Feb. 24, 2000
With only two meets remaining on the docket for the women's swimming and diving team, the majority of the women are done competing until summer competition resumes. There were numerous positives that came out of the Tigers 1999-2000 season that need to be mentioned.
? MU ended the season with its best record in school history, 9-2
? Tigers won 2 conference dual meets for first time since 1981. They defeated Iowa State and Nebraska
? Mizzou repeated at Indiana Invite champions
? Women set 4 new MU Natatorium pool records (200 Medley Relay, 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM)
? 11 new school records were set
? Freshman Leslie Hoh - 100 Breast (1:04.08), 400 IM (4:18.29)
? Senior Tawney Larm - 200 Breast (2:19.09)
? Junior Kristy Wanner - One-meter (377.00 - 10 dives), One-meter 241.43 (dual), Three-meter 276.30 (dual)
? Sophomore Erin Wilke - Platform (254.95)
? Junior Jeanna Willi - 100 fly (56.10)
? 200 Free Relay - Jeanna Willi, Kim Lambert, Tara Brooks, Ellen Cross (1:33.65)
? 400 Free Relay - Kim Lambert, Tara Brooks, Ellen Cross, Jeanna Willi (3:26.44)
? 400 Medley Relay - Rikki Janes, Leslie Hoh, Jeanna Willi, Kim Lambert (3:49.17)
? At the 2000 Big 12 Champions, MU had its most successful showing
? finishing 5th with 425 points, its highest point total in school history
? closest Tigers have ever been to 4th place, 57.5 points
? first time MU has had a divers in all three finals
? the Tigers made the most finals (top-8) in school history
? first time Mizzou has broken two relay marks on the same night
? MU had two swimmers swim to four NCAA provisional standards
? Jeanna Willi - 100 fly
? Leslie Hoh - 100 breast, 200 IM, 400 IM
? Two swimmers earned All-Big 12 honors
? Tawney Larm - 200 breast (3rd)
? Leslie Hoh - 400 IM (2nd)
? 16 swimmers and divers either moved up on the All-Time top 5 or are making their first appearance on the list in a new event (or first time ever)
? Erin Wilke became the first MU diver to ever final in the platform event
Even with all these accomplishments. there are still three athletes training for the final meets of their season. Freshman Leslie Hoh is still awaiting the official word from the NCAA that she has earned a berth at the national championships in Indianapolis, Ind. Hoh should hear something early next week one way of the other. Her time of 4:18.29 in the 400 IM should be fastest enough to make the meet based on the previous years performances, however, there is no way of knowing for sure.
If Hoh does make the national championships, she will become the Black and Gold's first swimmer at the "Big Show" since Sarah Samuel competed in the 1997 NCAAs. Hoh is MU's first swimmer to qualify in three individual events. Following the NCAA Championships, she will resume training for the Olympic Trials that are the first week in August in which she will be competing in the 200 and 400 IM.
Not to be forgotten are the Tiger divers. Junior Kristy Wanner and sophomoreErin Wilke have both performed extremely well during the season turning in scores at the league championships that qualified them for the NCAA Zone qualifying meet in Austin, Texas, March 9-11. With both divers competing, this marks Mizzou's most successful year on the boards.