November 21, 1998
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The Notre Dame women's swimming and diving team
stands in third place after the second of three days at the Minnesota
Invitational. Minnesota leads with 691.5 points, while Wisconsin is second with
538 and Notre Dame third with 473. Iowa stands fourth with 377.5, and Pittsburgh
sixth with 230. Utah, Iowa State and Northern Illinois round out the field.
A pair of freshmen turned in the best performances for the Irish on day two.
Kelly Hecking finished second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.84,
behind the winning time of 56.57 by Wisconsin's Gina Panighetti. Heather
Mattingly finished second in the three-meter diving with a score of 480.50, just
off Minnesota's J.D. Rowe, who won with a score of 484.30.
Liz Barger placed fourth in the 100-meter butterly in 57.03, and Carrie Nixon
finished eighth in 59.58. Shannon Suddarth, Kristen Van Saun, Tiffany O'Brien
and Allison Lloyd finished ninth-12th in the 400 individual medley, while Anne
Iacobucci was 15th. IN the 200-meter freestyle, Van saun and Nixon placed fifth
and sixth in 1:53.54 and 1:54.13, and Tara Riggs was eighth in 1:55.17. Lloyd
swam 1:06.09 for sixth place in the 100-yard breaststroke, while Brittany Kline
was eighth in 1:06.41. Notre Dame's relays took third and eighth in the 200
medley relay.
