By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GreenBayPhoenix.com
BROWN DEER,
Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green
Bay men's and women's swimming and diving teams continued to perform well at
the 2012 Horizon League Championships on Friday, combining to win three
individual conference titles, break four school records and a conference record at the Walter
Schroeder Aquatic Center. The Phoenix women ended the day in third place, while
the men's squad is in fifth with one day remaining.
The Green Bay women placed four swimmers in the top
five of the 400-yard IM Friday night, led by an individual conference title
from senior Amber Bartholomew
(Alexandria, Minn.). Bartholomew cruised to a first-place time of 4:18.62,
breaking her own school record of 4:23.84 (2011) and the Horizon League record
of 4:19.57 (Joanna Olsson, Cleveland State 2011). In addition, the senior also achieved
an NCAA B cut.
Also earning trips to the podium in the 400 IM were Megan Burley (Hazelhurst, Wis.), Melissa Killpatrick (Elk River, Minn.)
and Lauren Caruso (DeForest, Wis.),
who placed third (4:28.31), fourth (4:29.23) and fifth (4:30.11), respectively.
Amanda Walker (Sun Prairie, Wis.) continued
her outstanding freshman campaign on Friday by placing third in the 200
freestyle. The rookie touched in at 1:50.53, breaking the Green Bay school
record of 1:51.47 that was set by former Phoenix standout Shannon Demrow in
2009.
Walker then swam the opening leg of Green Bay's second-place
800 free relay in the final women's race of the evening. The team of Walker, Kendra Rottier (Green Bay, Wis.), Heather Bodin (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Parker Wolf (Kohler, Wis.) set a new
school record with a time of 7:27.18 in the runner-up effort, and would have
snapped the conference record if not for the winning Cleveland State relay,
which touched in at 7:26.29.
On the men's side, senior Daniel Pogue (Chisholm, Minn.) went out with a bang in his final
Horizon League Championship event, winning the 1-meter board while shattering his
own school record. The 16-time conference diver of the week put up a gigantic
total of 379.15, breaking his previous mark of 366.15. Pogue now holds both
Green Bay diving records after achieving the 3-meter standard on Wednesday night
(352.20).
Junior Mitchell Spaeth (Fredonia, Wis.) also had an excellent showing on the low board,
finishing third with a score of 328.65 - his personal best.
The top men's performance in the pool on Friday came
from junior Jonathan Lesniak
(McHenry, Ill.), who sprinted to a conference championship in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 55.24. Freshman Ryan Korslin (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.) was close behind, finishing third in
55.80.
The Phoenix men and women are set to wrap up the 2012
Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday, with prelims starting
at 10:30 a.m. and finals beginning at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit the
Championship Central Page on GreenBayPhoenix.com.
Women's Team
Scores
1 -Milwaukee 509.5
2 - Cleveland State 504.5
3 - Green Bay
429
4 - UIC 361.5
5 - Wright State 259.5
6 - Youngstown State 229
7 - Valparaiso 104
8 - Butler 97
Men's Team
Scores
1 - Milwaukee 653
2 - UIC 505.5
3 - Cleveland State 502.5
4 - Wright State 321
5 - Green Bay
316
6 - Valparaiso 121
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