Nov. 6, 2004
Lawrence, Kan. -
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Illinois head coach Sue Novitsky was anxious to see what her team had in store after traveling from Iowa to Kansas Saturday morning to participate in their second competition in as many days. The result was one that Novitsky did not wish to witness as the Illini fell to the Jayhawks 185-115. In the sixteen-event meet, the Illini had two multi-winners in sophomore Barbie Viney and senior Kirsten Koepcke.
"I thought we came out a little flat, which made for a tough day," said Novitsky about the struggle against the Jayhawks. "There were still some great races and tight finishes, but wasn't the performance level wasn't where we would have liked. I was real interested in seeing how we would respond competing back-to-back days and traveling, obliviously we need to work on some things for situations like this."
The Illini did not have it going from the start as they came out a little slow in the opening relay. The group of Meghan Farrell, Trisha Lakatos, Mallory Craft and Christina Brunka finished third in the 400 Medley Relay in a time of 3:58.03. The Orange and Blue could only go as high as second in the final relay of the afternoon, the 200 free relay with the team of Viney, Becca Poetz, Brunka and Farrell with a time of 1:36.24.
Viney almost had the trifecta as she won the 100 and 200 free with times of 51.34 and 1:52.06 respectively, but was edged in the 50 free by .23 seconds finishing in 24.12. The senior Koepcke took the 500 and 1000 free as part of her double win as she touched the wall in 5:01.79 and 10:19.07 respectively. Lakatos had two strong showings in the 100 and 200 breast where she was runner-up in both. Brunka (100 fly) and Craft (200 back) were also runner-ups.
The divers finished up in the pool placing fourth and fifth in the 1-meter dive, while Jackie Bain took third in the 3-meter and freshman Abbey Bernado came in fifth. The sophomore Bain finished with a score of 221.25, ahead of teammate Bernado, who scored a 186.08. In the 1-meter dive, Bain finished fourth with 200.39, while Bernado claimed fifth place with 192.14.
