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EVANSTON, Ill. — After three days of competition, Northwestern took home first place in the TYR Invitational on Sunday. In the final day, NU swimmers posted three NCAA 'B' cuts and broke a Norris Aquatics Pool record in the 100 free.
In all, the Wildcats earned six NCAA 'B' qualifications and broke two pool records.
The 'Cats earned their first place finish with 1188.5 points. Behind them were Michigan State (962), Grand Canyon (735), UIC (446), Truman State (348) and St. Louis (322.5).
Sunday's Preliminaries
In the first event of the morning, Maddy Sims (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove) was the lone Wildcat to qualify for the 'A' heat in the 50 fly with her prelim time of 25.88. Alex Grimes (Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos), Annika Winsnes (Singapore/United World College) and Ellen Stello (Shorewood, Wis./Shorewood) placed into the consolation final with times in the top 16. Joining them were Aja Malone (Acworth, Ga./Allatoona) and Lindsay Adamski (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead), as they swam times of 26.58 and 26.72, respectively, earning spots in the bonus final.
A pair of NU sprinters swam top-eight times in the 200 back. Lacey Locke (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) and Melissa Postoll (Acworth, Ga./Kennesaw Mountain) finished in second and fourth, respectively. Ellen Anderson (Montgomery Village, Md./Gaithersburg) was the only other Wildcat to qualify for a second swim with her 13th-place time of 2:07.27.
After earning an NCAA 'B' cut yesterday evening, Winsnes took home first place in the 100 free prelims with a 50.52 time. Mary Warren (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) tied for third place with her time of 51.21.
A quartet of Wildcats finished 1-2-3-4 in the platform diving competition. Olivia Rosendahl (Los Angeles, Calif./Immaculate Heart), Mashal Hashem (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill), Eryn Scannell (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc) and Monique Demaisip (Norwalk, Calif./Gahr) were the top divers for the team from the platform.
Two Wildcats finished 2-3 in the 200 breast, turning in times of 2:20.04 and 220.69, respectively. Katie Branch (Phoenix, Ariz./Horizon Honors) ensured herself a point-gaining spot in the finals sessions with her 12th-place time of 2:25.16. Lauren Abruzzo (Denver, Colo./Kent Denver) and Georgie Pettibone (Santa Rosa, Calif./Analy) ensured themselves second swims, qualifying for the 'C' heat.
Three 'Cats finished in the top four of the 100 IM prelims, including a 1-2 finish by Locke (58.15) and Warren (58.44). Postoll just trailed them with her fourth-place time of 59.23. Adamski qualified for the 'B' heat in the afternoon sessions with her 1:01.81 time.
In the final qualifier, Stello, Sims and Grimes all finished in the top five of the 200 fly, earning them spots in the championship final. Stello, who finished in first place, swam the event in 2:02.32. Sydney Modeas (East Amherst, N.Y./Clarence) qualified for the consolation final with her 11th-place finish of 2:08.52. Peyton Greenberg's (Louisville, Ky./duPont Manual) time of 2:15.46 qualified her for the bonus final.
Sunday's Finals
With a victory in the platform diving competition (233.80 points), Rosendahl took home first place in all three of the diving competitions at the TYR Invitational. Just like the prelims — and in the same order — the Wildcats finished 1-2-3-4 from the platform.
In the team's first time competing in the 1,650 free this season, four 'Cats finished in the top five. Anderson swam a first-place time of 16:35.89, Abruzzo finished in third, swimming the mile in 16:47.48, Modeas took home a fourth-place time of 16:56.84 and Emily Launer (DeKalb, Ill./Rosary) touched in at 17:11.91, good for a fifth-place finish. Purdy, the other Wildcat to compete in the event, swam a ninth-place time of 17:26.49.
After winning Saturday's 100 fly, Sims came back and won the 50 fly with a time of 24.88. A trio of Wildcats finished in the top three of the 'B' heat, as Grimes, Winsnes and Stello swam times of 25.42, 25.52 and 25.84, respectively.
