Women’s NCAA Div. 1 Champs, Day 3 Finals: Joyce Repeats As 100 Free Champion

By Dan Mihalik

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 19. GEORGIA Bulldog Kara Lynn Joyce repeated as 100 freestyle champion after a swim of 47.50 at the NCAA Championships. The time is a new pool record. Joyce’s teammate, Paige Kearns, finished the final in seventh.

It was a close race at the halfway mark, as Lacey Nymeyer of Arizona was less than .30 behind. But Joyce kicked it up another notch and ran away with the race. Nymeyer, however, did hold off the rest of the field to take second place.

Jana Kolukanova of Auburn finished the race in third, edging Cal’s Emily Silver by .02. Jenna Gresdal of Arizona was .04 behind Silver to finish fifth, while Lacey Boutwell of Stanford was sixth. Courtney Cashion of Arizona rounded out the final heat, finishing in eighth.

EVENT: 17 WOMEN's 100 Yard FREESTYLE

NCAA Record: :47.00 NATALIE COUGHLIN CALIFORNIA 2003
AMERICAN Record: :47.00 NATALIE COUGHLIN CALIFORNIA 2003
US OPEN Record: :47.00 NATALIE COUGHLIN CALIFORNIA 2003
POOL RECORD: :49.64 JENN LYMAN WISCONSIN 2003
QUALIFYING FOR "A" CUT: :49.78

RESULTS of FINALS

RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM TIME

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

1) JOYCE, KARA LYNN SO GEORGIA :48.81 :47.50**
:23.17 :24.33
** POOL RECORD:
2) NYMEYER, LACEY FR ARIZONA :48.95 :48.56
:23.46 :25.10
3) KOLUKANOVA, JANA JR AUBURN :48.81 :48.71
:23.56 :25.15
4) SILVER, EMILY FR CALIFORNIA :48.72 :48.73
:23.47 :25.26
5) GRESDAL, JENNA JR ARIZONA :48.77 :48.77
:23.47 :25.30
6) BOUTWELL, LACEY SR STANFORD :48.78 :48.96
:23.75 :25.21
7) KEARNS, PAIGE SR GEORGIA :48.82 :49.03
:23.51 :25.52
8) CASHION, COURTNEY FR ARIZONA :48.98 :49.09
:23.62 :25.47

CONSOLATION FINAL

9) WEIR, AMANDA FR GEORGIA :49.15 :48.56
:23.73 :24.83
10) ARSENAULT, SAMANTHA SR GEORGIA :49.20 :49.25
:23.84 :25.41
11) KUKORS, EMILY FR AUBURN :49.10 :49.42
:24.23 :25.19
12) DENBY, KARA FR AUBURN :49.29 :49.57
:24.23 :25.34
13) WANEZEK, SARAH SR TEXAS :49.07 :49.59
:23.83 :25.76
14) HUPMAN, ANDREA FR NORTHWESTERN :49.04 :49.73
:24.07 :25.66
15) SCHLANGER, MELANIE FR HAWAII :49.43 :49.86
:24.32 :25.54
16) VINEY, BARBIE SO ILLINOIS :49.28 :50.05
:24.18 :25.87

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