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Minnesota Heads to B1G Championships Looking for Fifth Title in Nine Years
2/18/2020 1:02:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Wed, Feb. 19 – Sat, Feb. 22: Women's Big Ten Championships (Iowa City, Iowa)
Wednesday: 5 p.m. CT
Thursday-Saturday: 11 a.m. CT (preliminaries), 6:30 p.m. CT (finals)
Live Video (BTN+): Wed | Thurs prelims | Thurs finals | Fri prelims | Fri finals | Sat prelims | Sat finals
The Golden Gophers return to action in the pool on Wednesday after a two-plus week taper period, with the Minnesota women traveling to Iowa City for the 2019-20 Big Ten Championships.
"The Big Ten is just loaded top-to-bottom. There's so many good teams," said head coach Kelly Kremer. "It's a different conference than it was five years ago, where now if you're at the top of this conference, you're going to be at the top of NCAAs as well. I can't wait for the competition and I can't wait to see how we fall in."
WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (relays begin 5 p.m. CT)
200-yard Medley Relay
800-yard Freestyle Relay
THURSDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (prelims begin 11 a.m. CT, finals at 6:30)
500-yard Freestyle
200-yard Individual Medley
50-yard Freestyle
One-Meter Diving (1 p.m.)
400-yard Medley Relay
FRIDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (prelims begin 11 a.m. CT, finals at 6:30)
100-yard Butterfly
400-yard Individual Medley
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Breaststroke
100-yard Backstroke
Three-Meter Diving (1 p.m.)
200-yard Freestyle Relay
SATURDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (prelims begin 11 a.m. CT, finals at 6:30)
200-yard Backstroke
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
Platform Diving (1 p.m.)
1,650-yard Freestyle (4:15 p.m.)
400-yard Freestyle Relay
ONE MORE B1G SHOWING
Four Gophers will be making their fourth and final appearance at Big Tens this week. Seniors Lindsey Kozelsky, Madison Preiss, Tevyn Waddell and Katherine Wagner will have one more go at the conference's penultimate event, as each member of the quadruplet will aim to extend their careers in Maroon and Gold with bids to next month's NCAA Championships.
LAST TIME OUT
In Minnesota's last outing, the team came away with not one, but two wins in a Big Ten triple dual in West Lafayette, Ind. Competing against Purdue and Northwestern, the Gophers swam exceedingly well, defeating the Boilermakers, 233-129, and the Wildcats, 188-165.
FIRST PLACE FINISHES
Kozelsky and freshman Jordan McGinty each delivered multiple first place finishes during the Big Ten tri-dual. Kozelsky sped her way to wins in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.50) and 200 breast (2:12.87), while McGinty claimed the top spot in the 100 freestyle (50.96) and 200 free (1:50.20)
TAKING A DIVE
The last time the Gophers competed, several divers also turned in notable performances. Joy Zhu once again shined in the well at the tri-dual, winning the women's 3-meter springboard with a score of 324.74. Zhu also placed second in the 1-meter with a 294.85 total.
Jaclynn Fowler posted the second-best score in both of the aforementioned events, coming in fourth in the 3-meter (297.50) and fifth in the 1-meter (263.50). On the platform, Jae Sarkis delivered Minnesota's top total, finishing with a 197.55 score and claiming sixth place.
IN THE RANKINGS
Heading into the start of championship season, the Gopher women find themselves ranked No. 23 in the CSCAA TYR Top-25 poll. It should be noted that the CSCAA rankings are built to indicate what to expect from teams in head-to-head dual meet match-ups and are not built to reflect performances during championship season.
Several other Big Ten teams can be found in the poll as well. No. 1 Michigan, No. 7 Ohio State, No. 21 Indiana, RV Iowa and RV Wisconsin represent the top challengers for Minnesota at this year's meet.
BIG TEN HISTORY
Minnesota has laid claim to a total of seven Big Ten Championships in the history of the women's program. To make the Maroon and Gold's track record even more impressive, the Gophers have won four Big Ten titles in the last eight years. The U will be looking to push that total to five in the last nine seasons at this year's meet. In the last 14 years, Minnesota has not finished any lower than fourth overall at Big Tens.
RECENT CHAMPIONS
The Gophers have had at least one individual Big Ten champion in every season dating back to the 1992-93 campaign. In the history of the championship, the Minnesota women have won nearly 150 Big Ten event titles alone. Most recently, Sarah Bacon (3-meter) and Chantal Nack (500 free) were crowned Big Ten champions last season.
