NCAA Div. I Women: Princeton Dominates Day 2 of Ivys, Moves Closer to Fourth-Straight Title

PRINCETON, NJ, February 28. IT ain't over 'till it's over, of course, but from the looks of things nobody's gonna hold these Tigers.

Coach Susan Teeter's Princeton Lady Tiger swimming and diving team, treble-defending Ivy League champs, are poised to make it a clean-sweep of the new century's titles based on results of Day 2's Ivy League Championships.

Princeton built on its sub 50-point lead from opening night with wins in five of eight events this evening, opening up a rather sizeable 541.5 – 402 margin over arch-rival Harvard. Brown, which was in second after Day 1, has slipped to third (386.5) with Yale fourth (342), followed by Columbia (263), Penn (258), Dartmouth (152) and Cornell (128).

The Tigers were off to a roaring start in the first event, the 200 medley relay, setting a meet record of 1:42.55 en route to the gold. Brown gave chase and 50 free champ Liz Daniels (pr 22.75) anchored the Bears in a sizzling 22.01 — by far the fastest split of the race — but it wasn't enough as the Providencers were No. 2 in 1:43.57. The old record also belonged to Princeton, 1:42.68 from last season.

NCAA "B" cut is 1:43.47.

Then came the swim of the meet by (who else?) Princeton's Sarah Fraumann, a distance specialist who won the 1000 free in a meet record 9:53.52. The old standard was a 10:00.63 by Tiger Valeria Kukla from last year, so the winner knocked a cool seven seconds off that mark. Penn's Kathleen Holthaus was second (10:00.27) as the Quakers recorded their highest finish.

Yale stopped the Tiger win streak when senior Susan Cooke won the 400 IM in 4:20.20, within the "B" cut of 4:22.77. Harvard frosh Jane Evans was a close second (4:20.46) with Tiger Whitney Ryan taking the bronze (4:21.67).

Princeton senior Molly Seto, sister of former Tiger Ivy breaststroke champ Carwei, defended her 100 fly title with a 55.24 win and teammate Kitsie Kerner (55.59 with a pr 55.35 in the heats) was sescond. The"B" cut is 55.76.

(It should be noted that a swimmer must have at least one "A" cut for entry into the DI Championships, and "B" standards are used only after all the "A" slots have been filled.)

The Elis won their second gold when junior Paige Harizan out-touched Tiger Amy Jones to win the 200 free, 1:49.42-1:49.53, the only sub 1:50.0s of the race. Jones was top qualifier with her 1:50.33.

Princeton's final individual title came when sophomore breaststroker Stephanie Hsiao broke the decade-old meet-record n the 100 with her pr 1:02.43. The old Ivy meet-record was a 1:03.13 by the aforesaid Carwei Seto from the 1993 championships, and the ex-Tiger also still holds the pool record with her 1:02.34 from a year earlier.

Hsiao was followed by Harvard's Erica deBenedetto (1:03.99). The winner's time missed the "A" cut of 1:02.07 but is well within the"B" standard of 1:03.92.

Brown's Daniels scored her third gold (she anchored the Bears' winning 200 free relay) when she topped the filed in the 100 backstroke, winning in 56.11. Teammate Jessica Brown made it a sweep with her runner-up 56.31. Princeton's Nielson (56.51) was third.

With 200 freea second-placer Jones leading off the 800 free relay in 1:50.43, fastest split of the race, Princeton swept to the win in 7:23.82, just off its meet- and pool-record 7:23.26 from two seasons ago.

