University of Minnesota Athletics
#1 Three-Peat B1G Champions
10/3/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
#10 Hosting the NCAA Championships
#9 Freshman Barnard Qualifies for NCAA Diving
#8 4-time B1G Freshman of the Week
#6 Van Swol Shatters 2 Fly Records
#5 Women's 800 Free Relay NCAA Performance
#4 Jakub Maly: B1G Freshman of the Year
#3 Keefer's 4th NCAA Appearance
#2 Toomey's Record-Breaking 50 Free
#1 Three-Peat B1G Champions
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Minnesota claimed its third consecutive Big Ten Women's Swimming & Diving Championship Saturday night, dominating the four-day meet. The Gophers finished with a score of 760 points while Indiana was a strong second with 649 points. Penn State was third with 484 points and Ohio State was fourth with 374.
The Gophers relied on great depth and posted at least one finalist in every event to rack up their sixth overall team title, which ranks second overall behind Michigan's 14.
Head coach Kelly Kremer was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Purdue's Casey Matthews and Minnesota's Maggie Keefer split the Diver of the Championships honor.
Highlights throughout the four-day meet included Minnesota and Indiana had accounted for the last eight Big Ten 800 freestyle relay championships and the 2014 version was no different with the Gophers coming out on top. Minnesota's Tori Simenec, Lauren Votava, Jessica Plant and Kiera Janzen recorded a time of 7:00.04 to set a school and pool record and beat second-place Indiana (7:03.08) by more than three seconds.
Minnesota sophomore Kierra Smith finished a sweep of the breaststroke events, clocking an NCAA automatic time of 2:06.66 to claim the Big Ten title in the 200 breast. She won by more than three seconds.
Minnesota's Maggie Keefer dominated the overall three-meter competition to repeat as the Big Ten champion. Keefer accumulated 386.75 points, she also finished second on the one-meter.
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