Nov. 1, 2013

Results

Wheaton, Ill. - Natalie Johnson broke a freshman record, Emily McClellan posted another NCAA B-cut time and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee continued to post impressive results early this season in a 113-88 win over Wheaton College at the Chrouser Aquatic Center Friday evening.

"We had a good night tonight," Milwaukee head coach Kyle Clements said. "It was nice coming off the weekend from last weekend. We posted a lot of best times and I'm really happy. You could definitely tell the difference between the long trip last weekend and the short one this weekend. We came off a really good week of practice and we were really focused tonight.

"We only swam the one meet so far, but this was a good jumping off point leading heading into UIC tomorrow. I'm really happy with how all the events from today. It was just a beginning for when we put our full lineup in against UIC."

Johnson again grabbed headlines in her first event, lapping the field in the 1000 freestyle with an outstanding time of 10:14.58, taking first by more than 40 seconds and breaking Danielle Wenger's freshman record of 10:17.43 set back in 2008. Johnson also broke the Wheaton pool record that had stood since 1980. It is also the fastest time in the Horizon League this season and one of the top-100 times across the nation this year.

McClellan took the top spot in the 100 breaststroke Friday, posting her second NCAA B-cut time of the season of 1:01.80 to cruise to victory and was just shy of her sixth-place standing in the national rankings. The senior's time also was a pool record.

Sierra Townsend posted the fastest time in the Horizon League in the 50 free by touching the wall first in an impressive 24.18 seconds. Freshman Emily Roche was second in 25.17 and Lindsey Verhulst was third in 25.42.

Kristin Zablocki won the 400 IM with a winning time of 4:38.29.

Erika Pliner took first in the 100 backstroke with a season-best time of 1:00.56, just beating out teammate Kiersten Seidel at 1:00.59.

Anna Yontz was a winner in the 100 free, edging out Wheaton's top swimmer to take first in 53.82. Yontz also took second in the 200 free in 1:56.86.

Both Panther relays also won on the day. Becky Yokosh, Nicole Hutchins, Abby Duke and Townsend teamed up to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:39.71, just beating Milwaukee's B-team of Diana Diel, Sarah Grieve, Emily Dean and Verhulst in 1:39.71.

In the 200 medley relay, Kelsey Abbas, McClellan, Roche and Townsend combined to swim the event in 1 minute, 46.83 seconds for another convincing win on the day.

The Panthers have a quick turnaround, taking on conference rival UIC tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Flames Natatorium.