Swimming and Diving: Taylor Wins 200 IM, Panthers in 3rd

2/15/2018 8:35:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

IOWA CITY, Iowa—The University of Northern Iowa women's swimming and diving team is in third place after seven events at the Missouri Valley Conference championships.

Katie Taylor won the 200 IM, swimming a time of two minutes, one second and seventy-five hundredths of a second. Taylor was runner-up in this event a year ago.

"I was nervous going into this race and worked hard to get a great swim. I know I have a lot of work to get back on the podium for the 400 IM," commented Katie Taylor.

Crystal Florman took second in the 50 freestyle, timing in at 22.88. Molly Lembezeder tied for third-place with a time of 23.04. Lembezeder's preliminary time of 22.97 and Florman's final time were both good for NCAA B cuts.

"Both girls (Crystal and Molly) have done a good job of pushing each other and continue to rise together," commented head coach Nick Lakin.

Kylie Engstrom made it to the podium for the second year in a row, taking fifth in the 500 freestyle. Engstrom swam a season-best time of 4:57.56.

The relay team of Florman, Abby Meyer, Rachel Siebenaller, and Lembezeder timed in at 1:32.49 for second-place in the 200 freestyle relay.

In the diving well, Jayden Lovell won the consolation round of the 1-meter boards. Lovell scored a 223.86. Senior Hannah Brummel scored a 221.01. Alyssa Deuso and Mary Kate Ferlmann had dive scores of 205.38 and 203.61. Izzy Bunchek rounded the Panthers out, diving a 198.12.

Jordan McCullough and Siebenaller competed in the consolation final of the 500 freestyle. McCullough swam a 5:01.04, while Siebenaller timed in at 5:04.86.

Abby Meyer competed in the consolation final of the 50 freestyle, timing in at 23.77.

Moriah Ross competed in the consolation final of the 200 IM, swimming a 2:06.53.

Meredith Gorman competed in the C final of the 500 freestyle, timing in at 5:04.15.

Madison Rinaldi swam a career-best time in the 200 IM C final, swimming a 2:07.94.

Lauren Kacmarynski competed in the C final of the 50 freestyle, with a career-best time of 24.22.

"We know we still have things to work on as we continue into the week," remarked Lakin.

Action will resume at 11 a.m. tomorrow morning, beginning with preliminaries of the 100 butterfly.

Fans can follow along with live stats all week long.

A live-stream of the event will be provided by the MVC.

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Order of Events
Feb. 16, 2018 -- 11:00 am Preliminary Session
100 butterfly
IM 200y Freestyle
100y Breaststroke
100y Backstroke
3-meter Diving

Standings
1^st Missouri State               260
2^nd Southern Illinois           242.5
3^rd UNI                              203.5
4^th Indiana State                161
5^th UA Little Rock               144
6^th Illinois State                  139
7^th Evansville                     112
8^th Valparaiso                    66