Women’s NCAAs Day 2 Prelims: South Carolina’s Van Assen Clocks 1:57.70 to Lead the Finalists in the 200 Free

By Phillip Whitten

200 meter freestyle
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 19. There are eight heats in the 200 free, with Auburn’s Margaret Hoelzer seeded #1.

Heat 1. Margaret Keefe, Penn State, in 2:01.96

Heat 2. USC’s Joanna Fargus wins in 2:00.26.

Heat 3. This goes to Indiana’s Sarah Fiden in 2:00.66.

Heat 4. Arizona frosh Melissa Johnson runs away with the heat, turns in the first sub-2:00 effort with her 1:59.02

Heat 5. Indiana’s Doherty Colgin out-touches Rutgers’ Casmara Wick, 1:59.88 to 1:59.90

Heat 6. Cal’s Ashley Chandler looks good in posting the fastest time thus far, 1:58.13. Wisconsin junior Carly Piper is second in 1:58.34.

Heat 7. A strong final 50 gives Jennifer Van Assen of South Carolina the win in 1:57.70. Auburn’s Heather Kemp is next in 1:57.97 while co-defending champion jessi Perruquet is third in 1:58.34.

Heat 8. Hoelzer wins in 1:58.49, with Cal’s Lauren Medina second in 1:59.09.

It took 1:59.02 to make the A final; 1:59.88 to make B.

Auburn is 2 up, 0 down.

Official Results: 200-Meter Freestyle Preliminaries

EVENT: 10 WOMEN's 200 Meter Freestyle

NCAA Record: 1:57.33 Maritza Correia Georgia 2000
World Record: 1:54.04 Lindsay Benko USA 2002
American Record: 1:54.04 Lindsay Benko USA 2002
US Open Record: 1:55.41 Martina Moravcova SVK 2001
QUALIFYING FOR "A" Cut: 1:47.61
QUALIFYING FOR This Meet: 1:48.42

