Panthers Shine at Intrasquad Meet

Friday, October 2

Cedar Falls, Iowa

4 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

Purple & Gold Intrasquad Meet

Panthers Shine at Intrasquad Meet

10/2/2015 9:48:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

By: UNI Athletic Communications

Cedar Falls, Iowa---The University of Northern Iowa women's swimming and diving team held their annual Purple and Gold Intrasquad Meet on Friday, October 2. The Purple team won over the Gold team, 153-115.

Veteran and Team Captain, Aftin Phyfe, a junior, took home first place finishes in the 200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle, and being the second leg of the winning 200 Freestyle. Aftin had this to say after the meet and getting ready for Iowa/Michigan State:

"I think we did amazing this meet and we were ready to go. We are going against two big, huge schools. The new swimmers are making a great impact on this team. We don't have team goals, but we have team expectations this year. We are all working so much harder."

Freshman Madison Rinaldi made a big splash her first time in the pool, taking home first place finishes in the 200 IM and the 100 Backstroke. Rinaldi came within four seconds of the 200 IM school record and three seconds for the 100 Backstroke's record.

Senior diver Allie Bey took home the 1-meter dive. She said this of the diving this year and her experience last year, competing at the Zone-D Championships.
"It is fun competing with the level of girls there (Zone-D). We are going to try and get more people in the Top-8. We have always gotten everyone in the Top-16 at conference. I think we are going to try and continue to get the records of the record boards."

Sophomore Rachel Siebenaller made a splash last year in the pool and this meet was no different. Siebenaller took home first place finishes in the 1000 Freestyle and the 500 freestyle races. Siebenaller came close to shattering both records in the intra-squad meet today.

Freshman Shayla Warrick and Lauren Kacmarynski helped Phyfe and Molly Lembezeder take home the first place spot in the 200 Freestyle Relay. The group came within seven seconds of the school record.

Senior transfer Emma Billerbeck took home the first place spot in the 3-meter diving.

Sophomore Molly Lembezeder continued her big impact from last year, taking home first place spots in three events tonight. Lembezeder took home the individual spots in the 50 and 100 Freestyle races and teamed up with Phyfe, Taylor Ostrowski, and Veronica Herrmann in the 200 Medley Relay.

Senior Taylor Ostrowski beat out her younger sister, Kelsey, in the 100 Butterfly to take home the first place spot.

Junior Veronica Herrmann took home the first place finish in the 100 Breaststroke, coming within four seconds of her personal best, which also is the school record.

The Panthers will begin their regular season Fri., Oct. 16, when they travel to Iowa City for a dual meet against the University of Iowa and Michigan State University at 5 p.m. The Panthers host their home opener Fri., Oct. 30, when they play host to the University of Nebraska in the Glen F. Henry Swimming Pool at 4 p.m.

For all updates and breaking news about the UNI swimming and diving team go to UNIPanthers.com or follow them on Twitter @UNISwimming.