Jan. 18, 2003
Carbondale, Ill. - The Western Kentucky University men's and women's diving teams continued thier winning ways on Saturday sweeping Southern Illinois University in the SIU Rec Center Pool. The women picked up their school-record 16th win of the season with a 124-119 victory, while the men remained unbeaten with a 134-109 win.
Paced by one-two finishes in three events, including both diving events, the Lady Toppers improved to 16-3. Western sophomore Trisha Nailor (Angola, Ind.) won both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter events with scores of 261.90 and 252.380 respectively. Both scores were season bests for Nailor. Junior Marci Kascir (Indianapolis, Ind.) finished second in both events. The freshmen tandem of Meredith Mountjoy (Louisville, Ky.) and Stacey Schortgen (Chrusbusco, Ind.) took the top two spots in thw 100 Butterfly. Mountjoy won in 59.49, while Schortgen beat Brigitta Olson by a :00.01 for second with a time of 1:00.21. Carol Brown (Sr., Fortaleza-Ce, Brazil) picked up first in the 50 Freestyle (25.24) and Lucy Faria (Madison, Wis./West) won the 100 Breastroke (1:40.62). The Lady Toppers also finished first in both relays. Alexis Rieck (Fr., Kitchener, Ontario), Faria, Mountjoy and Brown teamed to win the 200 Medley Relay (1:51.11) and the foursome of Rachel Buncher (Fr., Nicholasville, Ky.), Jordan Beck (Fr., Normandy, Tenn.), Carrie Redmon (Fr., Bowling Green, Ky.), and Brown finished on top in the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:40.62) by over a second in the final event of the day.
The men improved to 11-0 by winning nine events including a sweep of the top three spots in 100 Butterfly by Chad Waits (So., Shelbyville, Ky.), Ryan Crosby (Jr., Escondido, Calif), and Greg Strickler (So., Midland, Mich). Waits won in a time of 50.06 In the 1000 Freestyle, freshmen Karl Swanson (Bowling Green, Ky.) and James Campbell (Dacula, Ga.) finished one-two with times of 9:31.27 and 9:39.19, respectively. The men also took the top two places in the 200 IM with Strickler finishing first in a time of 1:54.86 and Paul Graves (Louisville, Ky.) taking second in 1:56.40. Senior Jerrod Janes (Carlsbad, N.M) won botht the 50 Freestyle (21.29) and the 100 Freestyle (46.89). Freshman Chris Tarter (Campbellsville, Ky.) won the 100 breastroke in 59.15) Not to be outdone senior Gord Veldman (Kingston, Ontario) finished first in the 100 Backstroke in SIU Rec Center Pool Record time of 48.93. In the relays, the group of Veldman, Charles Knight (Sr., Avon, N.Y), Crosby and Matt Nalbone (Jr. Niagara Falls, N.Y.) won the 200 Medley in 1:32.64. The WKU foursome of Veldman, Nalbone, Janes and anchor Drew Aldridge (Jr., Shelbyville, Ky.) finished first in the 200 Freestyle relay in 1:23.59.
WKU travels to Evansville next Saturday for a 1 p.m. meet.
Top WKU FinishersEvent Place Competitor(s) TimeWomen's 200 Medley Relay 1st Alexis Rieck, Lucy Faria 1:51.11 Meredith Mountjoy, Carol BrownMen's 200 Medley Relay 1st Gord Veldman, Charles Knight 1:32.64 Ryan Crosby, Matt NalboneWomen's 1000 Freestyle 3rd Lisa Ross 10:34.73Men's 1000 Freestyle 1st Karl Swanson 9:31.27Women's 200 Freestyle 2nd Rachel Buncher 1:55.22Men's 200 Freestyle 5th Keith Janson 1:46.10Women's 50 Freestyle 1st Carol Brown 25.24Men's 50 Freestyle 1st Jerrod Janes 21.29Women's 200 IM 2nd Meredith Mountjoy 2:10.57Men's 200 IM 1st Greg Strickler 1:54.86Women's 3-Meter Diving 1st Trisha Nailor 252.38Men's 1-Meter Diving 5th Donny Glass 238.42Women's 100 Butterfly 1st Meredith Mountjoy 59.49Men's 100 Butterfly 1st Chad Waits 50.06Women's 100 Freestyle 2nd Rachel Buncher 54.18Men's 100 Freestyle 1st Jerrod Janes 46.89Women's 100 Backstroke 2nd Alexis Rieck 59.35Men's 200 Backstroke 1st Gord Veldman 48.93*Women's 500 Freestyle 3rd Lisa Ross 5:15.60Men's 500 Freestyle 2nd James Campbell 4:39.44Women's 100 Breaststroke 1st Lucy Faria 1:08.94Men's 100 Breaststroke 1st Chris Tarter 59.15Women's 200 Freestyle Relay 1st Rachel Buncher, Jordan Beck 1:40.62 Carrie Redmon, Carol BrownMen's 200 Freestyle Relay 1st Gord Veldman, Matt Nalbone 1:23.95 Jerrod Janes, Drew AldridgeWomen's 1-Meter Diving 1st Trisha Nailor 261.90Men's 3-Meter Diving 5th Donny Glass 206.48*SIU Rec Center Pool Record