RESULTS of PRELIMS

RANK NAME YEAR TEAM TIME

1) VANASSEN, JENNIFER SR SOUTH CAROLINA 1:57.70
:27.69 :29.74 :30.18 :30.09
2) KEMP, HEATHER SR AUBURN 1:57.97
:27.58 :29.54 :30.15 :30.70
3) CHANDLER, ASHLEY SO CALIFORNIA 1:58.13
:27.83 :29.50 :30.16 :30.64
4) HAYES, JESSICA JR ARIZONA 1:58.15
:27.95 :30.12 :30.16 :29.92
5) PIPER, CARLY JR WISCONSIN 1:58.34
:28.00 :29.75 :30.42 :30.17
6) PERRUQUET, JESSI SR NORTH CAROLINA 1:58.43
:27.58 :29.71 :30.58 :30.56
7) HOELZER, MARGARET JR AUBURN 1:58.49
:27.15 :30.29 :30.73 :30.32
8) JOHNSON, MELISSA FR ARIZONA 1:59.02
:28.40 :30.00 :30.15 :30.47
9) MEDINA, LAUREN JR CALIFORNIA 1:59.09
:27.56 :30.14 :30.74 :30.65
10) ARSENAULT, SAMANTHA JR GEORGIA 1:59.15
:27.88 :30.08 :30.35 :30.84
11) SZIGETI, FLORENCIA JR ARIZONA STATE 1:59.22
:28.20 :30.43 :30.19 :30.40
12) SMITH, LINDSEY FR MICHIGAN 1:59.39
:28.58 :30.01 :30.39 :30.41
13) ELLIS, JAIME SR FLORIDA 1:59.55
:28.34 :29.97 :30.70 :30.54
14) HARDT, JULIE SR GEORGIA 1:59.60
:28.65 :30.41 :30.30 :30.24
15) UHLE, MARIETTA SO FLORIDA 1:59.83
:28.40 :29.99 :30.48 :30.96
16) COLGIN, DOHERTY SO INDIANA 1:59.88
:28.23 :30.12 :30.40 :31.13
17) WICK, CASMERA SR RUTGERS 1:59.90
:28.26 :30.36 :30.79 :30.49
18) LEMMEN, CELINA FR SOUTHERN METHOD. 1:59.96
:27.55 :30.16 :31.16 :31.09
19) SVAHNSTROM, MALIN SR UCLA 1:59.98
:27.98 :29.92 :30.85 :31.23
20) McCULLOUGH, AMY JR MICHIGAN 2:00.00
:28.61 :30.40 :30.65 :30.34
20) BANOVIC, PETRA SR ARIZONA STATE 2:00.00
:28.33 :29.96 :30.48 :31.23
22) GILLIAM, SUSAN FR MICHIGAN 2:00.06
:28.59 :30.68 :30.18 :30.61
23) KOCH, BECKY SR VILLANOVA 2:00.11
:27.73 :30.09 :31.00 :31.29
24) FARGUS, JOANA JR SOUTHERN CAL. 2:00.26
:28.68 :30.42 :30.77 :30.39
25) GIBNEY, CHANTAL SR FLORIDA 2:00.31
:28.23 :29.97 :30.62 :31.49
26) ATKINSON, JANELLE JR FLORIDA 2:00.35
:28.68 :30.59 :30.63 :30.45
27) LIEB, KATY SO TEXAS A&M 2:00.56
:28.45 :30.77 :30.49 :30.85
28) TOWNSEND, DANIELLE JR TEXAS A&M 2:00.57
:27.75 :30.27 :31.14 :31.41
29) WENTWORTH, CLARISSA FR INDIANA 2:00.61
:28.17 :30.29 :31.10 :31.05
30) FIDEN, SARAH SR INDIANA 2:00.66
:28.94 :30.65 :30.73 :30.34
31) GRUNDLINGH,MARIZANN SO SOUTHERN METHOD. 2:00.88
:28.67 :30.66 :30.95 :30.60
32) HARDT, KATE SO MINNESOTA 2:00.91
:28.95 :30.51 :30.41 :31.04
33) GORLESKY, ERIN SR INDIANA 2:00.92
:29.25 :30.72 :30.55 :30.40
34) LOBDELL, JACKIE SR UCLA 2:00.96
:28.98 :30.73 :30.83 :30.42
35) KEARNS, PAIGE JR GEORGIA 2:01.12
:28.10 :30.66 :31.38 :30.98
36) NELSON, KATIE FR UCLA 2:01.54
:29.28 :30.62 :30.93 :30.71
37) STOJANOVSKA, VESNA FR GEORGIA TECH 2:01.58
:28.55 :30.85 :31.46 :30.72
38) SIMINSKI, KRISTY SO TEXAS 2:01.66
:28.47 :30.81 :31.32 :31.06
39) BURDEN, MICHA SR CALIFORNIA 2:01.70
:29.30 :29.77 :30.72 :31.91
40) ERRECART, ROBIN SR PACIFIC 2:01.86
:28.61 :30.21 :31.27 :31.77
41) CONNEALY, CAITLIN FR SOUTHERN CAL. 2:01.93
:28.61 :30.93 :31.20 :31.19
42) BALL, KATIE FR FLORIDA 2:01.96
:29.69 :30.48 :30.93 :30.86
43) SCHMIDT, RORY FR VIRGINIA 2:02.05
:29.20 :31.19 :30.83 :30.83
44) MOSS, JERI SO AUBURN 2:02.18
:28.74 :30.67 :31.48 :31.29
45) TOMES, MEGAN FR TENNESSEE 2:02.28
:29.42 :30.46 :30.98 :31.42
46) ANDERSON, SALLY SR PENN STATE 2:02.31
:28.84 :30.76 :31.32 :31.39
47) WEEKS, KELLY SR NORTH CAROLINA 2:02.37
:29.01 :30.99 :31.23 :31.14
48) MOORE, TIFFANY JR TEXAS A&M 2:02.40
:29.53 :31.01 :30.85 :31.01
48) VANCUREN, SHANNON SO WISCONSIN 2:02.40
:29.01 :30.58 :31.48 :31.33
48) STAHLEY, DESIREE FR STANFORD 2:02.40
:28.76 :30.73 :31.14 :31.77
51) BURKE, RACHAEL SO VIRGINIA 2:02.44
:29.06 :30.79 :31.38 :31.21
52) ZWIERZYKOWSKI,EWELI SO TEXAS A&M 2:02.67
:29.11 :31.24 :31.30 :31.02
53) OLSON, SHARON SO WASHINGTON 2:02.70
:28.51 :30.66 :31.72 :31.81
54) KEEFE, MARGARET FR PENN STATE 2:02.76
:28.98 :30.74 :31.56 :31.48
55) TRINIDAD, ANNA SO WISCONSIN 2:03.01
:28.91 :30.58 :31.11 :32.41
56) LARENCE, AMANDA SO TEXAS 2:03.04
:28.43 :30.34 :31.37 :32.90
57) GILLESPIE, AMANDA FR ARIZONA STATE 2:03.06
:28.84 :30.92 :31.69 :31.61
58) BOUTWELL, LACEY JR STANFORD 2:03.11
:28.08 :31.06 :31.74 :32.23
59) McNAMEE, LYNDSEY JR PACIFIC 2:03.38
:28.33 :31.29 :32.24 :31.52
60) FRAUMANN, SARAH SR PRINCETON 2:03.52
:29.20 :31.06 :31.82 :31.44
61) ROUTH, KIM SO CLEMSON 2:03.66
:29.39 :30.97 :31.49 :31.81
62) DALY, SARAH FR SOUTHERN METHOD. 2:04.37
:29.28 :31.00 :31.94 :32.15
63) HUMPHRIES, KAELA JR TEXAS 2:04.58
:28.69 :30.63 :31.97 :33.29

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