Laura Collier, Fran Crippen Score Wins on First Day of Charlotte UltraSwim -- June 7, 2002

MECKLENBURG, NC, June 6 . THE USA youth movement was in full swing tonight as 17-year old Laura Collier and 18-year-old Fran Crippen scored wins in the 800/1500 frees on opening night of the 17th annual Charlotte UltraSwim Invitational.

Collier, representing Georgia's SMAC team, splashed to an 8:57.78-8:58.85 victory over Universtiy of Virginia senior-to-be Mirjana Bosevska. Taking the bronze was University of Wisconsin triple Big 10 champ Carly Piper (8:59.19).

Crippen just completed his senior season at Germantown Academy in Pennsylvania and was Kiputh Award winner for taking high-point honors at last March's U.S. Nationals. He won in 15:34.12; his pr is 15:21.47.

He's also younger brother of Sydney Olympian Maddie, an All-America at Villanova University.

Second in the mile was University of Georgia sophomore Robert Margalis, a member of last summer's World Championship team and a finalist at NCAAs in the 500 free-400 IM-1650 frees. Margalis swims during the summer for Florida's St. Petersburg Aquatics.

A surprising third was PACE's Davis Tarwater (15:44.65). He'll lead the nation's independent school prep 100 yard flyers this season with his 48.00, swum while representing The Webb School at the Tennessee high school championships last spring.

Bosevska is a Macedonian Olympian who was this year's Atlantic Coast Conference Championship's Most Valuable Swimmer. She will represent her country at the European Championships in Berlin late next month. Her time is a pr and national record.)

-- Bill Bell


17TH ANNUAL CHARLOTTE ULTRASWIM INVITATIONAL
MECKLENBURG, NC
June 6-9, 2002

50 M Pool

* Meet Record


Event 1 Women 800 LC Meter Freestyle
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Sponsor: SPEEDO
World: W 8:16.22 8/20/1989 Janet Evans, USA
American: A 8:16.22 8/20/1989 Janet Evans, USA
U.S. Open: O 8:17.12 3/22/1988 Janet Evans, Fullerton
Pepsi Meet: P 8:34.52 Claudia Poll, Costa Rica
National Cut: N 8:56.29
Name Age Team Seed Finals
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=== Timed Finals ===

