Nov. 3, 2006
NOTRE DAME, Ind.- The No. 20 Notre Dame women’s swimming and diving team (1-0) opened the 2006-07 dual meet season with a 70-point win (185-115) over No. 25 Purdue (0-1) on Friday evening, Nov. 3 in the Rolfs Aquatic Center. The women scored 185 points and won 12 of 16 events while setting two schools and a pool record in the events.
Senior Katie Carroll (Toledo, Ohio/Notre Dame Academy) set the first Irish record in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:48.24. Carroll broke her own school record set last season. The mark was also a new pool mark and a NCAA `B” standard as well. Carroll also won both the 100-yard freestyle (51.06) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:02.93). The 200 IM time was also a NCAA `B’ standard.
Sophomore Claire Hutchinson (Baltimore, Md./McDonough) set the second Notre Dame school record of the afternoon in the 1,000-yard freestyle with her time of 9:52.98. The mark broke Linda Gallo’s mark set in 1998.
The 200-yard medley relay team of seniors Jessica Stephens (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) and Rebecca Grove (Yorktown Heights, NY/Yorktown), junior Caroline Johnson (Springfield, Mo./Glendale) and freshman Keri Masterson (West Hempstead, NY/Sacred Heart) started the day for Notre Dame with an event victory in a time of 1:44.60.
Caroline Johnson also won the 100-yard backstroke (56.89) and was part of 400-yard free relay winning team along with Grove, Carroll and sophomore Christa Riggins (Phoenix, Ariz./Sunnyslope). Riggins also was the 50-yard freestyle winner (23.78).
Senior Julia Quinn (Evanston, Ill./Evanston) won both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.92) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.89). Other event winners for the Irish include freshman Stacey Nedrud (Melbourne Beach, Fla./Cocoa Beach) in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.09) and sophomore Casey Wagner (Glenshaw, Pa./Shady Side) in the 500-yard freestyle. Wagner’s mark was also an NCAA `B’ standard, as was second place finisher freshman Lexie Shue (Newport Beach, Calif./Corona Del Mar) mark of 4:53.98.
The Fighting Irish women return to the pool on Nov. 10 in the second dual meet of the season against Michigan State at 4:30 p.m.
Notre Dame Point Scorers Meet Recap:
200-yard medley relay
1. Caroline Johnson. Jessica Stephens, Keri Masterson, Rebecca Grove: 1:44.60 (11.0)
3. Stacey Nedrud, Julia Quinn, Megan Farrell, Gina Mancini: 1:46.73 (3)
1, 000-yard freestyle
1. Claire Hutchison: 9:52.98 (9)
2. Casey Wagner: 9:53.13 (4)
3. Lexie Shue: 10:01.39 (3)
200-yard freestyle
1. Katie Carroll: 1:48.24 (9)
2. Christa Riggins: 1:50.05 (4)
3. Zeina Shanata: 1:53.06 (3)
100-yard backstroke
1. Caroline Johnson: 56.89 (9)
3. Stacey Nedrud: 58.65 (3)
4. Maggie Behrens: 58.77 (2)
100-yard breaststroke
1. Julia Quinn: 1:04.92 (9)
2. Jessica Stephens: 1:05.42 (3)
5. Vivian Healey: 1:06.74 (1)
200-yard breaststroke
4. Claire Hutchinson: 2:06.83 (2)
5. Megan Farrell: 2:06.94 (1)
50-yard freestyle
1. Christa Riggins: 23.78 (9)
2. Rebecca Grove: 23.83 (4)
One-Meter Diving
2. Natalie Stitt: 231.97 (4)
4. Tiffany Robak: 216.59 (2)
100-yard freestyle
1. Katie Carroll: 51.06 (9)
2. Christa Riggins: 51.54 (4)
4. Rebecca Grove: 52.87 (2)
200-yard backstroke
1. Stacey Nedrud: 2:04.40 (9)
2. Ashlee Edgell: 2:04.75 (4)
4. Ellen Johnson: 2:07.72 (2)
200-yard breaststroke
1. Julia Quinn: 2:17.89 (9)
3. Jessica Stephens: 223.58 (3)
5. Katie Hopkins: 2:24.00 (1)
500-yard freestyle
1. Casey Wagner: 4:52.97 (9)
2. Lexie Shue: 4:53.98 (4)
3. Claire Hutchinson: 4:58.64 (3)
100-yard butterfly
3. Anne Barton: 57.47 (3)
4, Zeina Shanata: 57.91 (2)
5. Keri Masterson: 58.05 (1)
Three-Meter Diving
4. Tiffany Robak: 214.80 (2)
5. Tara Hyer: 212.47 (1)
200-yard individual medley
1. Katie Carroll: 2:02.93 (9)
3. Jessica Stephens: 2:07.45 (3)
400-yard free relay
1. Caroline Johnson, Rebecca Grove, Christa Riggins, Katie Carroll: 3:28.05 (11)