Published February 17, 2005
After one day of competition, the Michigan women’s swimming and diving team has taken an early and surprising lead at the Big Ten Championships. The No. 17 Wolverines edged out Penn State by just one point.
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The 800-yard freestyle relay of Amy McCullough, Lindsey Smith, Justine Mueller and Susan Gilliam took first, setting a pool record and hitting the NCAA automatic qualification mark with a time of 7:09.42. The 200-yard medley relay, which consisted of Carolina Sierra, Kaitlyn Brady, Valeria Silva and Abby Seskevics touched the wall just over a second after the victorious Penn State squad. The Wolverines clocked in at 1:40.75, which is an NCAA consideration time.
The Big Ten Championships will continue through Saturday, and are being held at Indiana.