1 Conway, Laura E 17 SMAC-GA 8:54.15 8:57.78
31.49 1:04.91 (33.42)
1:38.66 (33.75) 2:12.40 (33.74)
2:46.35 (33.95) 3:20.32 (33.97)
3:54.26 (33.94) 4:28.03 (33.77)
5:01.94 (33.91) 5:35.92 (33.98)
6:09.70 (33.78) 6:43.57 (33.87)
7:17.44 (33.87) 7:51.14 (33.70)
8:24.60 (33.46) 8:57.78 (33.18)
2 Bosevska, Mirjana 20 NOVA-VA 9:05.00 8:58.85
31.05 1:05.58 (34.53)
1:38.94 (33.36) 2:13.47 (34.53)
2:47.13 (33.66) 3:21.70 (34.57)
3:55.35 (33.65) 4:29.71 (34.36)
5:03.19 (33.48) 5:37.53 (34.34)
6:10.97 (33.44) 6:45.33 (34.36)
7:18.75 (33.42) 7:52.86 (34.11)
8:25.97 (33.11) 8:58.85 (32.88)
3 Piper, Carly N 18 WA-WI 8:50.19 8:59.19
30.54 1:04.42 (33.88)
1:37.62 (33.20) 2:11.89 (34.27)
2:45.71 (33.82) 3:20.30 (34.59)
3:54.10 (33.80) 4:28.53 (34.43)
4:55.47 (26.94) 5:36.56 (41.09)
6:06.12 (29.56) 6:44.88 (38.76)
7:18.58 (33.70) 7:53.10 (34.52)
8:26.48 (33.38) 8:59.19 (32.71)
4 Carusone, Ashley H 17 NCFY-FL 9:01.95 8:59.27
31.11 1:04.90 (33.79)
1:38.36 (33.46) 2:12.67 (34.31)
2:46.26 (33.59) 3:20.75 (34.49)
3:54.56 (33.81) 4:28.95 (34.39)
5:02.61 (33.66) 5:37.11 (34.50)
6:10.87 (33.76) 6:45.12 (34.25)
7:18.78 (33.66) 7:53.02 (34.24)
8:26.64 (33.62) 8:59.27 (32.63)
5 Gordon, Katie A 18 TPA-FL 9:05.15 9:01.30
31.94 1:06.16 (34.22)
1:40.35 (34.19) 2:14.31 (33.96)
2:48.38 (34.07) 3:22.54 (34.16)
3:56.63 (34.09) 4:30.59 (33.96)
5:04.59 (34.00) 5:38.21 (33.62)
6:12.23 (34.02) 6:45.95 (33.72)
7:19.96 (34.01) 7:53.97 (34.01)
8:28.03 (34.06) 9:01.30 (33.27)
6 Durot, Elizabeth S 16 DYNA-GA 9:11.92 9:04.52
32.10 1:06.71 (34.61)
1:40.60 (33.89) 2:15.49 (34.89)
2:49.56 (34.07) 3:24.35 (34.79)
3:58.29 (33.94) 4:32.86 (34.57)
5:06.78 (33.92) 5:41.59 (34.81)
6:15.38 (33.79) 6:49.95 (34.57)
7:23.71 (33.76) 7:58.26 (34.55)
8:31.66 (33.40) 9:04.52 (32.86)
7 Wagner, Casey K 15 TPIT-AM 9:11.19 9:07.20
31.77 1:05.87 (34.10)
1:40.29 (34.42) 2:14.78 (34.49)
2:49.13 (34.35) 3:23.39 (34.26)
3:57.96 (34.57) 4:32.42 (34.46)
5:07.15 (34.73) 5:41.63 (34.48)
6:16.23 (34.60) 6:50.87 (34.64)
7:25.69 (34.82) 8:00.07 (34.38)
8:34.49 (34.42) 9:07.20 (32.71)
8 Boland, Kara M 17 GAAC-MA 8:56.21 9:07.22
32.23 1:06.98 (34.75)
1:41.16 (34.18) 2:15.61 (34.45)
2:49.51 (33.90) 3:24.15 (34.64)
3:58.01 (33.86) 4:32.50 (34.49)
5:06.38 (33.88) 5:41.14 (34.76)
6:15.33 (34.19) 6:50.20 (34.87)
7:24.46 (34.26) 7:59.33 (34.87)
8:33.52 (34.19) 9:07.22 (33.70)

Event 2 Men 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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Sponsor: SPEEDO
World: W 14:34.56 7/29/2001 Grant Hackett, AUS
American: A 14:56.81 9/23/2000 Chris Thompson, USA
U.S. Open: O 14:58.11 12/1/1991 Glen Housman, Australia
Pepsi Meet: P 15:26.64 Artur Wojdat, Mission Viejo
National Cut: N 16:03.49
Name Age Team Seed Finals
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=== Timed Finals ===

