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Oct. 30, 2009 - Women's Swimming & Diving
Maroons Defeat Illinois Tech
CHICAGO -- The University of Chicago women's swimming & diving team improved to 2-0 on the season Friday night with a 165-68 win over the host Illinois Institute of Technology.
Sophomore Tara Levens (Palo Alto, Calif./ Gunn) led the Maroons to first-place finishes in the 200-yard medley relay (1:56.69) and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:44.14) and took top honors in the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.31).
Freshman Kathleen Taylor (DeKalb, Ill./ DeKalb) won a pair of events, as she led the way in the 100-yard freestyle (56.75) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:17.53). She also swam a leg of the Maroons' medley relay.
In the diving competition, freshman Rebecca Schmidt (Carmel, Ind./ Westfield) won both the 1- and 3-meter competitions. Her mark in the 3-meter diving (225.75) was good for a school record.
Chicago hosts the Maroon Invitational Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6-7 at the Myers-McLoraine Pool. |
