Women's NCAAs, Day 3 Prelims: Coventry Posts Fastest 200 Back Prelim Time -- March 20, 2004
By Phillip Whitten
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 20. WE’RE ready to start prelims for Day 3. Auburn has the team title well in hand, but Georgia – swimming very well -- and Arizona – performing superbly – are duking it out for second, with the Dawgs leading the ‘Cats by 17points coming into today’s events.
Here we go…
200 meter backstroke
Auburn’s Kirsty Coventry posted the fastest time with a 2:07.24. Natalie cruised the final heat, going just fast enough to win, 2:08.12. Rutgers’ Kelly Harrigan qualified third one-hundredth of a second behind.
It took 2:09.36 to make A final, 2:11.70 to make B.
Official Results: 200-Meter Backstroke Preliminaries
EVENT: 16 WOMEN's 200 Meter Backstroke
NCAA Record: 2:03.62 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2001
NCAA Meet Record: 2:06.70 Beth Botsford Arizona 2000
World Record: 2:03.62 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2001
American Record: 2:03.62 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2001
US Open Record: 2:03.62 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2001
QUALIFYING FOR "A" Cut: 1:58.24
QUALIFYING FOR This Meet: 1:59.26
RESULTS of PRELIMS
RANK NAME YEAR TEAM TIME
1) COVENTRY, KIRSTY JR AUBURN 2:07.24
:30.67 :31.83 :32.28 :32.46
2) COUGHLIN, NATALIE SR CALIFORNIA 2:08.12
:30.14 :32.53 :32.85 :32.60
3) HARRIGAN, KELLY SO RUTGERS 2:08.13
:29.93 :32.07 :33.08 :33.05
4) RETRUM, LEAH FR FLORIDA 2:08.72
:31.12 :32.26 :32.84 :32.50
5) HOELZER, MARGARET JR AUBURN 2:08.83
:31.09 1:05.53 :32.21 :00.00
6) FARRELL, MAUREEN JR FLORIDA 2:09.07
:30.54 :32.84 :32.80 :32.89
7) VOLCAN, ERIN SO AUBURN 2:09.24
:30.90 :32.46 :32.58 :33.30
8) HAYES, JESSICA JR ARIZONA 2:09.36
:31.53 :32.61 :32.67 :32.55
9) FARGUS, JOANA JR SOUTHERN CAL. 2:10.33
:31.05 :32.83 :33.55 :32.90
10) MOSS, JERI SO AUBURN 2:10.62
:30.71 :32.79 :33.48 :33.64
11) WHITE, BRIELLE SO VIRGINIA 2:10.66
:30.99 :32.94 :33.03 :33.70
12) CHURA, HALEY FR GEORGIA 2:10.77
:31.39 :33.19 :33.24 :32.95
13) WYCLIFFE, ELIZABETH SO TEXAS 2:11.03
:31.67 :33.06 :33.34 :32.96
14) FESSEL, JACQUE SO TENNESSEE 2:11.17
:30.35 :32.81 :33.61 :34.40
15) JOHNSON, SUSAN FR WISCONSIN 2:11.33
:31.11 :33.14 :33.20 :33.88
16) WATANABE, NAOKO SR UCLA 2:11.70
:31.70 :33.31 :33.76 :32.93
17) STURDY, REBECCA FR TEXAS A&M 2:12.01
:31.47 :33.19 :33.49 :33.86
18) ARNOLD, KATIE FR UCLA 2:12.12
:30.25 :32.75 :34.32 :34.80
19) SARAH, BUGDEN SO INDIANA 2:12.43
:31.55 :33.71 :33.67 :33.50
19) SCHNEIDER, KRISTEN SR COLORADO STATE 2:12.43
:31.09 :32.82 :33.87 :34.65
21) SKOLASKI, JENNIFER JR IOWA 2:12.58
:31.02 :33.38 :33.74 :34.44
22) BERG, COREY SO VIRGINIA 2:12.74
:32.02 :34*** :33.32 :33.40
23) SILVER, HELEN SO CALIFORNIA 2:12.85
:30.80 :33.28 :34.15 :34.62
24) MORRIS, ERIN FR PENN STATE 2:12.86
:31.59 :33.91 :34.07 :33.29
24) DAVIS, BRITTANY FR BRIGHAM YOUNG 2:12.86
:31.16 :33.46 :34.21 :34.03
26) FERRITTO, ELAINE FR TEXAS 2:12.96
:31.18 :33.49 :33.62 :34.67
27) PATTERSON, COURTNEY JR TEXAS A&M 2:13.13
:31.19 :33.59 :34.33 :34.02
28) GRESDAL, JENNA SO ARIZONA 2:13.56
:31.63 :33.77 :34.49 :33.67
29) HAUPT, SARAH SO PENN STATE 2:13.75
:30.33 :33.25 :34.96 :35.21
30) TRINIDAD, ANNA SO WISCONSIN 2:13.78
:31.91 :33.47 :34.29 :34.11
31) JOHNSON, SARA SR MICHIGAN 2:14.24
:31.99 :34.27 :34.46 :33.52
32) SCARBOROUGH, KIM JR UCLA 2:14.44
:32.00 :33.72 :34.48 :34.24
33) BUHRANDT, MOLLY SR WISCONSIN 2:14.55
:32.47 :34.06 :33.99 :34.03
34) LOBDELL, JACKIE SR UCLA 2:14.64
:31.85 :33.96 :34.42 :34.41
35) MACKEY, NICOLE FR HAWAII 2:14.78
:31.64 :33.58 :34.76 :34.80
36) McCANN, KATIE FR FLORIDA 2:14.83
:31.29 :33.40 :34.50 :35.64
37) VAZHENIN, ANASTASIA SO SOUTHERN CAL. 2:16.10
:32.68 :34.47 :35.20 :33.75
38) ANDREWS, LAUREN FR CAL. NORTHRIDGE 2:17.07
:31.75 :34.34 :35.31 :35.67
39) KNEPPER, MEGAN JR MARYLAND 2:17.59
:31.93 :34.03 :35.59 :36.04
40) ZHEN, YING JUAN SR HAWAII 2:18.09
:31.83 :34.20 :35.74 :36.32
RANSOM, TAMI JR STANFORD DISQUAL
:00.00 :00.00 :00.00 DISQUAL
MARSHALL, SARAH SR PACIFIC DISQUAL
:00.00 :00.00 :00.00 DISQUAL
