Nov. 9, 2006
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern head coach Jimmy Tierney currently is featured along with his sister, Dorsey Tierney-Walker, on SwimmingWorldMagazine.com as the first brother-sister combo in modern history named to the same USA Swimming coaching staff.
The pair will help coach the 2007 U.S. delegation at the World University Games with a roster including NU junior Andrea Hupman (Lawrenceville, Ga./Brookwood). Dorsey is the co-head women's coach at Auburn.
"I am thrilled, and it will be quite a fun time for us," Jimmy said in the article. "I had never really thought about the possibility that we might be on the same trip until recently. When it happened, it was unbelievable."
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Northwestern returns to action in its fourth-consecutive meet against a team that began the year ranked in the CSCAA top-25 coaches poll, facing off with No. 19 Wisconsin at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at the Norris Aquatics Center.
The Wildcats enter the meet with Hupman as the top-ranked Big Ten swimmer in the 200 free and the second-quickest in the 100 free, while freshman Kassia Shishkoff (Raleigh, N.C./St. David's School) is second in the 1000 free and third in the 500 free. The Badgers feature Yi Ting Siow, who has the conference's fastest times of the year in 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM and 400 IM.
The meet is a combined dual with the men's team.