1 Crippen, Fran M 18 GAAC-MA 15:21.47 15:34.12N
29.45 1:01.19 (31.74)
1:33.36 (32.17) 2:05.58 (32.22)
2:37.44 (31.86) 3:09.49 (32.05)
3:41.44 (31.95) 4:13.52 (32.08)
4:45.34 (31.82) 5:17.28 (31.94)
5:48.78 (31.50) 6:20.37 (31.59)
6:51.80 (31.43) 7:23.41 (31.61)
7:54.73 (31.32) 8:26.34 (31.61)
8:57.62 (31.28) 9:28.93 (31.31)
9:59.39 (30.46) 10:30.05 (30.66)
11:00.51 (30.46) 11:30.89 (30.38)
12:01.46 (30.57) 12:32.01 (30.55)
13:02.32 (30.31) 13:32.92 (30.60)
14:03.43 (30.51) 14:33.96 (30.53)
15:04.20 (30.24) 15:34.12 (29.92)
2 Margalis, Robert J 20 SPA-FL 15:40.00 15:43.08N
29.79 1:01.38 (31.59)
1:33.28 (31.90) 2:05.42 (32.14)
2:37.71 (32.29) 3:09.51 (31.80)
3:41.84 (32.33) 4:13.76 (31.92)
4:45.65 (31.89) 5:17.16 (31.51)
5:49.05 (31.89) 6:20.43 (31.38)
6:51.89 (31.46) 7:23.46 (31.57)
7:54.94 (31.48) 8:26.47 (31.53)
8:57.81 (31.34) 9:29.11 (31.30)
10:00.29 (31.18) 10:31.32 (31.03)
11:02.92 (31.60) 11:34.23 (31.31)
12:05.98 (31.75) 12:37.56 (31.58)
13:08.99 (31.43) 13:39.97 (30.98)
14:11.08 (31.11) 14:41.94 (30.86)
15:12.80 (30.86) 15:43.08 (30.28)
3 Tarwater, Davis E 18 PACK-SE 15:34.41 15:44.65N
29.69 1:01.38 (31.69)
1:33.20 (31.82) 2:05.35 (32.15)
2:37.48 (32.13) 3:09.45 (31.97)
3:41.41 (31.96) 4:13.37 (31.96)
4:45.26 (31.89) 5:16.92 (31.66)
5:48.30 (31.38) 6:19.95 (31.65)
6:51.49 (31.54) 7:23.17 (31.68)
7:54.55 (31.38) 8:26.25 (31.70)
8:57.59 (31.34) 9:29.07 (31.48)
10:00.29 (31.22) 10:31.56 (31.27)
11:02.88 (31.32) 11:34.21 (31.33)
12:05.69 (31.48) 12:37.21 (31.52)
13:08.82 (31.61) 13:40.23 (31.41)
14:11.59 (31.36) 14:42.98 (31.39)
15:14.02 (31.04) 15:44.65 (30.63)
4 Grimes, Jamie M 23 RMSC-PV 15:21.73 15:49.35N
29.38 1:01.30 (31.92)
1:32.80 (31.50) 2:04.81 (32.01)
2:36.15 (31.34) 3:07.91 (31.76)
3:39.25 (31.34) 4:11.21 (31.96)
4:42.44 (31.23) 5:14.22 (31.78)
5:45.23 (31.01) 6:17.14 (31.91)
6:48.18 (31.04) 7:20.27 (32.09)
7:51.38 (31.11) 8:23.37 (31.99)
8:54.72 (31.35) 9:26.73 (32.01)
9:58.09 (31.36) 10:30.42 (32.33)
11:01.81 (31.39) 11:33.99 (32.18)
12:05.83 (31.84) 12:38.16 (32.33)
13:09.87 (31.71) 13:42.36 (32.49)
14:14.38 (32.02) 14:46.72 (32.34)
15:18.23 (31.51) 15:49.35 (31.12)
5 Montesterio, Ricardo 23 GSC-FL 15:17.00 15:58.67N
29.28 1:01.19 (31.91)
1:32.85 (31.66) 2:05.31 (32.46)
2:37.28 (31.97) 3:09.91 (32.63)
3:41.69 (31.78) 4:14.01 (32.32)
4:45.67 (31.66) 5:18.07 (32.40)
5:49.29 (31.22) 6:21.44 (32.15)
6:52.63 (31.19) 7:24.66 (32.03)
7:55.80 (31.14) 8:27.84 (32.04)
8:59.13 (31.29) 9:31.41 (32.28)
10:02.93 (31.52) 10:35.67 (32.74)
11:07.43 (31.76) 11:40.16 (32.73)
12:11.83 (31.67) 12:44.55 (32.72)
13:16.36 (31.81) 13:48.99 (32.63)
14:21.01 (32.02) 14:53.94 (32.93)
15:26.12 (32.18) 15:58.67 (32.55)
