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Indiana Buries Bearcats 161-77

Jan 7, 2001

At 4:00 on Saturday the Indiana women's swim team did exactly what they have spent the last two weeks doing swimming and swimming hard. The team spent the last week in Miami training and returned the morning of their next meet.

"We were a little bit more fresh than I thought we would be," commented head coach Dorsey Tierney. "This is probably the best we've performed after a training trip since I've been here."

The work paid off in a 161-77 victory over Cincinnati, moving the team to a 5-0 overall record. Indiana combined to win nine of the 11 events. Jenn Cristy led the way in winning the 50 free in a season best 23.58. Anne Williams followed for the one-two punch finishing in 24.23. Cristy also won the 100 free (51.00) and anchored the winning 400-medley relay (3:54.05).

"I did a lot better than I thought I would. I wasn't expecting to do that. I think I'm finally in shape," said Cristy.

Tina Gretlund collected on a double victory taking the 200 IM in 2:07.54 and the 200 breast in 2:25.01. Both wins paved the way for Hoosier dominance as four of the top five finishers in each event swam for Indiana. Sarah Fiden raced the 500 and 1000 free, posting a win in the 1000 in 10:15.96 and taking second in the 500 in 5:02.30. The freshman set the pace as three teammates directly followed her in each race. Susan Woessner was the first of the four Hoosiers to take top places in the 200 back She won the event in 2:04.57. Kristy Martin won the 200 fly in 2:06.09 and the 400 free relay closed off the meet with a time of 3:32.99 for first place.

We haven't raced in a while, and I miss racing all the time. I got trained harder in the last two weeks than I have all year, probably in the last year and a half that was very good for me," said Cristy. "Like Anne (Williams) said, 'we're all on autopilot'. Our bodies were so used to cranking it that it was just like saying ok, we're going again. So I guess it was a little of both, not racing and training, getting back into shape."

Erin Quinn won the three-meter Indiana Dive-Off over unattached Melanie Johnson Saturday night. Quinn totaled 430.45 points to Johnson's 418.40. The finalists tallied their scores at the sixth dive, and proceeded to drop the lowest cumulative score. Quinn scored a 6.5, 6, and 6.5 on her final dive to win the event. Mamie Goodson was the next Indiana finalist at fourth. Cincinnati's Cassie Kellerman took third.

Diving coach Jeff Huber said that anybody who got through the meet did well. "We set this up for a lot of diving, a lot of competition. These divers are beat. That's the most diving they'll ever do in one day at any place. They did a great job, I was really pleased," said Huber. The Indiana Dive-Off concludes Sunday with platform diving prelims beginning at 10 a.m. Finals begin at 3:30. Swimming returns to action October 13 at Ohio State.