HEARING FROM SENIOR ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH TERRY GANLEY
On expectations heading into Big Tens
"This group is a young group. We've done the hard work, come off our training trip and back to the University of Minnesota and the attitudes are great. Everybody has been performing well, so I can't wait to see it all pay off."
HEARING FROM SENIOR MADISON PREISS
On her career at Minnesota in advance of her final Big Ten meet…
"Ever since I was five years old, I wanted to come to Minnesota and swim here. I have a picture of one of my goals when I was ten years old and it says, 'I want to swim for the Golden Gophers.' Being able to really fulfill one of my dreams is super exciting and now that I'm finishing up my career, it feels really good to be able to represent Minnesota."
On who she's excited to watch compete…
"A teammate's race that I'm excited for would be Emily Cook. She always just blows everyone out of the water and we never know how fast she's going to swim, so I'm hoping she smacks the water after her race."
HEARING FROM JUNIOR BRITTANY HORN
On expectations for this year's Big Ten meet…
"I think we always surprise a lot of people and at the end of the season, for Big Tens-wise, a lot of people underestimate us. We always surprise and I think this year is no exception."
On who she's excited to watch compete…
"I'm really excited to see Kate Sullivan race. She has had an outstanding season. Just to see her taper and potentially go to NCAAs."
HEARING FROM FRESHMAN JORDAN MCGINTY
On mindset heading into first-ever Big Ten meet…
"I'm really excited to see how this really hard training and training trip and everything all plays out for all of us freshmen."
On who she's excited to watch compete…
"I'm really excited to watch Maggie Erwin swim the 500 [free], because in practice a few weeks ago she a really, really fast stand-up. Just to see her with a full taper and see how she does with that will be really cool."
2019-20 TOP TIMES
50 Free
1. Maggie Summit 22.91
2. Olivia Bloomer 22.92
3 Lindsey Kozelsky 23.04
100 Free
1. Maggie Summit 49.70
2. Jordan McGinty 49.72
3. Kate Sullivan 50.59
200 Free
1. Jordan McGinty 1:47.58
2. Kate Sullivan 1:48.15
3. Kelli McCarthy 1:49.13
500 Free
1. Kate Sullivan 4:45.79
2. Abbey Erwin 4:47.05
3. Kelli McCarthy 4:49.42 1
1650 Free
1. Abbey Kilgallon 16:19.61
2. Abbey Erwin 16:33.41
3. Brittany Horn 17:00.21
100 Back
1. Tevyn Waddell 52.99
2. Emily Cook 53.13
3. Lillianna Brooks 55.42
200 Back
1. Tevyn Waddell 1:53.28
2. Emily Cook 1:57.64
3. Patricia Van Law 1:59.44
100 Breast
1. Lindsey Kozelsky 58.66
2. Emma Lezer 1:01.39
3. Grace Bennin 1:02.61
200 Breast
1. Lindsey Kozelsky 2:09.46
2. Emma Lezer 2:14.79
3. Grace Bennin 2:16.40
100 Fly
1. Tevyn Waddell 52.20
2. Madison Preiss 54.81
3. Emma Linscott 55.24
200 Fly
1. Kate Sullivan 2:00.31
2. Patricia Van Law 2:01.88
3. Bronwyn Tuff 2:02.89
200 IM
1. Tevyn Waddell 1:59.01
2. Jordan McGinty 1:59.61
3. Madison Preiss 2:01.46
400 IM
1. Rachel Butler 4:15.76
2. Patricia Van Law 4:17.75
3. Abbey Erwin 4:18.37
200 Free Relay
1. Kozelsky, Bloomer, 1:31.47
Summit, Waddell
400 Free Relay
1. McGinty, Waddell, 3:21.40
Summit, Bloomer
800 Free Relay
1. Summit, McGinty, 7:11.53
Waddell, Sullivan
200 Medley Relay
1. Cook, Kozelsky, 1:37.95
Waddell, Summit
400 Medley Relay
1. Cook, Kozelsky, 3:33.38
Waddell, McGinty
1M Diving
1. Joy Zhu 316.20 (6 dives)
2. Hannah Craley 306.65 (6)
3. Jaclynn Fowler 288.90 (6)
3M Diving
1. Jaclynn Fowler 347.20 (6)
2. Joy Zhu 346.40 (6)
3. Hannah Craley 302.35 (6)
Platform
1. Jae Sarkis 197.55 (5)
2. Jaclynn Fowler 195.00 (5)
3. Jaclynn Fowler 175.35 (6)
4. Hannah Craley 154.00 (6)
NCAA 'B' CUTS
Butler – 400 IM (4:15.76)
Cook – 100 back (53.13)
A. Erwin – 500 free (4:47.05)
Kilgallon – 1650 free (16:19.61)
Kozelsky – 100 breast (58.66), 200 breast (2:09.46)
Lezer – 100 breast (1:01.39)
McGinty – 200 IM (1:59.61)
Sullivan – 500 free (4:45.79)
Waddell – 100 back (52.99), 200 back (1:53.28), 100 fly (52.20), 200 IM (1:59.01)
Cook, Kozelsky, Waddell, McGinty – 400 medley relay (3:33.38)
TOP NATIONAL TIMES
At this juncture, Kozelsky holds this season's third-fastest time in the country in the 100 breast (58.66). Kozelsky is also making noise in regard to the 200 breast, with her top time of 2:09.46 ranking 18th in the nation.
