NCAA Div. I Women: North Carolina Leads After Day Two of ACC Champs, But Virginia Is Challenging

COLLEGE PARK, MD., Feb. 22. THE 'Heels are still in the driver's seat but the Cavs are looming large in their rearview mirror.

Coach Frank Comfort's Lady Tar Heels, double-defending Atlantic Coast Conference champs, hold a 432.5-403 advantage over Virginia's Cavaliers, coached by Mark Bernardino, at the conclusion of the second day of
competition.

Florida State is third (374) followed by Clemson and the rest of the pack.

Carolina won three inividual races and set a pair of pool records, while Virginia's Mirjana Boseveska splashed to her second gold and host Maryland got a surprise victory in the 100 butterfly from junior Bridget Mallon.

As was the case in the 200 freestyle relay opening night, Clemson's Tigers claimed the gold in the 200 medley relay this evening with a 1:40.76 clocking, just off the ACC meet record of 1:40.69 by Virginia from the 1999 Championships. The time is fourth-fastest nationally and just misses the NCAA "A" cut of 1:40.30.

In the 400 IM, Cavalier junior Bosevska, who set an ACC record en route to her 200 IM victory last evening, got her second meet-standard with a 4:11.76
win. Teammate Amy Baly (4:15.71) was second and Maryland's Elizabeth Lavell (4:16.36) third. The victory was Boseveka's third-consecutive and she'll
be back to try and make it four-for-four next season.

Bosevska also holds the Cav school record with her 4:11.52 from last year's NCAA finals. Her swim this evening just missed the all-time ACC record of 4:11.32 by North Carolina's Polly Winde, that won in '84. Baly's pr is 4:13.69 while bronz-medalist Lavell's clocking is her pr, a Maryland school-record and 12th-fastest nationally.

The Terrapins' Mallon recorded a pr and school-record 54.01 to win the 100 fly with Florida State's Candice Nethercott (54.48) second and Clemson's Elise Thieler (55.20) third. Thieler did a 54.97 in the prelims and the top two finishers made the NCAA "A" standard of 54.54.

Carolina soph Jessi Perrequet, last season's ACC Rookie of the Year and school record-holder in the 200 free off her 1:46.24 from the Nike Cup last fall, won her specialty in 1:47.90. The win was Perrequet's
second-straight. Virginia frosh Laura Lipskis was hot on her "heels" with a pr 1:48.08 and the Cavs' Carlie Dykehouse (1:48.21) took third.

Perequet's 1:46+ ranks her 35th on the all-time performers' list and is fourth-fastest nationally this season. That time is also second-best in ACC history, ranking only behind Clemson's Mitzi Kremer's 1:44.78 that won NCAAs in '89.

Comfort is hoping his supersoph will top that time before her days of wearing Carolina blue are over, and preferably next month in Austin (site of the NCAA Championship).

Tar Heel senior Katy Hathaway won the 100 breast for the third-consecutive year with a pr and school-record 1:01.09, fourth-fastest nationally. Her old records were 1:01.30.

Hathaway will be after the ACC record of 1:00.45 by former Virginia star Danica Wizniuk — set at the '99 NCAAs in Athens — at Austin. She also holds the Carolina record in the 200 breast (2:11.94) while again Wizniuk holds the ACC meet and all-time standard (2:11.82 from '99 in this same pool).

The final individual event, the 100 back, saw UNC's 50 free champ Christy Watkins race to a 54.88-56.08 win over North Carolina State's Erika Newell. Watkins holds the Carolina, meet and overall ACC record with her 53.92 from the '00 championship.

The NCAA auto cut is 54.86 but Watkins made the standard with her record-setting 22.45 50 free win so she'll swim the backstroke at NCAAs.

Virginia, NCAA defending NCAA 1650 free champ Cara Lane leading off in 1:49.46, wonm the 800 free relay while North Carolina was second. Lane won the 500 free earlier here.

