Michigan
Notre Dame
Wolverines Fall to Irish Despite Shakespeare's Efforts
1/29/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
The Fighting Irish jumped ahead at the beginning, winning three of the first four events to pull away and take the commanding lead. The Wolverines managed just five first-place finishes for the meet. Michigan falls to 8-4 overall, while Notre Dame keeps its perfect record intact at 10-0 on the season.
Senior All-American Shannon Shakespeare (Winnipeg, Manitoba/Kelvin SS) turned in a team-high three individual first-place finishes plus was part of a first-place relay team. She placed first with NCAA consideration times in both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.77) and the 100-yard freestyle (50.59). She also finished with the victory in the 200-yard individual medley (2:05.12).
Michigan's lone first-place performance in relay competition -- featuring a squad of Shakespeare, freshman Laura Kaznecki (Wolverine Lake, Mich./Western HS) and junior All-Americans Jennifer Crisman (Hudsonville, Mich./Jenison HS) and Melissa Sugar (Newburgh, Ind./Evansville Day School) -- finished in a time of 1:36.00 in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
U-M's other individual first-place performance was turned in by Sugar, who swam the 200-yard freestyle in 1:52.46.
The Wolverines will have three weeks off until the Big Ten Championships, which are slated for Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 17-19, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Event Winners/U-M Finishes
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Notre Dame 1:45.85 (Kelly Hecking, Allison Lloyd, Elizabeth Barger, Carrie Nixon) 3. Michigan 1:48.82 (Erin Abbey, Emily Cocks, Lindsay Carlberg, Laura Kaznecki) 4. Michigan 1:51.41 (Lindsay Maas, Traci Valasco, Andrea Kurrle, Heather DeHainaut)
1,000-yard Freestyle
1. Kristen Van Saun, ND 10:09.26 2. Julie Kern, U-M 10:11.33 3. Lindsay Johnson, U-M 10:19.77 4. Mara Sveum, U-M 10:27.50
200-yard Freestyle
1. Melissa Sugar, U-M 1:52.46 5. Kathleen Gilbert, U-M 1:57.04 6. Jenay Karlson, U-M 1:57.57
100-yard Backstroke
1. Kelly Hecking, ND 56.02# 2. Jennifer Crisman, U-M 56.85 3. Lindsay Carlberg, U-M 58.54 4. Erin Abbey, U-M 59.05 5. Lindsay Maas, U-M 59.38
100-yard Breaststroke
1. Shannon Shakespeare, U-M 1:03.77# 3. Emily Cocks, U-M 1:05.61 5. Traci Valasco, U-M 1:06.41 7. Lisbeth Gobel, U-M 1:08.32 ex. Gwen Weingart, U-M 1:08.71
200-yard Butterfly
1. Alison Newell, ND 2:02.48# 4. Andrea Kurrle, U-M 2:11.59 5. Julie Kern, U-M 2:12.84
50-yard Freestyle
1. Carrie Nixon, ND 23.68 2. Jennifer Crisman, U-M 23.92 3. Laura Kaznecki, U-M 24.36 6. Erin Abbey, U-M 25.34 7. Heather DeHainaut, U-M 25.67
One-meter Diving
1. Gina Ketelhohn, ND 283.12^ 2. Hanna Shin, U-M 274.49^ 4. Theresa DeSitter, U-M 256.20^ 5. Amanda Crews, U-M 251.02 6. Kelly Vander Kuyl, U-M 230.69
100-yard Freestyle
1. Shannon Shakespeare, U-M 50.59# 6. Laura Kaznecki, U-M 53.74 7. Mara Sveum, U-M 56.46 8. Heather DeHainaut, U-M 56.91
200-yard Backstroke
1. Kelly Hecking, ND 2:02.08 2. Lindsay Carlberg, U-M 2:02.77 3. Erin Abbey, U-M 2:05.99 7. Kathleen Gilbert, U-M 2:10.55
200-yard Breaststroke
1. Shannon Suddarth, ND 2:18.87 2. Traci Valasco, U-M 2:19.60 4. Emily Cocks, U-M 2:24.38 5. Gwen Weingart, U-M 2:26.00 6. Lisbeth Gobel, U-M 2:26.30 ex. Laura Sadler, U-M 2:26.92
500-yard Freestyle
1. Kristen Van Saun, ND 4:57.75 2. Melissa Sugar, U-M 4:58.04 3. Julie Kern, U-M 5:00.44 6. Lindsay Johnson, U-M 5:10.40 8. Mara Sveum, U-M 5:14.51
100-yard Butterfly
1. Elizabeth Barger, ND 56.31 2. Jennifer Crisman, U-M 57.15 6. Lindsay Maas, U-M 59.11
Three-Meter Diving
1. Gina Ketelhohn, ND 300.52^ 3. Hanna Shin, U-M 262.35 4. Theresa DeSitter, U-M 251.02 5. Amanda Crews, U-M 239.02 6. Kelly Vander Kuyl, U-M 236.55
200-yard Individual Medley
1. Shannon Shakespeare, U-M 2:05.12 4. Lindsay Carlberg, U-M 2:10.57 7. Andrea Kurrle, U-M 2:12.30 8. Emily Cocks, U-M 2:20.56 ex. Traci Valasco, U-M 2:14.83 ex. Gwen Weingart, U-M 2:14.92 ex. Laura Sadler, U-M 2:15.04 ex. Lisbeth Gobler, U-M 2:16.46 ex. Lindsay Johnson, U-M 2:20.80
200-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Michigan 1:36.00 (Laura Kaznecki, Jennifer Crisman, Melissa Sugar, Shannon Shakespeare) 2. Michigan 1:42.56 (Heather Dehainaut, Lindsay Maas, Mara Sveum, Jenay Karlson) (ex) indicates exhibition participants # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA zone diving qualifying mark
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