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FOR STARTERS:
The University of Cincinnati men's swimming and diving team will travel up I-71 for a dual meet with Big Ten power Ohio State on Nov. 11 at the new McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion. The Bearcats hold a 2-2 dual meet record this season after dropping a tight 103-101 decision to Western Kentucky on Nov. 5.
BEARCAT BITES:
Freshman Annelie Jonsson has won each of the six races she has entered this season. The versatile Jonsson has won the 100 breast (once), 200 breast (twice), 200 IM (twice) and 400 IM (once). She is ranked 73rd in the nation in the 200 breast, 83rd in the 200 IM, and 44th in the 400 IM.
Senior Ann Degenstein has won five individual titles this season, and her 200 butterfly (36th) and 100 butterfly (58th) times are ranked in the top 60 nationally.
Freshmen Bjorn Mates and Jakub Carda have made an immediate impact on the 2005-06 Bearcat squad. Mates has won three of four individual events he has entered and Carda has finished no lower than fourth in each of his first six individual events. With the emergence of the two youngsters, UC features five NCAA-caliber swimmers, including 2004-05 `B' qualifiers seniors David Gustavsson and Ryan Yearwood and sophomore Marcel Kleiner.
LAST TIME OUT:
The Bearcats dropped dual meets against Western Kentucky on Nov. 5 at the Silverlake Recreation Center. The UC men fell, 103-101, while the women were outscored, 114-89. UC's Annelie Jonsson, Karen Brasier, Marcel Kleiner, and Bjorn Mates each won two event titles.
Brasier won the 100 (52.19) and 200 (1:53.79) freestyles while Jonsson captured the 200 IM (2:09.08) and 200 breaststroke (2:21.69) titles. Ann Degenstein won the 200 butterfly (2:06.88) and Paola Rivas finished first in the 500 freestyle (5:05.66), rounding out the UC winners on the women's side.
Leading the men was sophomore Kleiner, who won the 100 (45.96) and 200 (1:40.11) freestyles and was part of the winning 400 freestyle (3:04.08) relay squad. Mates, a freshman, won both the 200 IM (1:55.09) and the 200 backstroke (1:49.23), and also swam a leg in the 400 medley relay team, which finished first in 3:25.23. Seniors David Gustavsson and Steve Marshall were the other Bearcat winners. Gustavsson grabbed the 200 butterfly title by over a second, finishing in 1:52.16. Marshall, who earned his first title of the season, won the 200 breaststroke in 2:06.76.
BEARCATS TO OPEN KEATING NATATORIUM:
The UC swimming and diving teams will welcome the addition of the new Keating Natatorium in the heart of Varsity Village on the Cincinnati campus. The Bearcats have spent the last three years training at St. Xavier High School. The lack of diving facilities at St. Xavier have made it difficult for UC to field a competitive diving squad. Keating Natatorium will give the Bearcats and opporunity to host home meets and field an entire team. The natatorium is slated to open in January.
UP NEXT:
The Bearcats will head to Bloomington, Ind., for the Indiana Invitational. The three-day event features some of the top teams in the nation and will start on Friday, Nov. 18.