— Bill Bell

2002 WOMEN'S ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
COLLEGE PARK, MD., FEB. 22

25 Yd, Pool

TEAM SCORES (AFTER 2 DAYS)

1. North Carolina 432.5
2. Virginia 403
3. Florida State 374
4. Clemson 282.5
5. Maryland 254
6. NC State 208
7. Duke 175
8. Georgia Tech 165

* Meet Record

Event 7 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
===============================================================================
ACC Meet Re: * 1:40.69 2/1/99 UNIV. OF VIRGINIA
Iffland, Wizniuk, Forster, Cronk
ACC Record: # 1:40.27 2/1/99 UNIV. OF VIRGINIA
Iffland, Wizniuk, Forster, Cronk
MD Pool: @ 1:40.69 1999 UVA
MD School: & 1:42.71 2001 UMD-2001
1:40.31 NC-A
1:43.31 NC-B
School Finals
Points
===============================================================================
1 Clemson University 1:40.76&NC-B 40
1) Kroeger, Lindsey SO 2) Commons, Mandy JR
3) Thieler, Elise JR 4) Burtch, Jenna JR
26.41 54.12 1:18.36 1:40.76
2 Florida State University 1:41.58&NC-B 34
1) Breen, Emily FR 2) Dutton, Emma SO
3) Nethercott, Candice SR 4) Cech, Christy SR
26.63 54.79 1:19.34 1:41.58
3 University of North Carolina 1:41.77&NC-B 32
1) Turner, Janna JR 2) Hathaway, Katie SR
3) Watkins, Christy JR 4) Perruquet, Jessica SO
26.92 55.02 1:19.15 1:41.77
4 University of Maryland 1:44.50 30
1) Knepper, Megan FR 2) Martin, Jillian JR
3) Mallon, Bridget JR 4) Adamkova, Petra SR
26.85 57.00 1:21.68 1:44.50
5 University of Virginia 1:44.56 28
1) Crane, Lindsey JR 2) Anderson, Caitlin SR
3) Georoff, Andrea FR 4) Roesch, Megan SR
27.40 57.08 1:21.91 1:44.56
6 Georgia Tech 1:45.24 26
1) Saum, Anna FR 2) Gilli, Sara FR
3) Lentz, Jenny FR 4) Wallis, Moeko FR
26.45 56.67 1:21.46 1:45.24
7 Duke University 1:45.31 24
1) Fay, Katie SO 2) Cornet, Lauren SO
3) Hancock, Lauren SO 4) Halligan, Amy SO
26.88 55.93 1:21.17 1:45.31
8 North Carolina State 1:45.38 22
1) Newell, Erika FR 2) Cone, Karen SR
3) Bullock, Shana SR 4) Gazda, Anna Maria JR
26.27 55.59 1:21.56 1:45.38

Event 8 Women 400 Yard IM
===============================================================================
ACC Meet Re: * 4:11.76 2/22/02 MIRJANA BOSEVSKA, Cavaliers-
ACC Record: # 4:11.32 2/1/84 POLLY WINDE, UNC
MD Pool: @ 4:11.76 2/22/02 MIRJANA BOSEVSKA, Cavaliers-
MD School: & 4:16.43 2001 LAVELL
4:17.02 NC-A
4:24.73 NC-B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
Points
===============================================================================
Final
1 Bosevska, Mirjana JR Cavaliers 4:16.77 4:11.76@NC-A
20
27.59 58.12 1:30.80 2:02.64 2:38.42 3:14.04 3:43.51 4:11.76
2 Baly, Amy SO Cavaliers 4:18.76 4:15.71&NC-A
17
28.84 1:00.97 1:34.20 2:07.21 2:43.39 3:19.62 3:47.73 4:15.71
3 Lavell, Elizabeth FR Terps 4:22.00 4:16.36&NC-A
16
28.05 58.82 1:31.94 2:04.92 2:41.85 3:19.78 3:49.00 4:16.36
4 DeVinny, Cara FR Yellow Jackets 4:18.13 4:16.60 NC-A
15
27.99 59.32 1:32.83 2:05.29 2:41.53 3:17.92 3:47.78 4:16.60
5 Sanders, Leigh JR Tar Heels 4:21.63 4:20.05 NC-B
14
28.03 1:00.03 1:32.71 2:05.09 2:42.99 3:20.66 3:51.02 4:20.05
6 Quinn, Kathleen FR Tar Heels 4:20.10 4:20.72 NC-B
13
29.07 1:01.11 1:33.45 2:05.53 2:43.89 3:22.68 3:52.04 4:20.72
7 Wrenshall, Kate FR Cavaliers 4:23.23 4:24.73 NC-