NCAA DIVING ZONES
On top of Minnesota swimmers vying for bids at the NCAA Championships, four Gopher divers have notched scores high enough to qualify them for NCAA Diving Zones (March 9-11).
NCAA Diving Zones Qualifying Scores
Hannah Craley – 1-meter (306.65), 3-meter (302.35)
Jaclynn Fowler – 1-meter (288.90), 3-meter (347.20)
Jae Sarkis – 1-meter (275.10), 3-meter (297.08)
Joy Zhu – 1-meter (316.20), 3-meter (346.40)
B1G ACCOLADES
Throughout the 2019-20 campaign, the Minnesota women collected six Big Ten Conference weekly awards. The Gophers earned three Big Ten Swimmer of the Week nods in Kozelsky (Nov. 13, Feb. 5) and Waddell (Oct. 30). Additionally, Zhu earned thee Diver of the Week awards of her own (Dec. 11, Jan. 8, Jan. 22).
UP NEXT
Next on the schedule for Minnesota will be the NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga. from March 18-22.
- Minnesota enters the four-day Big Ten Championships (Feb. 19-22) on the heels of a fourth place finish at the meet last year.
- Prior to championship season, the Minnesota women concluded dual season with four consecutive dual victories, taking down Hawaii, USC, Purdue and Northwestern.
Wed, Feb. 19 – Sat, Feb. 22: Women's Big Ten Championships (Iowa City, Iowa)
Wednesday: 5 p.m. CT
Thursday-Saturday: 11 a.m. CT (preliminaries), 6:30 p.m. CT (finals)
Live Video (BTN+): Wed | Thurs prelims | Thurs finals | Fri prelims | Fri finals | Sat prelims | Sat finals
The Golden Gophers return to action in the pool on Wednesday after a two-plus week taper period, with the Minnesota women traveling to Iowa City for the 2019-20 Big Ten Championships.
"The Big Ten is just loaded top-to-bottom. There's so many good teams," said head coach Kelly Kremer. "It's a different conference than it was five years ago, where now if you're at the top of this conference, you're going to be at the top of NCAAs as well. I can't wait for the competition and I can't wait to see how we fall in."
WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (relays begin 5 p.m. CT)
200-yard Medley Relay
800-yard Freestyle Relay
THURSDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (prelims begin 11 a.m. CT, finals at 6:30)
500-yard Freestyle
200-yard Individual Medley
50-yard Freestyle
One-Meter Diving (1 p.m.)
400-yard Medley Relay
FRIDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (prelims begin 11 a.m. CT, finals at 6:30)
100-yard Butterfly
400-yard Individual Medley
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Breaststroke
100-yard Backstroke
Three-Meter Diving (1 p.m.)
200-yard Freestyle Relay
SATURDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (prelims begin 11 a.m. CT, finals at 6:30)
200-yard Backstroke
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
Platform Diving (1 p.m.)
1,650-yard Freestyle (4:15 p.m.)
400-yard Freestyle Relay
ONE MORE B1G SHOWING
Four Gophers will be making their fourth and final appearance at Big Tens this week. Seniors Lindsey Kozelsky, Madison Preiss, Tevyn Waddell and Katherine Wagner will have one more go at the conference's penultimate event, as each member of the quadruplet will aim to extend their careers in Maroon and Gold with bids to next month's NCAA Championships.
