WHEATON, Ill. – The Milwaukee women's swimming and diving team continued its 2017-18 campaign Friday with a 131-69 victory over against Wheaton College in the Jonathan Lederhouse Natatorium.
A different Panther contributed towards each event win as UWM swam a perfect 11-for-11.
Milwaukee garnered two first place wins in both relay races. In the 200-yard freestyle relay,
Shelby Rozeboom,
Jenn Kordik,
Annabelle Ladik and
Kady Ruemmele, came in three full seconds ahead of the Thunder touching the wall at 1:38.12. The 200-yard medley relay saw similar results as the Panthers took the top three spots on the podium, with the winning time coming in at 1:48.86.
Junior
Jenn Kordik swam neck-in-neck with Wheaton's Brooke Barnes in the 100 freestyle winning in photo finish time of 53.60 with Barnes finishing in at 53.64.
In the 50-yard freestyle, the Panthers swept the podium with
Arica Smith leading the way timing in at 24.21, while
Emma Helgeson (24.8) and
Meegan Snyman (25.44) finished in second and third respectively.
Similar results occurred in the 1000 freestyle as
Adrienne DiFoggio paced UMW for a first place finish of 10:56.43 and
Carissa Schneider (10:59.19) and
Rachel Slingsby (11:15.32) followed in order.
Freshman
Kristina Larsen earned her first collegiate event win, taking the 100-yard breaststroke with a fast time of 1:07.91.
Veterans
Addison Skogman (500 free),
Gabby Sanchez (100 backstroke) and
Alena Bodnaruk picked up first place wins in their respective events as well.
UWM looks to continue its winning ways on Saturday, Nov. 4 against UIC. The meet is set to being at 11 a.m.