Women’s NCAAs Day 2 Prelims: Coughlin, Dana Kirk Tie for First Spot in 100m Fly with Meet Record 57.69

By Phillip Whitten

100 meter butterfly
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 19. There are six heats in the 100 fly, with world record-holder Natalie Coughlin of Cal the top seed.

Heat 1. Auburn’s Leslie Lunsmann wins in 1:01.23.

Heat 2. Marisa Kozak, USC, takes the heat in 1:01.02.

Heat 3. Using her strong underwater, Georgia sophomore Tricia Harm, clocks 59.48.

Heat 4. Georgia’s Mary Descenza clocks 58.61 as five girls break a minute.

Heat 5. Stanford’s Dna Kirk takes command at the start and just keeps going. She finishes in 57.69, a new meet record. It may last for only a minute, as Nat swims the next heat.

Heat 6. Coughlin splits 26.96, right on her WR pace. She touches in 57.69, tying Dana Kirk’s new meet record. Arizona’s Whitney Myers is second in 58.62.

Cuts: a final: 59.48; B final: 1:00.07

Georgia positions itself to gain ground with three swimmers in the A final, one in B. Auburn only has one in the A final.
Official Results: 100-Meter Butterfly Preliminaries

EVENT: 9 WOMEN's 100 Meter Butterfly

NCAA Record: :56.34 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2002
NCAA Meet Record: :57.97 Limin Liu Nevada 2000
World Record: :56.34 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2002
American Record: :56.34 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2002
US Open Record: :56.34 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2002
QUALIFYING FOR "A" Cut: :53.75
QUALIFYING FOR This Meet: :54.62

RESULTS of PRELIMS

RANK NAME YEAR TEAM TIME

1) COUGHLIN, NATALIE SR CALIFORNIA :57.69 **
:26.96 :30.73
** NCAA Meet Record:
1) KIRK, DANA SO STANFORD :57.69 **
:27.22 :30.47
** NCAA Meet Record:
3) DESCENZA, MARY SO GEORGIA :58.61
:27.41 :31.20
4) MYERS, WHITNEY FR ARIZONA :58.62
:27.34 :31.28
5) CHRISTIANSON,DEMERA SR AUBURN :58.80
:27.55 :31.25
6) LEE, GEORGINA SR SOUTHERN METHOD. :59.16
:28.14 :31.02
7) KROHN, JANA SR SOUTHERN CAL. :59.45
:27.90 :31.55
8) HARM, TRICIA SO GEORGIA :59.48
:27.54 :31.94

9) VANDENBERG, KIM SO UCLA :59.50
:28.19 :31.31
10) WANEZEK, SARAH JR TEXAS :59.59
:27.75 :31.84
11) LEWIS, KRISTEN SR UCLA :59.61
:28.26 :31.35
12) CATALANO, SHANNON SR PACIFIC (CAL) :59.71
:28.25 :31.46
13) WEILBACHER, ANNE SR MICHIGAN :59.92
:28.35 :31.57
14) BONCHER, BROOKE SO RICHMOND :59.94
:27.39 :32.55
15) MYCO, RACHEL FR GEORGIA 1:00.00
:28.04 :31.96
16) KORNIYENKO, TANYA SR OAKLAND 1:00.07
:28.85 :31.22

17) FESSEL, JACQUE SO TENNESSEE 1:00.47
:28.95 :31.52
18) SMITH, ERIN JR INDIANA 1:00.50
:28.42 :32.08
19) SKAGGS, HEATHER JR SOUTH CAROLINA 1:00.75
:28.49 :32.26
20) BREEN, EMILY JR FLORIDA STATE 1:00.85
:28.45 :32.40
21) GEOROFF, ANDREA JR GEORGIA 1:00.89
:28.09 :32.80
22) ROLLER, CYNTHIA SR VIRGINIA 1:00.94
:28.89 :32.05
23) KOZAK, MARISA JR SOUTHERN CAL. 1:01.02
:28.70 :32.32
24) GRUBER, AMY JR KANSAS 1:01.09
:28.25 :32.84
25) LUNSMANN, LESLIE SO AUBURN 1:01.23
:28.14 :33.09
26) JOHNSON, SUSAN FR WISCONSIN 1:01.24
:28.49 :32.75
27) RODAKOWSKI, JULEEN SR MINNESOTA 1:01.26
:29.16 :32.10
28) BIEDERMANN, AMBERLE SO PENN STATE 1:01.29
:28.54 :32.75
29) KUURTO, MILLA SO MARSHALL 1:01.36
:27.93 :33.43
30) NESS, KATIE SO DUKE 1:01.37
:29.01 :32.36
31) JESSICA, SIEGELE JR KENTUCKY 1:01.38
:28.71 :32.67
32) ROBINSON, KATIE FR TEXAS 1:01.49
:28.23 :33.26
32) BRODEN, MIA FR HAWAII 1:01.49
:28.92 :32.57
34) HOW, LISA JR FLORIDA STATE 1:01.60
:28.95 :32.65
35) PARKER, DIANE JR EAST CAROLINA 1:01.66
:29.01 :32.65
36) deTOLL, GIGI FR MARYLAND 1:01.68
:28.35 :33.33
37) MULYAYEVA, MARINA JR MARYLAND 1:01.87
:29.10 :32.77
38) DALY, ASHLEY FR STANFORD 1:01.96
:28.20 :33.76
39) LEININGER, LAURA JO SR TEXAS 1:02.06
:29.02 :33.04
40) HARPER, REBECCA JR FLORIDA 1:02.10
:29.67 :32.43
41) OLIN, CHRISTINA JR NORTHWESTERN 1:02.34
:29.48 :32.86
42) McHUGH, CAROLYNN JR SOUTH CAROLINA 1:02.50
:28.60 :33.90
43) THURMAN, AMY FR UCLA 1:02.64
:29.29 :33.35
44) DYSHAW, SAMANTHA SR IOWA STATE 1:02.80
:29.11 :33.69
45) BOHLSEN, SARAH SR MINNESOTA 1:02.86
:29.17 :33.69
MARSHALL, SARAH SR PACIFIC (CAL) DISQUAL
:00.00 DISQUAL

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