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Women Jump To First At Miami Swimming And Diving Invitational
12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Dec. 1, 2001
OXFORD, OHIO - The Spartans stayed in contention for both the men and women's swimming championships at the Miami Invitational in Oxford, Ohio, Saturday, Dec. 1. Heading into Sunday, the women stand in first place with a four and a half point lead over host Miami while the men trail Kenyon by 51 points.
The women's swimming squad received first place in two events. Senior Ildiko Szekely (Budapest, Hungary) set a pool and school record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 55.50 seconds. Junior Kathryn Duncombe (Erie, Pa.) won the 100-yard backstroke (55.88) earning 36 points for State and also set a NCAA provisional time (55.85). The 200-yard medley relay team of Duncombe, junior Debra O'Neil (Chalfont, Pa.) and freshmen Jana Richardson (Ventura, Calif.) and Jennifer Windstein (Lancaster, Pa.) finished in second only .37 seconds behind Western Kentucky.
On the diving board, senior Carly Weiden (Kentwood, Mich.) picked up first place while junior Stephanie Anisko (Mississauga, Ont.) took second in the 3-meter dive.
Hoping to pick up ground on Kenyon, the men stayed in second going into the final day in Miami. The 800-yard freestyle relay team of senior Scott Shaffer (Centerville, Va.), junior Joe Brennan (Poway, Calif.), and freshmen Joseph Obringer (Glenview, Ill.) and Peter Politi (Newburgh, N.Y.) took third while junior Nick Visscher (Holland, Mich.) helped the Spartans by also picking up third place in the 3-meter dive.
"We continued to swim well tonight," said MSU head coach Jim Lutz. "It was a long day, but we have some momentum heading into the last day of competition. I'm pleased with where we're at right now and we are well ahead of our pace from last year."
The Spartans will wrap up the Miami Invitational Sunday, Dec. 3 with final events beginning at 6 p.m.
MIAMI UNIVERSITY EIGHTH ANNUAL INVITATIONAL CORWIN NIXON NATATORIUMTeam Rankings - Through Event 28 Female Team Scores Place School Points 1 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MSU-MI 952 . 502 MIAMI MU 9483 KENYON KEN 8864 WESTERN KENTUCKY WKY 7125 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI UC 5116 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY JH 466 . 507 WILLIAM & MARY WM 464 . 508 EMORY EMORY 4299 INDIANA IN 365 . 5010 BALL STATE BSU 29211 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY WSU 21312 NORTHERN ILLINOIS NIU 18713 CARNEGIE MELLON CMU 17514 LEWIS LEWIS 15615 OBERLIN OBER 13316 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ILL 12817 WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY WJU 3
Male Team Scores Place School Points 1 KENYON KEN 843 . 502 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MSU-MI 792 . 503 MIAMI MU 654 . 504 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY JH 6165 WESTERN KENTUCKY WKY 5846 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PENN 5657 NORTHERN ILLINOIS NIU 5068 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI UC 4509 BALL STATE BSU 432 . 5010 EMORY EMORY 37711 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY WSU 34812 WILLIAM & MARY WM 254 . 5013 CARNEGIE MELLON CMU 22714 UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO UB 188 . 5015 LEWIS LEWIS 12016 OBERLIN OBER 10617 WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY WJU 65
