg, NU (2:25.75), 3. Baren, OSU (2:26.07), 4. Staley, OSU (2:27.03), 5. Strausbaugh, OSU (2:28.18), 6. Talcott, NU (2:30.07).
500 FREESTYLE
1. Suh, NU (5:00.62), 2. Fowles, NU (5:04.06), 3. Sander, OSU (5:05.37), 4. Sendrowski, OSU (5:12.62), 5. Talcott, NU (5:13.40), 6. Nigh, OSU (5:18.80).
100 BUTTERFLY
1. Hazen, OSU (56.49), 2. Bowman, NU (57.27), 3. Balcerzak, NU (58.27), 4. Lowry, OSU (1:00.96), 5. Skartvedt, NU (1:03.04), 6. Hamilton, OSU (1:05.36).
200 IM
1. Balcerzak, NU (2:05.61), 2. Sendowski, OSU (2:10.09), 3. Johnson, NU (2:11.02), 4. Adams, NU (2:11.23), 5. Lowry, OSU (2:14.23), 6. Fischer, OSU (2:15.66).
200 FREE RELAY
1. Northwestern 'A' (Diezi, Fowles, Moore, Bowman), 1:35.07, 2. OSU 'A', 1:38.81, 3. NU 'B' (Adams, Bushnell, Johnson, Suh), 1:41.57, 4. OSU 'B', 1:42.14, 5. OSU 'C', 1:47.72.
1-METER DIVING
1. Ziebarth, OSU (290.63), 2. Johnson, OSU (279.38), 3. McDonald, NU (251.34), 4. Underwood, OSU (246.15), 5. Kolb, OSU (229.20), 6. Lynch, NU (206.10).
3-METER DIVING
1. Underwood, OSU (280.25), 2. Kolb, OSU (279.40), 3. Ziebarth, OSU (262.40), 4. Johnson, OSU (261.15), 5. Lynch, NU (245.25), 6. McDonald, NU (237.40).