— Bill Bell

WOMEN'S IVY LEAGUE SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

DENUZIO POOL, PRINCETON, NJ
FEB. 28, 2003

25 YD. POOL

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Event 7 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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Meet: * 1:42.68 2002 Princeton
K. Conroy, C. Holland, M. Seto, C. Macaulay
Pool: & 1:43.13 2000 Princeton
Conroy, Holland, M. Seto, Pun
1:40.46 A
1:43.47 B
School Prelims Finals Points
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Championship Final
1 Princeton 1:50.13 1:42.55*B
1) Nielson, Michelle SR 2) Holland, Chrissy SR
3) Seto, Molly SR 4) Macaulay, Chrissy SO
26.26 29.27 24.39 22.63
2 Brown 1:47.61 1:43.57
1) Brown, Jessica SO 2) Mosca, Laura SR
3) Hasbani, Inbal SR 4) Daniels, Liz JR
26.76 29.55 25.25 22.01
3 Harvard 1:48.35 1:43.79
1) Bates, Alli SO 2) De Benedetto, Erica JR
3) Fraser, Anna SR 4) Walter, Jessi SR
27.28 28.93 24.38 23.20
4 Columbia 1:49.16 1:45.39
1) Seidman, Emily JR 2) Alexander, Kathryn SO
3) Kubacki, Christina JR 4) Braun, Jessica JR
27.23 29.68 25.51 22.97
5 Pennsylvania 1:50.92 1:46.57
1) Daney, Megan JR 2) Block, Jen JR
3) Harm, Robyn FR 4) Hotaling, Laura FR
27.65 29.50 25.92 23.50
6 Dartmouth 1:55.03 1:47.18
1) Kunkel, Jenny SO 2) Charles, Dana FR
3) Cunnick, Mariah FR 4) Gilhooly, Lauren JR
28.61 29.81 25.28 23.48
7 Yale 1:49.87 1:47.43
1) Vanderberg, Erin SO 2) Cooke, Susan SR
3) Knicely, Becca SO 4) Ruhl, Nicoletta FR
27.30 30.65 25.90 23.58
8 Cornell 1:52.72 1:48.96
1) Brookman, Jessica FR 2) Melin, Alyson SO
3) Chance, Holly FR 4) Gutman, Megan JR
27.36 31.30 26.07 24.23

Event 8 Women 1000 Yard Freestyle
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Meet: * 10:00.63 2002 Valeria Kukla (Princeton)
Pool: & 10:00.53 1991 C. Weiner (Peddie)
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Fraumann, Sarah JR Princeton 9:53.52&
27.05 28.90 29.55 29.72 29.54 29.72 29.65 29.86
29.86 29.95 29.97 29.94 29.92 30.14 30.12 30.23
30.05 30.00 30.02 29.33
2 Holthaus, Kathleen JR Pennsylvania 10:00.27&
28.47 29.72 30.06 30.21 30.19 30.16 30.22 30.27
30.35 30.26 30.26 30.28 30.49 30.28 30.31 30.39
30.18 30.03 29.69 28.45
3 Altenburger, Eilee FR Princeton 10:00.65
27.04 28.91 29.43 29.83 30.06 30.19 30.27 30.34
30.55 30.47 30.31 30.36 30.55 30.50 30.49 30.78
30.72 30.73 30.13 28.99
4 Engelmeier, Libby FR Princeton 10:04.55
27.22 28.96 29.44 29.92 30.19 30.17 30.31 30.40
30.49 30.56 30.43 30.68 30.76 30.74 30.75 30.90
31.00 30.80 30.81 30.02
5 Kraus, Heidi SR Yale 10:06.63
27.90 30.21 30.20 30.35 30.56 30.60 30.38 30.40
30.34 30.43 30.33 30.37 30.34 30.72 30.66 30.88
30.67 30.89 30.65 29.75
6 Somers, Nicole SO Princeton 10:07.64
27.97 29.93 30.68 30.74 30.64 30.68 30.68 30.82
30.73 30.74 30.71 30.78 30.84 30.72 30.41 30.42
30.25 30.28 30.11 29.51
7 Rogers, Allison SO Yale 10:09.90
28.67 30.48 30.43 30.66 30.76 30.63 30.69 30.78
30.75 30.61 30.51 30.72 30.80 30.61 30.62 30.41
30.84 30.67 30.58 29.68
8 Lee, Jean JR Brown 10:14.71
28.54 29.91 30.22 30.44 30.42 30.44 30.76 30.60
30.81 30.80 31.05 30.96 31.23 31.05 31.52 31.75
31.59 31.45 30.83 30.34

