Unbeaten and determined

The IU men's swimming and diving team improved to 3-0 after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 162-138 Friday at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.\nThe Hoosiers battled their way in the pool in almost every race, winning 10 of the 13 events. But first year IU coach Ray Looze said it was the team's heart that helped them win the meet. Top sprinter Claes Andersson was injured, forcing Looze to move some swimmers around to events they don't ordinarily swim to help earn more points. Looze added it was the determination of the bottom guys that forged the victory.\n"This win allows us to know we can win a tough meet under adverse conditions," Looze said. \nThe Hoosiers won the first three events of the meet which gave them some confidence. The team of junior Matt Leach, senior captain Dave Schulze, sophomore Murph Halasz and junior Dale Ramsy won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:32.22. Sophomore Temujin Gold took the 1000-yard freestyle, swimming a time of 9:40.37 and sophomore Richard Bryant won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:42.22.\nSchulze had a big meet, posting wins in all three of his individual events. Schulze won the 100 and 200-yard breast events and the 200-yard individual medley with times of 56.85, 2:04.55 and 1:53.66 respectively. \n"Today was a hard day," Schulze said. "We had to race hard for every win we got. It is just a matter of staying focused and digging deep when you have too."\nHalasz won the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 1:48.72, and sprinters Ramsy and junior Mike Payne went 1-2 in the 50-yard freestyle. Leach slightly edged out Iowa's Andrei Ciurca in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:52.72, and Bryant was victorious in the 500 free, swimming a time of 4:39.80. \nLooze said he was happy with the effort and how hard the team raced, but said they now need to prepare for a tougher Northwestern team. He said the team needs to continue working on the fundamentals that have been set as standards by the coaches for the Northwestern meet next weekend. \n"We still need to execute a lot better," Looze said. "Our turns were not where they need to be. We need to focus, concentrate, and execute."\nThe diving team helped to clinch the win, but coach Jeff Huber was still not fully satisfied with the team's performance. Huber said Iowa is a very talented team, and that IU was tired from hard workouts in practice all week, but it was still no excuse to not dive better. \n"We could have looked a lot better," Huber said. "I was a little surprised. I didn't think we dove up to our potential." \nSenior Hawkeye Roberto Gutierrez won the 1-meter competition with a score of 280.88 followed closely by sophomore Brian Mariano's score of 268.05 for IU. On the 3-meter, All-American Marc Carlton barely defeated Iowa junior Timo Klami 305.70-305.03.\nOn the women's side, competition was fierce and the score close as the No. 13 Hoosiers knocked off the No. 14 Fighting Irish at Notre Dame Friday. The Hoosiers beat Notre Dame 154-146 after the entire 16 event meet came down to the last race, the 400-yard freestyle relay. \nThe Hoosiers were trailing the Irish by one point going into the final race. Freshman Nina Thurston, senior Anne Williams, and sophomore Tammy Kostner swam the first three legs of the relay. When junior Meghan Medendorp took the blocks to begin the last leg of the relay, the Hoosiers were 1.11 seconds behind. Medendorp made up the difference and IU edged the Irish by 68 hundredths of a second, claiming the victory.\nJunior Sarah Fiden came through for her team with wins in the 1000 and 500-yard freestyles in times of 9:59.65 and 4:56.96 respectively. Fiden was supported by fellow junior Brooke Tafflinger who finished third in the 1000. Tafflinger also won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:19.77 and took second place in the 400-yard individual medley.\nNotre Dame was not the only team to be taken down by the power of the IU women's swim team. The Fighting Illini of Champaign, Ill., succumbed to a 178-117 defeat on Saturday.\nFiden was IU's only double winner of the day in the 1000 and 500-yard freestyles. Fiden won the 1000 for the third straight meet in a row in a time of 10:06.06. Teammate freshman Doherty Colgin took second and junior Erin Gorlesky took third.\nThe IU divers went to work against the Illini, sweeping both diving events. Junior Cassie Cardinell claimed first on the one-meter with a score of 315.10. She was followed by teammates Hildebrand and Matthys. Hildebrand and Cardinell switched positions in the three-meter diving event.\nAfter taking second in the 50-yard freestyle, Medendorp won the 100 freestyle in 52.56. Senior Colleen McCracken aided the Hoosiers by winning the 200-yard backstroke in 2:06.00. \nFor full coverage, see http://www.idsnews.com/sports.