March 16, 1998

Wildcats Set for NCAA Championships

Northwestern Carries a No. 14 Ranking

#14 Northwestern Women's Swimming And Diving
At NCAA Championships
Thur.-Sat., March 19-21
University of Minnesota * Minneapolis, Minn.
University Aquatic Center
Dorothy L. Sheppard Pool

The Northwestern women's swimming team travels to Minneapolis, Minn., to compete in the 1998 NCAA Championships, hosted by the University of Minnesota. NU will bring eight swimmers to the championships, six of whom earned All-America honors last year for the 'Cats. There will be preliminary heats at 11 a.m. each morning followed by the finals each night at 7 p.m.

Thur., March 19
    1.  200 free relay  4.  50 free
    2.  500 free        5.  1-meter diving
    3.  200 IM          6.  400 medley relay
Fri., March 20
    7.  200 medley relay    11.  100 breast
    8.  400 IM              12.  100 back
    9.  100 fly             13.  3-meter diving
    10.  200 free           14.  800 free relay
Sat., March 21
    15.  1650 free  19.  200 fly
    16.  200 back   20.  Platform diving
    17.  100 free   21.  400 free relay
    18.  200 breast 

A Look At The 'Cats: Sophomores Amy Balcerzak, Dominique Diezi and Kelly Igoe, junior Cathy Lundin and seniors Ashley Mosher and Joy Stover, all of whom earned All-America honors at last year's championships, return to the NCAA meet this year. They will be joined by sophomores Courtney Allen and Allyson Bowman. NU will compete in 10 of the 13 individual events and all five relays.

Head Coach Jimmy Tierney: The 1997-98 season marks Jimmy Tierney's fourth year as head coach and 10th season of involvement with the NU women's swimming program. He spent six seasons as an assistant coach prior to his appointment as head coach in 1994. During his tenure as head coach, Wildcat swimmers have earned All-America honors 73 times. In his 10 years with the program, NU has never finished out of the top 20 as a team at the NCAA meet. Also last year, the team finished with the sixth-highest grade point average among Division I women's programs with a 3.37 team GPA.

WHAT THEY'RE SWIMMING
Courtney Allen
    400 medley relay
    200 free relay
    400 free relay
    800 free relay
    50 free
    100 free
Amy Balcerzak
    200 medley relay
    400 medley relay
    200 individual medley
    100 breast
    200 breast
Allyson Bowman
    200 free relay
    800 free relay
Dominique Diezi
    200 medley relay
    400 medley relay
    200 free relay
    400 free relay
    50 free
    100 free
    100 back
Kelly Igoe
    400 free relay
    800 free relay
    100 free
    
Cathy Lundin
    200 medley relay
    400 medley relay
    200 individual medley
    100 fly 
    200 fly
Ashley Mosher
    200 medley relay
    200 free relay
    400 free relay
    50 free
    100 free
Joy Stover
    800 free relay
    500 free
    1650 free