WHITEWATER, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women's swim and dive team continued their impressive season thus far, going undefeated in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) for the first time since 1999.
"The women swam really tough after a long winter training trip," said Head Coach Annie Ryder. "The meet came down to the last two events; we out-touched the UW-Whitewater 400 free relay buy just a few one hundredths and it was a really exciting relay to watch. This was a huge win for our women."
The final winning relay consisted of Elissa Hermsen (Jr.-Waunakee, WI), Ellie Hostetler (Sr.-St. Paul, MN/Convent of the Visitation), Maddie Gray (Sr.-Roseville, MN) and Jessica Short.
Eau Claire also began the meet with a relay win. Gray, Samantha Senczyszyn (Fr.-Grafton, WI), Rachel Treadway (Sr.-Cottage Grove, MN/East Ridge) and Allie Hable (Sr.-Ankeny, IA) won in the 200-yard medley relay, clocking in at 1:50.07.
Senczyszyn turned in another top-notch performance, winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.34), 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.18) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.18).
Short was also impressive for the Blugolds, winning the 100-yard backstroke (59.58), the 200-yard backstroke (2:09.88) and 200-yard IM (2:11.63).
Other first place finishers were Hermsen in the 200-yard butterfly (2:14.68) and Hable who tied for first in the 50-yard freestyle (25.02)
After a diver's only meet in Minnesota next weekend, the full squad will be back in action for the WIAC Championships Feb. 18-20 in Brown Deer, Wis.
