COLUMBUS – Wisconsin’s Ivy Martin certainly had the chance to show off her sizzling speed in an individual and relay event tonight. Meanwhile, Minnesota held the lead after day two with 232.5 points.
Wisconsin clipped the Big Ten record in the 200-yard free relay to kick off the night.
Chase Kinney (22.49), Ivy Martin (20.96), Aja Van Hout (22.07) and Annie Tamblyn (22.18) rocketed to victory in 1:27.70. That effort cleared the previous conference record of 1:27.76 set by Wisconsin last year at NCAAs.
Additionally, Wisconsin’s time obliterated the meet record of 1:28.43 clocked by Minnesota back in 2013.
Penn State’s Alyson Ackman (22.47), Carolyn Fittin (21.66), Kaitlin Saloky (22.27) and Katelyn Miller (22.10) placed second in 1:28.50, while Minnesota’s Rebecca Weiland (21.88), Lauren Votava (22.49), Danielle Nack (22.40) and Blake Zeiger (22.55) rounded out the top three in 1:29.32.
Ohio State also picked up an NCAA A cut with a 1:29.41 for fourth overall.
Indiana countered with a strong 500-yard free as freshman Kennedy Goss captured the Big Ten title with a 4:37.83. Junior teammate Haley Lips placed second overall in 4:38.27. That’s IU’s third-straight victory in the event.
Michigan’s Gillian Ryan, another freshman, raced her way to third overall in 4:39.86 as she closed HARD with a 25.85 final split.
Michigan freshman Clara Smiddy turned in a 1:56.74 to top the 200-yard IM tonight, while Ohio State’s Ashley Vance placed second in 1:57.26. Michigan’s Marni Oldershaw closed out the rest of the top three with a time of 1:58.14.
After tying Lara Jackson’s 2008 pool record of 21.69 this morning during prelims and her scorcher of a 20.96 split in the 200 free relay, Wisconsin’s Martin blazed her way to a 21.65 to win the 50 free finale.
That’s her second pool record of the day, and just missed her Big Ten record of 21.58 set at last year’s conference championships.
Minnesota’s Rebecca Weiland and Ohio State freshman Li Zhesi tied for second overall with 22.13s.
Minnesota closed out the night with a strong diving event as Zhou Yu won with 365 points. Teammate Katy Etterman took second with 333.80 points, while Jessica Ramberg snared eighth for Minnesota with 289.30 points. Nebraska’s Anna Filipcic closed out the top three with 329.50 points.
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2015 Big Ten Women’s Championships, Day Two – Results
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