6 Keller, Klete D 20 CW-MI 15:50.25 16:06.31
29.12 1:01.46 (32.34)
1:34.03 (32.57) 2:06.94 (32.91)
2:39.13 (32.19) 3:11.77 (32.64)
3:43.59 (31.82) 4:16.02 (32.43)
4:47.78 (31.76) 5:20.08 (32.30)
5:51.92 (31.84) 6:24.37 (32.45)
6:56.41 (32.04) 7:28.91 (32.50)
8:00.65 (31.74) 8:33.17 (32.52)
9:05.09 (31.92) 9:37.91 (32.82)
10:10.19 (32.28) 10:42.84 (32.65)
11:14.80 (31.96) 11:47.53 (32.73)
12:19.80 (32.27) 12:52.59 (32.79)
13:24.80 (32.21) 13:57.63 (32.83)
14:29.80 (32.17) 15:02.48 (32.68)
15:34.46 (31.98) 16:06.31 (31.85)
7 Thompson, Chris L 23 CW-MI 15:15.10 16:11.42
29.37 1:01.29 (31.92)
1:33.24 (31.95) 2:05.53 (32.29)
2:37.38 (31.85) 3:09.91 (32.53)
3:34.01 (24.10) 4:15.27 (41.26)
4:48.05 (32.78) 5:21.52 (33.47)
5:54.58 (33.06) 6:27.34 (32.76)
6:55.29 (27.95) 7:31.76 (36.47)
7:59.16 (27.40) 8:35.21 (36.05)
9:06.68 (31.47) 9:38.85 (32.17)
10:10.59 (31.74) 10:42.87 (32.28)
11:14.63 (31.76) 11:47.24 (32.61)
12:19.77 (32.53) 12:52.70 (32.93)
13:25.04 (32.34) 13:58.59 (33.55)
14:31.17 (32.58) 15:05.83 (34.66)
15:38.58 (32.75) 16:11.42 (32.84)
8 Vanderkaay, Peter W 18 OLY-MI 15:40.39 16:14.34
29.89 1:02.02 (32.13)
1:34.08 (32.06) 2:06.36 (32.28)
2:38.38 (32.02) 3:10.71 (32.33)
3:42.87 (32.16) 4:15.37 (32.50)
4:47.94 (32.57) 5:20.58 (32.64)
5:53.00 (32.42) 6:25.49 (32.49)
6:58.02 (32.53) 7:31.20 (33.18)
8:03.66 (32.46) 8:36.78 (33.12)
9:09.36 (32.58) 9:42.56 (33.20)
10:15.36 (32.80) 10:48.44 (33.08)
11:20.71 (32.27) 11:54.11 (33.40)
12:27.13 (33.02) 13:00.37 (33.24)
13:33.01 (32.64) 14:05.76 (32.75)
14:38.02 (32.26) 15:10.82 (32.80)
15:42.92 (32.10) 16:14.34 (31.42)
9 duRand, George G 19 UT-SE 15:39.40 16:14.57
29.66 1:01.79 (32.13)
1:33.93 (32.14) 2:06.34 (32.41)
2:39.00 (32.66) 3:11.46 (32.46)
3:43.82 (32.36) 4:16.26 (32.44)
4:49.09 (32.83) 5:21.54 (32.45)
5:53.95 (32.41) 6:26.57 (32.62)
6:58.83 (32.26) 7:31.59 (32.76)
8:04.18 (32.59) 8:37.07 (32.89)
9:09.60 (32.53) 9:42.44 (32.84)
10:15.40 (32.96) 10:48.02 (32.62)
11:20.92 (32.90) 11:54.13 (33.21)
12:27.01 (32.88) 12:59.79 (32.78)
13:32.91 (33.12) 14:06.14 (33.23)
14:39.18 (33.04) 15:12.02 (32.84)
15:44.12 (32.10) 16:14.57 (30.45)
10 Millen, John P 17 DYNA-GA 16:05.54 16:20.18
29.78 1:02.79 (33.01)
1:35.57 (32.78) 2:08.80 (33.23)
2:41.53 (32.73) 3:15.22 (33.69)
3:48.28 (33.06) 4:22.01 (33.73)
4:54.77 (32.76) 5:28.11 (33.34)
6:00.79 (32.68) 6:34.28 (33.49)
7:06.46 (32.18) 7:39.41 (32.95)
8:11.97 (32.56) 8:45.35 (33.38)
9:17.63 (32.28) 9:50.92 (33.29)
10:23.26 (32.34) 10:55.89 (32.63)
11:27.74 (31.85) 12:00.68 (32.94)
12:32.76 (32.08) 13:05.90 (33.14)
13:37.48 (31.58) 14:11.15 (33.67)
14:43.29 (32.14) 15:16.66 (33.37)
15:48.24 (31.58) 16:20.18 (31.94)