University of Minnesota Athletics

#14 GOPHERS EASILY WIN QUAD DUALS

1/29/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving

IllinoisThe 14th-ranked Minnesota women's team easily won its Big Ten dual meets at the University Aquatic Center in Minneapolis. The Gopher women were victorious over 13th-ranked Wisconsin, 223-128, Illinois, 224-128 and Purdue 235-117. The Gopher women won eight of nine events Saturday, meaning Minnesota won 13 of 19 events in the two-day meet. The Gophers won both relays and had event wins from Katy Christoferson (400 individual medley), Jenny Hennen (100 freestyle), Terri Jashinsky (100 butterfly), Dana Baum (500 freestyle), Kelsey Hegener (200 breaststroke) and Tracy LaVoi (1 meter diving). Minnesota's women's team will host the two-day Minnesota Challenge, beginning Friday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. at the University Aquatic Center.

Women's Swimming Quad Duals -- University Aquatic Center, Minneapolis TEAM SCORES -- Gophers 223, Wisconsin 128; Gophers 224, Illinois 128; Gophers 235, Purdue 117; Illinois 176, Wisconsin 174; Illinois 202, Purdue 150; Wisconsin 194.5, Purdue 156.5. 200 Free Relay -- 1. Gophers "A" (Jashinsky, Cottrill, Simakova, Sonstegard), 1:35.91; 2. Illinois "A", 1:36.25; 3. Purdue "A", 1:36.41; 4. Wisconsin "A", 1:37.07; 5. Purdue "B", 1:38.41; 6. Illinois "B", 1:38.78; 7. Gophers "B", 1:39.44; 8. Wisconsin "B", 1:42.39 1 Meter Diving -- 1. Tracy LaVoi, Gophers, 382.05; 2. Rachel Degener, Gophers, 381.50; 3. Molly MacFarlane, Purdue, 341.40; 4. Christina Rinkus, Gophers, 333.40; 5. Megan Kernan, Wisconsin, 326.55; 6. Siobhan Kernan, Wisconsin, 322.10; 7. Jessica Ohr, Illinois, 294.30; 8. Andrea Powelski, Illinois, 284.65. 400 Individual Medley -- 1. Katy Christoferson, Gophers, 4:23.24; 2. Jinny Smedstad, Gophers, 4:24.74; 3. Emily Deppe, Gophers, 4:26.40; 4. Anna Christiansen, Illinois, 4:26.58; 5. Gina Panighetti, Wisconsin, 4:26.83; 6. Kelly Mackus, Purdue, 4:30.68; 7. Shannon Funk, Purdue, 4:31.40; 8. Amy Munz, Wisconsin, 4:31.62. 100 Freestyle -- 1. Jenny Hennen, Gophers, 51.07; 2. Amy Cottrill, Gophers, 52.00; 3. Emily Wang, Illinois, 52.01; 4. Jenny Lyman, Wisconsin, 52.05; 5. Ginger Lakos, Purdue, 52.24; 6. Traci Bollinger, Illinois, 52.34; 7. Ellen Stonebreaker, Wisconsin, 52.86; 8. Meghan Sonstegard, Gophers, 52.93. 200 Backstroke -- 1. Jessica Aveyard, Illinois, 2:01.92; 2. Betsy Hasseroek, Wisconsin, 2:02.53; 3. Sarah McCauley, Wisconsin, 2:02.59; 4. Emily Deppe, Gophers, 2:04.48; 5. Lisa Dolansky, Purdue, 2:05.62; 6. Sara O'Fallon, Illinois, 2:06.13; 7. Alison Czmarko, Illinois, 2:06.90; 8. Kathy Kielty, Illinois, 2:07.10 (ex.). 100 Butterfly -- 1. Terri Jashinsky, Gophers, 55.80; 2. Gina Panighetti, Wisconsin, 56.11; 3. Andrea Simakova, Gophers, 56.83; 4. Andrea Wanezek, Wisconsin, 57.45; 5. Astrid Matthias, Illinois, 57.70; 6. Katy Christoferson, Gophers, 57.80; 7. Patricia Finnerty, Purdue, 58.16; 8. Caroline Disalle, Wisconsin, 58.27. 500 Freestyle -- 1. Dana Baum, Gophers, 4:54.84; 2. Jamie Belfor, Wisconsin, 4:47.83; 3. Jinny Smedstad, Gophers, 4:58.88; 4. Arianna Gardner, Gophers, 5:00.92; 5. Jessica Aveyard, Illinois, 5:01.97; 6. Ellen Stonebreaker, Wisconsin, 5:03.49; 7. Sarah McCauley, Wisconsin, 5:03.71; 8. Jen Peters, Illinois, 5:04.62. 200 Breaststroke -- 1. Kelsey Hegener, Gophers, 2:18.47; 2. Elizabeth Pierce, Gophers, 2:19.30; 3. Anna Christiansen, Illinois, 2:19.95; 4. Brianna Reina, Purdue, 2:20.75; 5. Amy Munz, Wisconsin, 2:23.23; 6. Darcy Adler, Illinois, 2:23.77; 7. Kate McMillan, Gophers, 2:24.13; 8. Natasha Messmer, Illinois, 2:26.33. 400 Free Relay -- 1. Gophers "A" (Christoferson, Cottrill, Smedstad, Hennen), 3:27.21; 2. Illinois "A", 3:28.84; 3. Wisconsin "A", 3:28.88; 4. Purdue "A", 3:30.12; 5. Gophers "B", 3:35.07; 6. Illinois "B", 3:35.18; 7. Purdue "B", 3:40.73; 8. Gophers "C", 4:03.47.

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