Domination in both the men’s and women’s diving events and a pool record set by junior Christy Olin weren’t enough to lift either Northwestern swimming team to a victory over Wisconsin yesterday. The Cats fell 143- 91 on the women’s side and 121-110 on the men’s side.

Freshman diver Leanne Dumais took first place in both the one- and three-meter events, and junior Ashley Carter backed her up with two second-place finishes.

Olin had a record day in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:01.26, which bested her previous mark of 2:01.28. Her time was also good enough for a new Wisconsin pool record.

“It was nice to do pretty well in my event,” Olin said, “But it would’ve been better to come away with a team victory.”

Senior Erica Rose posted some strong times in the distance events. Rose had two second place finishes in the 500 and 1000 freestyle with times of 5:01.26 and 10:12.30, respectively.

The Cats’ respectable second-place finishes weren’t enough to outnumber Wisconsin’s string of first place finishes. Katie Paglini took second in the 200-yard backstroke, senior Katie Simmons and Michelle Oeser each posted second-place finishes as in the 200 breaststroke and the 100 freestyle.

“After the first couple events, we started racing a lot better,” senior Katie Simmons said, “We have a few things to work on from a team aspect, but I thought overall we raced well.’

After squeaking out a victory against the Hoosiers last Saturday, the men”s team got a humbling feeling with a last second loss. The final event of the meet saw Wisconsin”s 200 yard freestyle team edge the Cats en route to a narrow 121-110 victory.

Freshman Matt Grevers claimed first-place finishes in the 50 and 100 free with times of 20.63 and 44.87 respectively, while diver Mike Oxman won both the one- and three-meter diving events.

Freshman Mike Alexandrov, competing in his first college meet, showed no signs of nerves with a first place finish in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:02.89. Junior Louis Torres was right on Alexandrov”s heels for second place with a time of 2:03.40.

‘We have some work to do on our race skills,’ Simmons said, ‘If we get our starts and walls better, we will be that much of a better team.’