Titans Edge Division II Wildcats

Liz Schneider (So. • Madison) won two events and swam on a first-place relay team as UW-Oshkosh edged NCAA Division II Northern Michigan University, 120-117, in a women's swimming and diving meet held Saturday (Nov. 7) in Albee Hall.

UW-Oshkosh owned the winner in seven of the 13 events, including the 500-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle where Schneider posted first-place times of 5:38.21 and 19:15.12, respectively.

Schneider also participated on UW-Oshkosh's 200-yard freestyle relay team that recorded a time of 1:48.80. Joining Schneider in the relay were Melissa Harvey (So. • Iron Mountain, Mich.), Angie Picotte (Sr. • Andover, Minn.) and Heather Statz (Jr. • Sun Prairie).

The Titans also picked up individual victories from Harvey in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:03.38, Picotte in the 200-yard freestyle with a mark of 2:06.66 and Janna Oelrich (Sr. • Marathon) in the 100-yard breaststroke with a value of 1:14.84. Harvey and Picotte added second-place finishes with times of 2:26.59 in the 200-yard individual medley and 58.30 in the 100-yard freestyle, respectively.

UW-Oshkosh's remaining triumph came in the 200-yard medley relay. The Titans won the event as Oelrich, Katie Duffey (Fr. • McFarland), Lynnea Krajco (Sr. • Verona) and Emily Shandley (Fr. • Oak Creek) registered a time of 1:58.77.

The Titans got their other second-place finishes from Duffey and Shandley. Duffey marked a time of 1:07.58 in the 100-yard butterfly, while Shandley notched a time of 26.69 in the 50-yard freestyle.

UW-Oshkosh's third-place performances were led by the pair of both Krajco and Cassie Dutko (Fr. • Oshkosh). Krajco recorded times of 27.32 in the 50-yard freestyle and 1:06.10 in the 100-yard backstroke, while Dutko compiled scores of 136.45 in the one-meter diving and 100.90 in the three-meter diving.

Also finishing third were Oelrich in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:28.55, Statz in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:08.39 and Jana Krautkramer (Sr. • Marathon) in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:21.51.

Northern Michigan University had a pair of double winners in Kelsey Sipple and Kelli Vander Baan. Sipple swam to times of 25.81 in the 50-yard freestyle and 56.75 in the 100-yard freestyle, while Vander Baan marked scores of 225.45 in the one-meter diving and 235.25 in the three-meter diving. The Wildcats also picked wins from Gena Haas in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:06.63 and Lindsay Stedman in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:23.78.

UW-Oshkosh returns to the pool to host UW-Eau Claire on Saturday (Nov. 14) in Albee Hall.