WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – It turned out to be a winning combination.
Coach Whitney Hite shook up the University of Wisconsin's order of its 200-yard freestyle relay team, and the move paid dividends with a title Friday night.
Emmy Sehmann, Chase Kinney, Jess Unicomb and Marissa Berg churned out a winning time of 1 minute, 27.90 seconds to win the crown for the Badgers for the third time in four seasons at the Big Ten Conference Championships.
The performance helped the Badgers remain in a tight team race, with UW standing fourth with 741 points. With one day of competition remaining, Wisconsin finds itself trailing Michigan (805.