Locke wasted no time after yesterday's NCAA 'B' cut in the 100 back. She came back out and reached another 'B' cut in the 200 back, turing in a second-place time of 1:57.43. Right on her coattails was Postoll, who also posted a 'B' cut with her 200 back time of 1:58.83, coming in third place. Anderson, after finishing in first in the mile, came back out and finished in the first of all of the 'B' cut competitors.
Northwestern earned another 'B' cut in the next event, as Winsnes swam the 100 free in a season-best 49.78. This was Winsnes's second 'B' cut in as many days, as she earned the distinction in the 200 free Saturday. Warren was the second-place finisher, turning in a time of 50.67.
The Wildcats finished 1-2 in the 200 breast with Julianne Kurke (Atlanta, Ga./Parkvew) and Greenberg turning in times of 2:16.54 and 2:17.01, respectively. Branch was the top finisher of the consolation final with her 2:17.43 swim.
In the 100 IM, three Northwestern swimmers finished in the top four. Warren swam a first-place time of 56.24, Postoll finished in second with a 57.85 time and Locke touched in at 58.18, a fourth-place time. In the 'B' heat, Adamski swam a 59.67 event and took home the top spot in the group.
In yet another event, the Wildcats finished in first. In the 200 fly, NU finished 1-2-3, as Stello turned in a time of 2:00.24, Sims swam the event in a cool 2:01.17 and Grimes finished in 2:01.33. Modeas collected nine points with a 9th-place finish of 2:04.08.
In the final event, Northwestern's 'A' quartet of Winsnes, Malone, Locke and Warren closed out the Invitational with a first-place 3:23.55 in the 400 free relay. In the leadoff split, Winsnes broke her own pool record in the 100 free with a time of 49.3.
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The "Cats are off for about a month before they head south to the FAU Fun Invite on December 19.
EVANSTON, Ill. — After three days of competition, Northwestern took home first place in the TYR Invitational on Sunday. In the final day, NU swimmers posted three NCAA 'B' cuts and broke a Norris Aquatics Pool record in the 100 free.
In all, the Wildcats earned six NCAA 'B' qualifications and broke two pool records.
The 'Cats earned their first place finish with 1188.5 points. Behind them were Michigan State (962), Grand Canyon (735), UIC (446), Truman State (348) and St. Louis (322.5).
Sunday's Preliminaries
In the first event of the morning, Maddy Sims (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove) was the lone Wildcat to qualify for the 'A' heat in the 50 fly with her prelim time of 25.88. Alex Grimes (Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos), Annika Winsnes (Singapore/United World College) and Ellen Stello (Shorewood, Wis./Shorewood) placed into the consolation final with times in the top 16. Joining them were Aja Malone (Acworth, Ga./Allatoona) and Lindsay Adamski (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead), as they swam times of 26.58 and 26.72, respectively, earning spots in the bonus final.
A pair of NU sprinters swam top-eight times in the 200 back. Lacey Locke (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) and Melissa Postoll (Acworth, Ga./Kennesaw Mountain) finished in second and fourth, respectively. Ellen Anderson (Montgomery Village, Md./Gaithersburg) was the only other Wildcat to qualify for a second swim with her 13th-place time of 2:07.27.
After earning an NCAA 'B' cut yesterday evening, Winsnes took home first place in the 100 free prelims with a 50.52 time. Mary Warren (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) tied for third place with her time of 51.21.
A quartet of Wildcats finished 1-2-3-4 in the platform diving competition. Olivia Rosendahl (Los Angeles, Calif./Immaculate Heart), Mashal Hashem (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill), Eryn Scannell (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc) and Monique Demaisip (Norwalk, Calif./Gahr) were the top divers for the team from the platform.