Event 9 Women 400 Yard IM
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Meet: * 4:06.74 1999 Cristina Teuscher (Columbia)
Pool: & 4:06.74 1999 Cristina Teuscher (Columbia)
4:15.12 A
4:22.77 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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Championship Final
1 Cooke, Susan SR Yale 4:24.60 4:20.20 B
27.97 31.75 33.77 33.44 36.12 37.26 30.61 29.28
2 Evans, Jane FR Harvard 4:22.10 4:20.46 B
27.64 31.58 33.46 33.75 37.14 37.01 30.38 29.50
3 Ryan, Whitney FR Princeton 4:21.88 4:21.67 B
28.43 32.59 33.25 32.71 35.59 37.20 31.07 30.83
4 Cahill, Bridgette FR Brown 4:23.60 4:22.35 B
28.67 31.68 33.17 33.25 37.82 37.87 30.68 29.21
5 Stephenson, Caroli SO Yale 4:27.22 4:24.57
29.25 32.83 33.28 32.89 38.14 38.43 30.48 29.27
6 Swartwout, Liz JR Columbia 4:25.44 4:26.62
29.21 32.62 32.80 32.70 38.66 38.80 31.80 30.03
7 Skoda, Alexis SO Brown 4:28.36 4:27.38
28.85 33.20 33.78 33.66 37.55 38.47 31.60 30.27
8 Wilbur, Katie JR Harvard 4:27.76 4:27.73
28.67 32.30 34.00 33.72 38.83 39.86 30.62 29.73

Event 10 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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Meet: * 54.55 1997 Kari Klassen (Brown)
Pool: & 54.55 1997 Kari Klassen (Brown)
54.14 A
55.76 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
===============================================================================
Championship Final
1 Seto, Molly SR Princeton 55.47 55.24 B
26.04 29.20
2 Kerner, Kitsie FR Princeton 55.35 55.59 B
25.95 29.64
3 Fraser, Anna SR Harvard 55.94 55.61 B
26.18 29.43
4 Brookman, Jessica FR Cornell 56.92 56.37
26.48 29.89
5 Nadeau, Kate JR Harvard 56.89 57.00
26.98 30.02
6 Hasbani, Inbal SR Brown 56.59 57.06
26.62 30.44
7 Hancock, Amy JR Yale 57.07 57.16
27.03 30.13
8 Bates, Alli SO Harvard 56.06 57.24
26.81 30.43

Event 11 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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Meet: * 1:47.05 1998 Cristina Teuscher (Columbia)
Pool: & 1:48.16 1990 Grace Cornelius (Princeton)
1:47.49 A
1:50.71 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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Championship Final
1 Harazin, Paige JR Yale 1:52.15 1:49.42 B
25.10 27.59 28.46 28.27
2 Jones, Amy SO Princeton 1:50.33 1:49.53 B
25.39 27.34 28.43 28.37
3 McCoy, Emily JR Brown 1:51.60 1:51.05
25.78 27.76 28.50 29.01
4 Stores, Katie SO Pennsylvania 1:51.62 1:51.07
25.44 27.67 28.60 29.36
5 Oeser, Michelle FR Brown 1:51.70 1:52.04
26.00 27.70 28.93 29.41
6 Wake, Nicole JR Pennsylvania 1:53.21 1:53.45
26.36 28.28 29.26 29.55
7 Ward, Molly SO Harvard 1:52.84 1:53.51
25.57 27.94 29.55 30.45
8 Chang, Victoria SR Harvard 1:52.39 1:54.24
27.25 28.52 28.88 29.59

Event 12 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Meet: * 1:03.10 1993 Carwai Seto (Princeton)
Pool: & 1:02.34 1992 Carwai Seto (Princeton)
1:02.07 A
1:03.93 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
===============================================================================
Championship Final
1 Hsiao, Stephanie SO Princeton 1:03.13 1:02.43*B
29.37 33.06
2 De Benedetto, Eric JR Harvard 1:05.51 1:03.99
30.06 33.93
3 Block, Jen JR Pennsylvania 1:05.11 1:04.53
30.41 34.12
4 Rossi, Lauren JR Princeton 1:04.85 1:04.56
30.83 33.73
5 Holland, Chrissy SR Princeton 1:05.05 1:04.77
30.45 34.32
6 Charles, Dana FR Dartmouth 1:05.22 1:05.03
31.08 33.95
7 O'Beirne, Rachael SR Harvard 1:05.21 1:05.52
30.72 34.80
— Mosca, Laura SR Brown 1:05.17 DQ
30.93 33.91