LAST TIME OUT
In Minnesota's last outing, the team came away with not one, but two wins in a Big Ten triple dual in West Lafayette, Ind. Competing against Purdue and Northwestern, the Gophers swam exceedingly well, defeating the Boilermakers, 233-129, and the Wildcats, 188-165.
FIRST PLACE FINISHES
Kozelsky and freshman Jordan McGinty each delivered multiple first place finishes during the Big Ten tri-dual. Kozelsky sped her way to wins in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.50) and 200 breast (2:12.87), while McGinty claimed the top spot in the 100 freestyle (50.96) and 200 free (1:50.20)
TAKING A DIVE
The last time the Gophers competed, several divers also turned in notable performances. Joy Zhu once again shined in the well at the tri-dual, winning the women's 3-meter springboard with a score of 324.74. Zhu also placed second in the 1-meter with a 294.85 total.
Jaclynn Fowler posted the second-best score in both of the aforementioned events, coming in fourth in the 3-meter (297.50) and fifth in the 1-meter (263.50). On the platform, Jae Sarkis delivered Minnesota's top total, finishing with a 197.55 score and claiming sixth place.
IN THE RANKINGS
Heading into the start of championship season, the Gopher women find themselves ranked No. 23 in the CSCAA TYR Top-25 poll. It should be noted that the CSCAA rankings are built to indicate what to expect from teams in head-to-head dual meet match-ups and are not built to reflect performances during championship season.
Several other Big Ten teams can be found in the poll as well. No. 1 Michigan, No. 7 Ohio State, No. 21 Indiana, RV Iowa and RV Wisconsin represent the top challengers for Minnesota at this year's meet.
BIG TEN HISTORY
Minnesota has laid claim to a total of seven Big Ten Championships in the history of the women's program. To make the Maroon and Gold's track record even more impressive, the Gophers have won four Big Ten titles in the last eight years. The U will be looking to push that total to five in the last nine seasons at this year's meet. In the last 14 years, Minnesota has not finished any lower than fourth overall at Big Tens.
RECENT CHAMPIONS
The Gophers have had at least one individual Big Ten champion in every season dating back to the 1992-93 campaign. In the history of the championship, the Minnesota women have won nearly 150 Big Ten event titles alone. Most recently, Sarah Bacon (3-meter) and Chantal Nack (500 free) were crowned Big Ten champions last season.
HEARING FROM SENIOR ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH TERRY GANLEY
On expectations heading into Big Tens
"This group is a young group. We've done the hard work, come off our training trip and back to the University of Minnesota and the attitudes are great. Everybody has been performing well, so I can't wait to see it all pay off."
HEARING FROM SENIOR MADISON PREISS
On her career at Minnesota in advance of her final Big Ten meet…
"Ever since I was five years old, I wanted to come to Minnesota and swim here. I have a picture of one of my goals when I was ten years old and it says, 'I want to swim for the Golden Gophers.' Being able to really fulfill one of my dreams is super exciting and now that I'm finishing up my career, it feels really good to be able to represent Minnesota."
On who she's excited to watch compete…
"A teammate's race that I'm excited for would be Emily Cook. She always just blows everyone out of the water and we never know how fast she's going to swim, so I'm hoping she smacks the water after her race."
HEARING FROM JUNIOR BRITTANY HORN
On expectations for this year's Big Ten meet…
"I think we always surprise a lot of people and at the end of the season, for Big Tens-wise, a lot of people underestimate us. We always surprise and I think this year is no exception."
On who she's excited to watch compete…
"I'm really excited to see Kate Sullivan race. She has had an outstanding season. Just to see her taper and potentially go to NCAAs."
HEARING FROM FRESHMAN JORDAN MCGINTY
On mindset heading into first-ever Big Ten meet…
"I'm really excited to see how this really hard training and training trip and everything all plays out for all of us freshmen."
On who she's excited to watch compete…
"I'm really excited to watch Maggie Erwin swim the 500 [free], because in practice a few weeks ago she a really, really fast stand-up. Just to see her with a full taper and see how she does with that will be really cool."
