Blugolds Shine Against Titans

Emily Shandley (Jr. • Oak Creek) won two races for the third consecutive meet as UW-Oshkosh dropped a 146-95 women’s swimming and diving decision to UW-Eau Claire on Saturday (Nov. 12) in Albee Hall.

The Titans took first place in six events, with Shandley marking triumphant times of 54.46 in the 100-yard freestyle and 1:59.50 in the 200-yard freestyle.

Allison Booth (So. • Middleton) owned the diving board with first-place scores of 222.23 at one meter and 206.93 at three meters. Melissa Harvey (Sr. • Kingsford, Mich.) added another victory with her time of 2:17.31 in the 200-yard backstroke.

UW-Oshkosh swept the top three places in the 200-yard butterfly, including a winning figure of 2:22.85 by Samantha Sommers (Sr. • Suamico). The second-place spot in the event went to Katie Duffey (Jr. • McFarland) at 2:27.83.

Cassie Dutko (Jr. • Oshkosh) and Britney Hilgendorf (Fr. • Madison) each contributed a second and third-place result for UW-Oshkosh. Dutko ranked second in the three-meter diving with a score of 184.35 and third in the one-meter plunge with a figure of 177.53. Hilgendorf swam to a second-place time of 5:33.82 in the 500-yard freestyle and a third-place value of 5:01.22 in the 400-yard individual medley.

Along with a second-place time of 4:15.68 by the 400-yard medley relay group, the Titans used Vanessa Jagodinsky’s (So. • Green Bay) third-place time of 2:30.33 in the 200-yard freestyle to score team points.

The Titans have a road meet at UW-River Falls on Saturday (Nov. 19).