Event 9 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
===============================================================================
ACC Meet Re: * 53.45 1998 RICHELLE FOX, UNC
ACC Record: # 52.34 1997 RICHELLE FOX, UNC
MD Pool: @ 54.01 2/22/02 BRIDGET MALLON, TERPS
MD School: & 54.50 2000 MALLON
54.54 NC-A
56.17 NC-B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
Points
===============================================================================
Final
1 Mallon, Bridget JR Terps 54.65 54.01@NC-A
20
25.49 54.01
2 Nethercott, Candic SR Seminoles 54.75 54.48&NC-A
17
25.58 54.48
3 Thieler, Elise JR Tigers 54.97 55.20 NC-B
16
25.38 55.20
4 Georoff, Andrea FR Cavaliers 55.90 55.41 NC-B
15
25.79 55.41
5 Roller, Cynthia SO Cavaliers 55.87 55.56 NC-B
14
26.20 55.56
6 Humes, Courtney FR Tigers 56.24 55.57 NC-B
13
25.94 55.57
7 Freedman, Molly SO Tar Heels 56.13 55.99 NC-B
12
26.69 55.99
8 Armond, Emily FR Seminoles 56.15 56.09 NC-B
11
26.36 56.09

Event 10 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
===============================================================================
ACC Meet Re: * 1:47.14 2/1/89 MITZI KREMER, Clemson
ACC Record: # 1:44.78 2/1/89 MITZI KREMER, Clemson
MD Pool: @ 1:48.26 2/22/02 CARLIE DYKEHOUSE, Cavaliers-
MD School: & 1:48.38 1999 PIOTRO
1:47.86 NC-A
1:51.09 NC-B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
Points
===============================================================================
Final
1 Perruquet, Jessica SO Tar Heels 1:48.31 1:47.90@NC-B
20
25.32 52.35 1:20.15 1:47.90
2 Lipskis, Laura FR Cavaliers 1:49.57 1:48.08@NC-B
17
25.63 53.13 1:20.84 1:48.08
3 Dykehouse, Carlie SO Cavaliers 1:48.26 1:48.21@NC-B
16
26.06 53.78 1:21.31 1:48.21
4 Roesch, Megan SR Cavaliers 1:50.13 1:49.14 NC-B
15
25.18 52.84 1:20.79 1:49.14
5 Bowman, Kelly SR Terps 1:50.11 1:50.07 NC-B
14
25.36 53.43 1:22.27 1:50.07
6 Cech, Christy SR Seminoles 1:50.54 1:50.33 NC-B
13
25.37 53.08 1:21.57 1:50.33
7 Horn, Mandy SR Wolfpack 1:50.47 1:50.66 NC-B
12
26.12 54.07 1:22.64 1:50.66
8 Burtch, Jenna JR Tigers 1:49.54 1:50.86 NC-B
11
25.62 53.72 1:22.34 1:50.86

Event 11 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
===============================================================================
ACC Meet Re: * 1:00.52 2/1/99 DANICA WIZNIUK, UVA
ACC Record: # 1:00.45 2/1/99 DANICA WIZNIUK, UVA
MD Pool: @ 1:00.52 1999 WIZNIUK
MD School: & 1:03.69 2000 MARTIN
1:02.13 NC-A
1:03.99 NC-B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
Points
===============================================================================
Final
1 Hathaway, Katie SR Tar Heels 1:02.08 1:01.09&NC-A
20
28.97 1:01.09
2 Acker, Becky SO Tar Heels 1:02.59 1:02.17&NC-B
17
29.75 1:02.17
3 Commons, Mandy JR Tigers 1:02.59 1:02.27&NC-B
16
28.86 1:02.27
4 Dutton, Emma SO Seminoles 1:02.95 1:02.35&NC-B
15
29.60 1:02.35
5 Cornet, Lauren SO Blue Devils 1:03.02 1:02.68&NC-B
14
29.50 1:02.68
6 Buck, Coco FR Cavaliers 1:03.96 1:03.97 NC-B
13
30.31 1:03.97
7 Martin, Jillian JR Terps 1:04.52 1:04.06
12
30.53 1:04.06
8 Krynauw, Keryn SR Seminoles 1:04.09 1:04.22
11
30.24 1:04.22

Event 12 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
===============================================================================
ACC Meet Re: * 53.92 2000 CHRISTY WATKINS, UNC
ACC Record: # 53.92 2000 CHRISTY WATKINS, UNC
MD Pool: @ 55.48 1999 MAHALIK
MD School: & 55.75 1999 NOVOTNY
54.86 NC-A
56.50 NC-B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
Points
===============================================================================
Final
1 Watkins, Christy JR Tar Heels 56.28 54.88@NC-B
20
26.60 54.88
2 Newell, Erika FR Wolfpack 56.15 56.08 NC-B
17
26.96 56.08
3 Saum, Anna FR Yellow Jackets 56.80 56.43 NC-B
16
27.67 56.43
4 Kroeger, Lindsey SO Tigers 56.76 56.61
15
28.02 56.61
5 Goodwin, Amber SR Seminoles 57.21 56.92
14
27.80 56.92
6 Fay, Katie SO Blue Devils 56.87 56.93
13
27.49 56.93
7 Turner, Janna JR Tar Heels 57.20 57.03
11.5
28.15 57.03
7 Walker, Kate SO Tigers 57.10 57.03
11.5
27.56 57.03

