Panther Swimmers Fall to Hawkeyes

UNI struggles in 132-70 loss at Iowa

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Sophomore Abby Girard earned runner-up honors in the 200 IM and 200 backstroke

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Feb. 1, 2008

Results

IOWA CITY, Iowa-University of Northern Iowa sophomore Abby Girard (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls) earned runner-up honors in two individual events for the Panthers Friday night as they fell to in-state rival Iowa, 132-70.

Girard's first second-place finish was in the 200 individual medley, which she completed in a personal-best time of 2:11.63. Junior Abby Moes (Sioux City, Iowa/East) took third with a time of 2:17.61, while freshman Ashley Mangrich (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Jefferson) finished fourth (2:20.97).

Girard's other runner-up event was the 200 backstroke. She clocked in at 2:09.64, while Moes took fourth place in 2:12.55.

Freshman Josie Itzen (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls) swam the 200 freestyle in 1:57.94 to take second place. She later finished fourth in the 100 free, with a time of 54.84.

Fellow-freshman Kelly McCullough (Spencer, Iowa/Spencer) took second in the 1,000 free, clocking in at 11:03.59. Junior Melissa Little (Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence) came in third (11:06.55), with Junior Katie Maloy (Auburn, Ind./R. Nelson Snider) finishing fourth (11:09.22).

Sophomore Andrea Grandcolas (Wentzville, Mo./Wentzville) set a personal-best in the 200 breaststroke (2:34.99), earning second place. Freshman Caitlin Krengel (West Chicago, Ill./West Chicago) took third in a time of 2:35.87, while Mangrich came in fourth (2:36.53).

Mangrich's twin, April, clocked in at 5:22.70 to take runner-up honors in the 500 free. Sophomore Kelly Mateas (Winfield, Ill./Community) finished third (5:25.23) and Maloy was fourth (5:29.10).

UNI's 400-yard medley relay team consisting of Girard, Ashley Mangrich, sophomore Maggie Rickert (Hudson, Iowa/Hudson) and Itzen finished second in a time of 4:07.30.

The 200 free relay team also came in second. Rickert, junior Maegan Miller (Olathe, Kan./Olathe), sophomore Alexa Armstrong (Dubuque, Iowa/Hempstead) and senior Jamie Keefer (Spencer, Iowa/Spencer) finished the event in 1:42.57.

The Panthers will return to the pool tomorrow (Feb. 2) when they host a double dual against Grinnell College and Morningside College. The action will begin at 1 p.m.