Feb. 20, 2013

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Indiana and Minnesota are tied following the first night of competition at the 2013 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at Minnesota’s University Aquatic Center. The Hoosiers took the 800 freestyle relay crown while the Gophers opened the night with a win in the 200 medley relay. Both teams have 74 team points while Penn State is third with 58, followed by Michigan and Ohio State with 56 points.

Minnesota opened the evening with its first conference title in the 200 medley relay since 1997, winning in a school record time of 1:36.89. The team of Tess Behrens, Haley Spencer, Rebecca Weiland and Erin Caflisch ended Wisconsin’s four-year reign in the event. Indiana was second in 1:37.51 and Michigan was third in 1:37.84. The top six teams all secured NCAA automatic qualifying times.

Indiana and Minnesota had accounted for the last seven Big Ten 800 free relay championships and the 2013 version was very similar. The Hoosiers broke the conference record it set a year ago with a time of 6:59.48, becoming the first team to ever break the 7-minute mark. The team of Lindsay Vrooman, Cynthia Pammett, Haley Lips and Brooklyn Snodgrass outlasted Minnesota’s second-place effort of 7:01.27.

Competition resumes tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. with the prelims of the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley and 50 freestyle.

Team Standings After Day 1
1. University of Minnesota            74  
1. Indiana University                   74
3. Pennsylvania State University   58  
4. Michigan, University of             56
4. Ohio State University               56  
6. Wisconsin, University of           54
7. Purdue University                    50  
8. University of Nebraska-Lincoln  42
9. Northwestern University            36  
9. University of Iowa                    36
11. University of Illinois               22 
11. Michigan State University        22