Event 13 Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
===============================================================================
ACC Meet Re: * 7:15.74 2/16/01 UNIV. OF N. CAROLINA
K Weeks, J Perruquet, K Hathaway, E Acuff
ACC Record: # 7:14.39 2001 UNIV. OF N. CAROLINA
K Weeks, J Perruquet, K Hathaway, E Acuff
MD Pool: @ 7:18.12 1999 UNC
MD School: & 7:30.34 2000 UMD
7:15.32 NC-A
7:28.37 NC-B
School Finals
Points
===============================================================================
1 University of Virginia 7:15.75@NC-B 40
1) Lane, Cara JR 2) Lipskis, Laura FR
3) Bosevska, Mirjana JR 4) Dykehouse, Carlie SO
26.30 53.77 1:21.87 1:49.46 2:14.56 2:42.18 3:10.52 3:38.71
4:04.26 4:31.97 5:00.38 5:28.28 5:53.58 6:21.07 6:48.72 7:15.75
2 University of North Carolina 7:21.04&NC-B 34
1) Weeks, Kelly SO 2) Hathaway, Katie SR
3) Quinn, Kathleen FR 4) Perruquet, Jessica SO
26.17 54.01 1:22.35 1:50.91 2:15.74 2:43.24 3:11.66 3:40.10
4:05.79 4:33.95 5:02.65 5:31.54 5:56.47 6:23.61 6:52.38 7:21.04
3 University of Maryland 7:29.20& 32
1) Lavell, Elizabeth FR 2) Bowman, Kelly SR
3) Courtois, Valerie SO 4) Riedlinger, Linneah SO
25.63 54.18 1:24.07 1:53.06 2:18.21 2:46.99 3:16.53 3:44.86
4:10.36 4:38.56 5:07.38 5:36.03 6:02.62 6:31.26 7:00.60 7:29.20
4 Florida State University 7:29.23& 30
1) Lo, Amy SO 2) Hansen, Loren SO
3) How, Lisa FR 4) Parkinson, Liz JR
26.46 54.43 1:22.85 1:51.79 2:17.66 2:46.04 3:15.16 3:44.14
4:09.38 4:37.56 5:06.78 5:36.20 6:01.47 6:29.50 6:59.31 7:29.23
5 North Carolina State 7:32.34 28
1) Curran, Caroline JR 2) Sheridan, Katie JR
3) Tonini, Kathleen SR 4) Horn, Mandy SR
26.43 55.22 1:24.34 1:53.06 2:19.28 2:48.07 3:17.04 3:45.60
4:01.83 4:40.49 5:10.51 5:40.09 6:06.17 6:34.57 7:03.76 7:32.34
6 Clemson University 7:35.07 26
1) Douglas, Nina SR 2) Woodruff, Christie FR
3) Gresset, Aurelie FR 4) Hider, Patty SR
26.56 54.95 1:24.07 1:53.69 2:19.11 2:49.10 3:20.19 3:49.77
4:15.68 4:43.36 5:11.88 5:40.47 6:06.81 6:36.33 7:05.45 7:35.07
7 Duke University 7:36.62 24
1) Cornet, Lauren SO 2) Hancock, Lauren SO
3) Halligan, Amy SO 4) Anderson, Chrissy FR
26.08 54.26 1:23.20 1:51.94 2:18.01 2:47.40 3:17.82 3:47.47
4:14.32 4:43.43 5:12.97 5:42.54 6:09.02 6:37.87 7:07.19 7:36.62
8 Georgia Tech 7:37.16 22
1) Wallis, Moeko FR 2) Hancock, Lisa FR
3) Maguire, Michelle FR 4) Christenson, Jennifer FR
26.58 55.36 1:24.75 1:54.62 2:21.68 2:51.48 3:21.02 3:49.56
4:16.64 4:45.71 5:14.97 5:44.07 6:09.93 6:38.46 7:07.79 7:37.16

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