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MSU Women's Swim Team Defeats Ball State, 151-92
1/16/2000 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Jan. 16, 2000
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Sophomore Carly Weiden (Kentwood, Mich.) set a Lewellen Aquatic Center record with a score of 309.525 on 3-meter diving in the Spartans? 151-92 victory over Ball State Sunday, Jan. 16.
Weiden?s score breaks the previous record of 307.50 set by Ball State?s Beth Clark on Nov. 19, 1999. Weiden also received second in the 1-meter (268.575).
Freshman Deb O?Neil (Chalfont, Pa.) stepped up for the Spartans, earning two first-place finishes. O?Neil swam the 500-yard freestyle in 5:07.67 and the 1,000 freestyle in 10:26.04.
Other top Spartan finishers were Dianne Oliver (Louisville, Ky.), Jutta Renner (Hildesheim, Germany), Ashby Baldock (Talahassee, Fla.) and Heather Wellings (Simpsonville, S.C.). Oliver captured first in the 50 freestyle (24.29). Renner finished first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:55.88. Baldock swam the 200 backstroke in 2:08.48 for first place. Wellings won the breaststroke event with a time of 2:26.37.
The Michigan State women?s swimming and diving team will be in action again on Jan. 28 when they host Indiana and Penn State. The meet starts at 6 p.m.
Ball State University 92Michigan State 151
Event Winner Team Time TOP MSU Finishers 50 Freestyle Dianne Oliver MSU 24.29100 Freestyle Katie Duncombe MSU 53.92200 Freestyle Jutta Renner MSU 1:55.88500 Freestyle Deb O?Neil MSU 5:07.671000 Freestyle Deb O?Neil MSU 10:26.04200 Backstroke Ashby Baldock MSU 2:08.48200 Breaststroke Heather Wellings MSU 2:26.37200 Butterfly Erin Hitch BSU 2:04.79 Ildiko Szekely (2nd, 2:05.89)200 Individual Medley Erinn Hitch BSU 2:11.96 Deb Hollon (3rd, 2:15.02) 400 Freestyle Relay Duncombe Lenfers, Clouse, Oliver MSU 3:35.10200 Medley Relay Duncombe, Lenfers, Stewart, Oliver MSU 1:48.981-Meter Diving Beth Clark BSU 276.30 Carly Weiden (2nd, 268.575) 3-Meter Diving Carly Weiden MSU 309.525
