#B1GSD Day Three in the Books
February 19, 2016 | Swimming & Diving
More records fall in Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Much like the first two days of the Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships, the Illinois swimming and diving team posted season-best times on the third day of competition. On the day, UI posted six times that rank in the top-10 on the all-time fastest performances list.
"Overall we had another solid day," said head coach Sue Novitsky. "We had some near misses in the morning for some final spots in other events. We had nine more lifetime bests this morning. We continued to have a bunch of changes to the record books in a lot of events."
In the preliminary round of the 100 fly, Lori Lynn and Megan Voung etched their names into the record book, clocking times of :54.59 and :54.81, respectively. Lynn's time ranked as the fourth quickest mark produced in Illini history, while the freshman now sits at 10th.
Senior Jennifer Coady also had an impressive day, setting the school record in the 50 breast with a time of :29.03. Her time of 1:02.73 in the 100 breast ranked was the fifth fastest mark in program history as well.
Sophomore Samantha Stratford continued her record-breaking ways by swimming the second fastest 200 free in school history in the prelims (1:48.01), as well as the third fastest in the finals (1:48.13).
The 400 medley relay team of Sloane McDermott, Coady, Lynn and Gabrielle Bethke also swam the fourth best time in school history with a time of 3:42.71.
The Illini remain in 12th in the team standings with one day of competition remaining. Action will resume tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. CT with the preliminary rounds of the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and platform diving.
"We have one more day and a lot of chances to see what we can accomplish," stated Novitsky.
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| Big Ten Championships - Day 3 Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Swimmer | Preliminary Mark/finish | Finals Mark/finish |
| 400 Medley Relay | McDermott, Coady, Lynn, Bethke | N/A | 3:42.71/11th |
| 400 IM | Stephanie Hein | 4:28.98/41st | N/A |
| 100 Butterfly | Lori Lynn | :54.59/19th | :54.90/22nd |
| Megan Vuong | :54.81/23rd | :55.19/24th | |
| Sarah Sykstus | :55.44/35th | N/A | |
| Audrey Rodawig | :55.77/41st | N/A | |
| Gabrielle Bethke | :56.07/47th | N/A | |
| Kaitlyn Joyce | :56.94/53rd | N/A | |
| 200 Freestyle | 1:48.01/18th | 1:48.13/18th | |
| Gabbie Stecker | 1:48.97/29th | N/A | |
| Amelia Schilling | 1:49.70/34th | N/A | |
| Sascha Meyers | 1:50.86/52nd | N/A | |
| Megan Vuong | 1:51.01/53rd | N/A | |
| Kirsten Zborek | 1:57.21/76th | N/A | |
| Adelaide Curry | 1:58.01/77th | N/A | |
| 100 Breaststroke | Jennifer Coady | 1:02.73/25th | N/A |
| Gabriele Serniute | 1:03.30/35th | N/A | |
| Ashley Aegerter | 1:03.39/37th | N/A | |
| Charli Wike | 1:03.63/40th | N/A | |
| Hollie Smith | 1:03.89/44th | N/A | |
| Isabella Schamber | 1:04.85/50th | N/A | |
| 100 Backstroke | Sloane McDermott | :56.77/44th | N/A |
| Sam Gowdy | :57.06/48th | N/A | |
| Rebecca Eckblad | :58.12/54th | N/A | |
| Three-Meter | Olivia Kassouni | 247.45/36th | N/A |
| Diving | Jessica Clifford | 220.85/44th | N/A |
| Madeline Kuhn | 215.30/45th | N/A | |
