University of Minnesota Athletics
GOPHER WOMEN IN THIRD AFTER DAY ONE OF MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL
11/16/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Junior diver Kim Bahmer placed second in the one-meter diving competition, scoring a NCAA Zone Qualifying point total of 265.10. First -year athlete Abbie Bowden (224.85), junior Holly Hanneman (222.65) and first-year athlete Emily Nauman (210.30), who placed 10th, 12th and 16th, respectively, joined Bahmer to total 30 points for the Gophers.
Junior Dana Baum finished second in the 500-yard freestyle, swimming a NCAA qualifying time of 4:53.83, the team's best 500 free time of the season. Senior Jinny Smedstad placed fourth in the 500 freestyle with a season best time of 4:56.36. Also placing for the Gophers in the 500 freestyle was senior Kristin Rygg (4:59.94) and first-year athlete Paige Gilgan (5:02.41), who placed 10th and 12th in the consolation race.
The 400 medley relay team consisting of sophomore Megan Moore, junior Keri Hehn, sophomore Juleen Rodakowski and Smedstad placed fourth with a season best time of 3:49.33. First-year athlete Sarah Solfelt led Minnesota in the 50 freestyle with a 10th place finish, swimming a team season best time of 24.20 seconds. Sophomore Sarah Bohlsen placed 19th in the event (24.34).
The Minnesota Invitational continues on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17- 18. Start time on Saturday is noon. For day one full results, go to schedules under women's swimming and diving.
Female Team Scores 1 University of Notre Dame ND 308 2 Wisconsin WISC 295 3 University of Minnesota MINN 183 4 University of Kansas KAN 152 5 University of Iowa IOWA 134 6 Iowa State University ISU 82 7 Air Force Academy AFA 53 8 Univerisity of North Dakota UND 14 9 GAC GAC 10 10 University Of Nebraska-Lincoln NEB 9
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