Women’s NCAAs, Day 3 Prelims: Arizona Frosh Whitney Myers Tops the 200 Fly Field

By Phillip Whitten

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 20.

200 meter butterfly
The 200 fly shapes up as a confrontation among USC’s Kaitlin Sandeno, Stanford’s Dana Kirk and Georgia’s Mary Descenza.

Heat 1. Cal’s Natalie Griffith wins in 2:12.99

Heat 2. USC’s Marisa Kozak, swimming in lane 7, takes the race in 2:12.67.

Heat 3. Arizona’s Emily Mason, swimming third most of the way, overtakes the leaders on the final lap to touch in 2:08.93, with Mary Descenza 5-hundredths back. Mason’s splits: 1:01.57-1:07.36.

Heat 4. In an instant replay of the previous heat, UCLA’s Kim Vandenberg overtakes Kirk to finish in 2:08.07, with Kirk almost a second back at 2:09.03. Vaandenberg’s splits: 1:01.12-1:06.95.

Heat 5. Arizona’s gutsy freshman uses a different strategy to best top-seed Kaitlin Sandeno: she takes it to her rival from the start. Sandeno makes a move on the final 50, but it’s too little, too late. They record the event’s top two times: 2:07.30 and 2:07.69. Myers’ splits: 1:01.01-1:07.29.

A cut: 2:09.96; B cut: 2:2.67

Official Results: 200-Meter Butterfly Preliminaries

EVENT: 19 WOMEN's 200 Meter Butterfly

NCAA Record: 2:06.04 Limin Liu Nevada 2000
World Record: 2:04.04 Yang, Yu CHN 2004
American Record: 2:05.65 Mary T. Meagher USA 1981
US Open Record: 2:05.65 Mary T. Meagher USA 1981
QUALIFYING FOR "A" Cut: 1:58.11
QUALIFYING FOR This Meet: 1:59.92

RESULTS of PRELIMS

RANK NAME YEAR TEAM TIME

1) MYERS, WHITNEY FR ARIZONA 2:07.30
:28.78 :32.23 :33.04 :33.25
2) SANDENO, KAITLIN JR SOUTHERN CAL. 2:07.69
:29.36 :32.52 :33.12 :32.69
3) VANDENBERG, KIM SO UCLA 2:08.07
:29.23 :31.89 :32.92 :34.03
4) MASON, EMILY JR ARIZONA 2:08.93
:29.03 :32.54 :33.86 :33.50
5) DESCENZA, MARY SO GEORGIA 2:08.98
:28.84 :32.13 :33.15 :34.86
6) KIRK, DANA SO STANFORD 2:09.03
:28.49 :31.99 :33.54 :35.01
7) LEE, GEORGINA SR SOUTHERN METHOD. 2:09.53
:29.29 :33.19 :33.14 :33.91
8) YEVAK, KATIE JR GEORGIA 2:09.96
:29.36 :32.73 :33.27 :34.60
9) CHRISTIANSON,DEMERA SR AUBURN 2:10.01
:29.19 :32.57 :33.13 :35.12
10) LEWIS, KRISTEN SR UCLA 2:10.56
:29.70 :32.98 :33.57 :34.31
11) PEDDER, MARGIE SR SOUTHERN CAL. 2:11.63
:30.03 :33.35 :33.98 :34.27
11) STOJANOVSKA, VESNA FR GEORGIA TECH 2:11.63
:30.63 :33.59 :33.25 :34.16
13) REILLY, ERIN FR CALIFORNIA 2:11.70
:30.24 :33.69 :33.46 :34.31
14) SARAH, BUGDEN SO INDIANA 2:11.78
:29.95 :33.65 :33.69 :34.49
15) WEEKS, KELLY SR NORTH CAROLINA 2:12.41
:30.51 :33.57 :33.72 :34.61
16) KOZAK, MARISA JR SOUTHERN CAL. 2:12.67
:29.71 :32.64 :34.83 :35.49
17) GRIFFITH, NATALIE SR CALIFORNIA 2:12.99
:29.75 :33.29 :33.90 :36.05
18) LUBUS, LAUREN SO INDIANA 2:13.05
:30.01 :33.86 :34.19 :34.99
19) CARUSONE, ASHLEY FR FLORIDA 2:13.07
:30.38 :34.41 :33.60 :34.68
20) RODAKOWSKI, JULEEN SR MINNESOTA 2:13.20
:30.31 :33.62 :34.12 :35.15
21) OLIN, CHRISTINA JR NORTHWESTERN 2:13.31
:30.62 :33.93 :34.00 :34.76
22) KELLY, KIMI FR VIRGINIA 2:13.33
:30.86 :33.46 :34.53 :34.48
23) KORNIYENKO, TANYA SR OAKLAND 2:13.42
:30.17 :33.92 :34.85 :34.48
24) HARPER, REBECCA JR FLORIDA 2:13.45
:31.26 :33.09 :35.14 :33.96
25) DAVIS, LAURA SO STANFORD 2:13.47
:30.10 :34.09 :33.98 :35.30
26) KROHN, JANA SR SOUTHERN CAL. 2:14.03
:29.11 :32.79 :35.08 :37.05
27) JOHNSON, BRITTANY FR FLORIDA 2:14.18
:30.47 :33.44 :34.72 :35.55
28) CASSIDY, ANDREA SR SOUTHERN METHOD. 2:14.31
:30.66 :33.76 :34.81 :35.08
29) SELAND, CASEY SR FLORIDA 2:14.87
:31.02 :33.28 :34.58 :35.99
30) McDONOUGH, ELYSE SR SYRACUSE 2:14.97
:29.43 :33.33 :35.09 :37.12
31) BRODEN, MIA FR HAWAII 2:15.07
:30.66 :34.47 :34.69 :35.25
32) GOWENS, LOUISE SR CINCINNATI 2:15.69
:30.27 :33.94 :35.07 :36.41
33) BIEDERMANN, AMBERLE SO PENN STATE 2:16.44
:29.49 :33.94 :35.77 :37.24
34) MYCO, RACHEL FR GEORGIA 2:17.15
:29.75 :34.00 :35.97 :37.43
35) KUURTO, MILLA SO MARSHALL 2:17.84
:30.46 :34.27 :36.25 :36.86
CATALANO, SHANNON SR PACIFIC DISQUAL
:00.00 :00.00 :00.00 DISQUAL

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