Heading into the Indiana Intercollegiate meet, women's swimmingand diving coach Laura Seibold-Caudill hoped for a third placefinish. The team exceeded her expectations, finishing second with452 points, behind Purdue who finished with 736.5.
Seven teams competed in the women's meet, including Indiana,which Seibold-Caudill had said was probably the favorite. Instead,Emily Aubie led the way, tying teammate Jenna Arnold for a thirdplace finish in the 100 butterfly, and finishing second in the 200medley relay, joining Karla Bailey, Kait Martin, and Sarah King.Not far behind in the relay was the quartet of freshman BrittanyMishler, Danielle Fisher, Nora Lucas, Dee Dee Wolverton, whofinished third. Bailey also finished with two fourth place finishesin the 50 free and 100 breast.
Seibold-Caudill was very pleased with the results. She saiddepth was the reason for finishing second.
"It's not just our first swimmer that's contributing, but oursecond, third, and so on," she said. I think that's the kind ofthing we're trying to show to this team. You're going to do a lotbetter as a team than as individuals."
At the conclusion of the men's swimming and diving meet, the toptwo teams were at the same level as the women's. Purdue won with ascore of 700, and Ball State finished second with 518.
Kurtis Leer led the way, winning the 200 freestyle and finishingsecond in the 100 free. He joined teammates Zach Hall, Jeff Sheets,and Erik Goodrich to finish second in the 200 free relay. FreshmanAdam Konopka started his collegiate career memorably, winning the100 back and finishing third in the 200 IM. Jim Lullo joined in onthe fun, winning the 500 free and finishing second in the 200 free.Ritchie Caudill finished in second in the 100 breast, and RyanBounds finished with a third in the 500 free. Individually, theteam improved their times from a year ago at the same meet.
"It was a great meet for us," coach Bob Thomas said. "I wasextremely pleased. I was hoping we would exceed our times from lastyear. We're on the right track."
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