Feb. 25, 2005

Results

BROWN DEER, Wis. - Sophomore Lindsay Caldwell claimed her second league championship and league record in leading the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's swimming and diving team on the third day of the 2005 Horizon League Championships, Friday evening in Brown Deer, Wis. Junior Julie Olson also broke two records in the day's second session for the Panthers, who sit third with one day remaining.

After breaking the league mark in the 50 freestyle on Thursday to open the 200 free relay and winning the 50 free championship on Friday, Caldwell paced the field of the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.21 to win her second League Championship, as well as set her second league and school record of the meet. She had set the former school mark of 1:04.69, while the league standard had been 1:04.44, set by Wright State's Stephanie Besco in 1996.

Olson broke two of her own school records in the day's final session, taking second in the 100 backstroke and third in the 100 butterfly. In the 100 back, she touched the wall in 57.43 for the record, while junior Emily Holcomb was seventh in the championship heat with a time of 59.78.

The 100 fly featured both Olson and sophomore Heather Sawatzki eclipsing the former UWM standard of 58.49. While Olson was third in 58.06, Sawatzki placed fourth with a time of 58.23. Freshman Briana Fergusson also swam in the championship heat, taking eighth in 1:00.34, while sophomore Breanna Ballweg won the consolation heat, touching the wall in 1:00.66 for ninth overall.

Sophomore Bridget Fargen narrowly missed a school record of her own, taking fourth in the 200 free in 1:54.99. Her time fell just 0.37 seconds shy of UWM's standard. Milwaukee's finalists were rounded out by three Panthers in the 400 individual medley.

Junior Patricia Frank placed eighth in the championship heat with a time of 4:43.92 to lead the charge. Freshmen Michal Hawker and Kaite Caucutt placed 10th and 14th in the consolation heat. Hawker completed the event in 4:45.87, while Caucutt posted a time of 4:55.98.

Day three of the League Championship gets underway Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m., while finals are slated for a 6:30 p.m. start. The final day of the meet features the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and the 1650 free. The finals of one-meter diving will be run at 3:30 p.m.