Event 13 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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Meet: * 55.03 2001 Kate Conroy (Princeton)
Pool: & 54.77 2000 Pam Hanson (Tennessee)
55.15 A
56.80 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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Championship Final
1 Daniels, Liz JR Brown 56.28 56.11 B
27.35 28.76
2 Brown, Jessica SO Brown 56.80 56.31 B
27.55 28.76
3 Nielson, Michelle SR Princeton 56.38 56.51 B
27.53 28.98
4 Hoban, Lindsay JR Brown 57.44 56.95
27.53 29.42
5 Seidman, Emily JR Columbia 57.10 57.18
28.20 28.98
6 Schaffer, Sarah FR Princeton 57.43 57.27
28.45 28.82
7 Bright, Michelle FR Harvard 57.29 57.34
28.17 29.17
8 Stapleton, Emily SO Harvard 57.43 57.36
27.97 29.39

Event 14 Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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Meet: * 7:23.26 2001 Brown
E. McCoy, J. Lee, J. Koonstra, A. Chuck
Pool: & 7:23.26 2001 Brown
E. McCoy, J. Lee, J. Koonstra, A. Chuck
7:11.65 A
7:24.59 B
School Finals Points
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1 Princeton 7:23.82 B
1) Jones, Amy SO 2) Hsiao, Stephanie SO
3) Engelmeier, Libby FR 4) Fraumann, Sarah JR
25.81 53.82 1:22.19 1:50.43 25.41 53.39 1:22.21 1:51.65
25.35 53.63 1:23.03 1:52.56 25.13 52.56 1:20.71 1:49.18
2 Brown 7:28.89
1) McCoy, Emily JR 2) Oeser, Michelle FR
3) Hoban, Lindsay JR 4) Daniels, Liz JR
25.93 54.05 1:22.78 1:51.92 25.60 53.47 1:22.12 1:51.50
25.67 53.92 1:23.37 1:53.24 24.91 52.69 1:21.92 1:52.23
3 Yale 7:32.08
1) Cooke, Susan SR 2) Kraus, Heidi SR
3) Bradford, Catey SR 4) Harazin, Paige JR
26.48 55.09 1:24.59 1:53.55 26.20 54.79 1:24.14 1:53.51
26.02 55.14 1:24.88 1:53.88 24.57 52.46 1:21.74 1:51.14
4 Harvard 7:33.76
1) Chang, Victoria SR 2) Ward, Molly SO
3) Humphries, Jane SR 4) Nadeau, Kate JR
26.90 55.48 1:23.84 1:53.17 25.79 54.28 1:23.71 1:53.22
25.65 54.46 1:23.99 1:53.45 26.07 54.54 1:24.18 1:53.92
5 Pennsylvania 7:39.20
1) Wake, Nicole JR 2) Anders, Jessie SR
3) Holthaus, Kathleen JR 4) Stores, Katie SO
26.29 54.64 1:23.68 1:53.23 26.67 55.76 1:25.59 1:55.98
26.59 55.88 1:25.54 1:54.85 25.38 54.07 1:24.18 1:55.14
6 Columbia 7:41.41
1) Allen, Jen FR 2) Swartwout, Liz JR
3) Kenworthy, Cathy FR 4) Lehner, Marie JR
26.95 55.81 1:24.98 1:53.77 26.30 55.50 1:25.46 1:55.51
26.74 56.54 1:27.07 1:56.82 27.39 57.05 1:26.48 1:55.31
7 Dartmouth 7:41.70
1) Zarba, Nicole FR 2) Simunovich, Kristin FR
3) Kowalsky, Julie SO 4) Kunkel, Jenny SO
26.47 55.72 1:26.05 1:56.72 26.30 56.08 1:26.26 1:56.11
26.01 54.82 1:24.73 1:55.16 26.55 55.36 1:24.71 1:53.71
8 Cornell 7:50.86
1) Majek, Jayme JR 2) Gutman, Megan JR
3) Johnson, Ashley FR 4) Tawresey, Courtney SR
26.53 55.70 1:26.38 1:56.83 26.53 55.83 1:25.36 1:55.01
26.50 56.11 1:26.99 1:58.88 27.75 58.00 1:28.92 2:00.14

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