The 24th-ranked University of Kentucky women’s swimming and diving team (5-2) downed both Arkansas and South Carolina on Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Arkansas Natatorium. Kentucky defeated Arkansas by a score of 85-55 and South Carolina, 91-47. The Wildcats are on a four-meet win streak.
The women started the meet fast by winning the 200 medley relay in the fastest time this season. Kelli Stein went up against Arkansas’ Natalia Kodajova, a 1996 Olympian, in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. Stein was victorious in both events, recording a provisional NCAA time in the 100 and narrowly missing the provisional cut in the 200. She also narrowly missed the school record in the 100. Stein has won the 200 breaststroke in every dual meet she has competed in this season.
Melissa Olson won three events,the 200 butterfly, 200 backstroke, and 200 individual medley. Jaime Siegele recorded wins in the 50 and 100 freestyles.
Divers Kelli Frost and Sarah Fields packed a one-two punch as they finished first and second, respectively on the one-meter, while Carrie Knober placed fourth in the event. Knoeber added a second-place finish in the three-meter.
The women will re-team with the men’s team to face Cincinnati on Friday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. at Cincinnati’s Laurence Pool to end Kentucky’s four-meet road tilt.
200 Medley Relay1. Kentucky (Sechrist, Stein, Hinsley, Siegele) 1:45.952. Arkansas 1:47.403. South Carolina 1:49.134. Kentucky (Pumphrey, Trahan, Hoppe, Neal) 1:52.181,000 Freestyle1. Sarah Doyle USC 10:12.612. Amanda Bourgeois UK 10:22.943. Lauria Dolgas ARK 10:26.265. Emily Johnston UK 10:47.95200 Freestyle1. Becky Ralph ARK 1:52.062. Jaime Siegele UK 1:53.123. Bronwyn Dedekind USC 1:54.584. Tracy Sullivan UK 1:54.73100 Backstroke1. Kristen Butler USC 58.682. Jenaca Pumphrey UK 59.643. Drue Orwig ARK 59.734. Shawna Sechrist UK 59.74100 Breaststroke1. Kelli Stein UK 1:03.962. Natalia Kodajova ARK 1:04.733. Kattie Shepherd ARK 1:06.726. Kendra Trahan UK 1:08.25200 Butterfly1. Melissa Olson UK 2:04.302. Genny McNeill ARK 2:04.853. Bronwyn Dedekind USC 2:05.354. Debra Hinsley UK 2:08.7850 Freestyle1. Jaime Siegele UK 23.272. Becky Ralph ARK 24.233. Anna Nyiry USC 24.725. Sarah Hoppe UK 25.03One-meter diving1. Kelli Frost UK 278.3752. Sarah Fields UK 273.8253. Katerina Kourdioukova ARK 267.754. Carrie Knoeber UK 256.50100 Freestyle1. Jaime Siegele UK 50.962. Becky Ralph ARK 51.793. Kattie Shepherd ARK 52.714. Sarah Hoppe UK 53.60200 Backstroke1. Melissa Olson UK 2:04.592. Kristen Butler USC 2:08.473. Jenaca Pumphrey UK 2:08.71EXH. Sarah Carter UK 2:08.28200 Breaststroke1. Kelli Stein UK 2:18.762. Natalia Kodajova ARK 2:21.173. Tricia Rye USC 2:21.554. Kendra Trahan UK 2:25.71EXH. Amanda Skinner UK 2:48.91500 Freestyle1. Sarah Doyle USC 5:01.502. Bronwyn Dedekind USC 5:04.653. Amanda Bourgeois UK 5:05.395. Tracy Sullivan UK 5:06.46EXH. Michelle Inzetta UK 5:27.21100 Butterfly1. Anna Nyiri USC 58.002. Genny McNeill ARK 58.833. Debra Hinsley UK 59.05Three-meter diving1. Katerina Kourdioukova ARK 295.652. Carrie Knoeber UK 283.503. Mandy Moran ARK 264.004. Kelli Frost UK 261.455. Sarah Fields UK 260.775200 Individual Medley1. Melissa Olson UK 2:06.332. Caroline Curran USC 2:06.803. Kendra Trahan UK 2:10.30200 Freestyle Relay1. Arkansas 1:37.702. Kentucky (Hoppe, Sechrist, Bourgeois, Hinsley) 1:39.163. Kentucky (Neal, Stein, Sullivan Pumphrey) 1:42.22
