Feb. 23, 2005

Results

BROWN DEER, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's swimming and diving team broke four school records over three events to sit in second place on day one of the 2005 Horizon League Championships, Wednesday evening in Brown Deer, Wis. The host Panthers trail in-state foe, UW-Green Bay, 115-107, for top honors at the meet heading into day two.

Milwaukee's record-breaking day got started in the 200 freestyle relay, when sophomore Lindsay Caldwell broke her own 50 free school mark, with a time of 23.14, to pace the relay corps to school-record time of 1:36.36. She broke her own mark of 23.94, and the league mark of 23.77, before sophomore Bridget Fargen and freshmen Jessica Kelly and Kristin Skiba finished the job, taking third. Caldwell and Fargen were part of the previous record-holding relay of 1:37.61.

In addition to her records, Caldwell's 50-yard time also eclipsed the NCAA's 'B' cut of 23.56.

Freshman Emma McKeith followed suit as one of two Panthers to eclipse the school standard in the 1000 freestyle. McKeith established the school and freshman record of 10:31.47 to take fifth, while sophomore Susan Harmsen placed fifth in 10:35.17. Senior Cathy Honeyager fell just shy of the former 10:37.27 standard held by Jen Kedinger, taking eighth in 10:37.82. Freshman Michal Hawker also scored in the event, taking 12th in 10:46.71.

Wednesday's session ended with UWM's second record-breaking relay, as the 200 medley relay took third in 1:46.77. Caldwell and Fargen were also a part of this, as well as the former, record-breaking relays. The sophomore duo was joined in this relay by junior Julie Olson and freshman Briana Fergusson. The former mark had been 1:47.95.

The meet's first day also featured the preliminaries of the three-meter diving. Junior Erin Blemberg, with 402.25 points, and sophomore Crystal Szymanski, with 389.05, qualified for the finals in first and second to lead six Panthers among the top 12. Freshman Megan McLoone also qualified for the final event, taking eighth with a score of 357.20.

Outside of the final eight, freshman Jenna Kotlarz placed 10th (348.30 points), ahead of freshman Kayla Szymanski (346.75) in 11th and sophomore Emily Duesler (344.20) in 12th.

Day two gets underway with prelims at 10:30 a.m. at the Schroeder YMCA in Brown Deer, Wis., while the finals are slated for a 6:30 p.m. start.