Two Wildcats finished 2-3 in the 200 breast, turning in times of 2:20.04 and 220.69, respectively. Katie Branch (Phoenix, Ariz./Horizon Honors) ensured herself a point-gaining spot in the finals sessions with her 12th-place time of 2:25.16. Lauren Abruzzo (Denver, Colo./Kent Denver) and Georgie Pettibone (Santa Rosa, Calif./Analy) ensured themselves second swims, qualifying for the 'C' heat.
Three 'Cats finished in the top four of the 100 IM prelims, including a 1-2 finish by Locke (58.15) and Warren (58.44). Postoll just trailed them with her fourth-place time of 59.23. Adamski qualified for the 'B' heat in the afternoon sessions with her 1:01.81 time.
In the final qualifier, Stello, Sims and Grimes all finished in the top five of the 200 fly, earning them spots in the championship final. Stello, who finished in first place, swam the event in 2:02.32. Sydney Modeas (East Amherst, N.Y./Clarence) qualified for the consolation final with her 11th-place finish of 2:08.52. Peyton Greenberg's (Louisville, Ky./duPont Manual) time of 2:15.46 qualified her for the bonus final.
Sunday's Finals
With a victory in the platform diving competition (233.80 points), Rosendahl took home first place in all three of the diving competitions at the TYR Invitational. Just like the prelims — and in the same order — the Wildcats finished 1-2-3-4 from the platform.
In the team's first time competing in the 1,650 free this season, four 'Cats finished in the top five. Anderson swam a first-place time of 16:35.89, Abruzzo finished in third, swimming the mile in 16:47.48, Modeas took home a fourth-place time of 16:56.84 and Emily Launer (DeKalb, Ill./Rosary) touched in at 17:11.91, good for a fifth-place finish. Purdy, the other Wildcat to compete in the event, swam a ninth-place time of 17:26.49.
After winning Saturday's 100 fly, Sims came back and won the 50 fly with a time of 24.88. A trio of Wildcats finished in the top three of the 'B' heat, as Grimes, Winsnes and Stello swam times of 25.42, 25.52 and 25.84, respectively.
Locke wasted no time after yesterday's NCAA 'B' cut in the 100 back. She came back out and reached another 'B' cut in the 200 back, turing in a second-place time of 1:57.43. Right on her coattails was Postoll, who also posted a 'B' cut with her 200 back time of 1:58.83, coming in third place. Anderson, after finishing in first in the mile, came back out and finished in the first of all of the 'B' cut competitors.
Northwestern earned another 'B' cut in the next event, as Winsnes swam the 100 free in a season-best 49.78. This was Winsnes's second 'B' cut in as many days, as she earned the distinction in the 200 free Saturday. Warren was the second-place finisher, turning in a time of 50.67.
The Wildcats finished 1-2 in the 200 breast with Julianne Kurke (Atlanta, Ga./Parkvew) and Greenberg turning in times of 2:16.54 and 2:17.01, respectively. Branch was the top finisher of the consolation final with her 2:17.43 swim.
In the 100 IM, three Northwestern swimmers finished in the top four. Warren swam a first-place time of 56.24, Postoll finished in second with a 57.85 time and Locke touched in at 58.18, a fourth-place time. In the 'B' heat, Adamski swam a 59.67 event and took home the top spot in the group.
In yet another event, the Wildcats finished in first. In the 200 fly, NU finished 1-2-3, as Stello turned in a time of 2:00.24, Sims swam the event in a cool 2:01.17 and Grimes finished in 2:01.33. Modeas collected nine points with a 9th-place finish of 2:04.08.
In the final event, Northwestern's 'A' quartet of Winsnes, Malone, Locke and Warren closed out the Invitational with a first-place 3:23.55 in the 400 free relay. In the leadoff split, Winsnes broke her own pool record in the 100 free with a time of 49.3.
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The "Cats are off for about a month before they head south to the FAU Fun Invite on December 19.