2019-20 TOP TIMES
50 Free
1. Maggie Summit 22.91
2. Olivia Bloomer 22.92
3 Lindsey Kozelsky 23.04
100 Free
1. Maggie Summit 49.70
2. Jordan McGinty 49.72
3. Kate Sullivan 50.59
200 Free
1. Jordan McGinty 1:47.58
2. Kate Sullivan 1:48.15
3. Kelli McCarthy 1:49.13
500 Free
1. Kate Sullivan 4:45.79
2. Abbey Erwin 4:47.05
3. Kelli McCarthy 4:49.42 1
1650 Free
1. Abbey Kilgallon 16:19.61
2. Abbey Erwin 16:33.41
3. Brittany Horn 17:00.21
100 Back
1. Tevyn Waddell 52.99
2. Emily Cook 53.13
3. Lillianna Brooks 55.42
200 Back
1. Tevyn Waddell 1:53.28
2. Emily Cook 1:57.64
3. Patricia Van Law 1:59.44
100 Breast
1. Lindsey Kozelsky 58.66
2. Emma Lezer 1:01.39
3. Grace Bennin 1:02.61
200 Breast
1. Lindsey Kozelsky 2:09.46
2. Emma Lezer 2:14.79
3. Grace Bennin 2:16.40
100 Fly
1. Tevyn Waddell 52.20
2. Madison Preiss 54.81
3. Emma Linscott 55.24
200 Fly
1. Kate Sullivan 2:00.31
2. Patricia Van Law 2:01.88
3. Bronwyn Tuff 2:02.89
200 IM
1. Tevyn Waddell 1:59.01
2. Jordan McGinty 1:59.61
3. Madison Preiss 2:01.46
400 IM
1. Rachel Butler 4:15.76
2. Patricia Van Law 4:17.75
3. Abbey Erwin 4:18.37
200 Free Relay
1. Kozelsky, Bloomer, 1:31.47
Summit, Waddell
400 Free Relay
1. McGinty, Waddell, 3:21.40
Summit, Bloomer
800 Free Relay
1. Summit, McGinty, 7:11.53
Waddell, Sullivan
200 Medley Relay
1. Cook, Kozelsky, 1:37.95
Waddell, Summit
400 Medley Relay
1. Cook, Kozelsky, 3:33.38
Waddell, McGinty
1M Diving
1. Joy Zhu 316.20 (6 dives)
2. Hannah Craley 306.65 (6)
3. Jaclynn Fowler 288.90 (6)
3M Diving
1. Jaclynn Fowler 347.20 (6)
2. Joy Zhu 346.40 (6)
3. Hannah Craley 302.35 (6)
Platform
1. Jae Sarkis 197.55 (5)
2. Jaclynn Fowler 195.00 (5)
3. Jaclynn Fowler 175.35 (6)
4. Hannah Craley 154.00 (6)
NCAA 'B' CUTS
Butler – 400 IM (4:15.76)
Cook – 100 back (53.13)
A. Erwin – 500 free (4:47.05)
Kilgallon – 1650 free (16:19.61)
Kozelsky – 100 breast (58.66), 200 breast (2:09.46)
Lezer – 100 breast (1:01.39)
McGinty – 200 IM (1:59.61)
Sullivan – 500 free (4:45.79)
Waddell – 100 back (52.99), 200 back (1:53.28), 100 fly (52.20), 200 IM (1:59.01)
Cook, Kozelsky, Waddell, McGinty – 400 medley relay (3:33.38)
TOP NATIONAL TIMES
At this juncture, Kozelsky holds this season's third-fastest time in the country in the 100 breast (58.66). Kozelsky is also making noise in regard to the 200 breast, with her top time of 2:09.46 ranking 18th in the nation.
NCAA DIVING ZONES
On top of Minnesota swimmers vying for bids at the NCAA Championships, four Gopher divers have notched scores high enough to qualify them for NCAA Diving Zones (March 9-11).
NCAA Diving Zones Qualifying Scores
Hannah Craley – 1-meter (306.65), 3-meter (302.35)
Jaclynn Fowler – 1-meter (288.90), 3-meter (347.20)
Jae Sarkis – 1-meter (275.10), 3-meter (297.08)
Joy Zhu – 1-meter (316.20), 3-meter (346.40)
B1G ACCOLADES
Throughout the 2019-20 campaign, the Minnesota women collected six Big Ten Conference weekly awards. The Gophers earned three Big Ten Swimmer of the Week nods in Kozelsky (Nov. 13, Feb. 5) and Waddell (Oct. 30). Additionally, Zhu earned thee Diver of the Week awards of her own (Dec. 11, Jan. 8, Jan. 22).
UP NEXT
Next on the schedule for Minnesota will be the NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga. from March 18-22.
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