By Jason Marsteller
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 10. SOUTHERN California's Rebecca Soni defended her 200 breast NCAA title with a top time of 2:08.73 that set the pool record. After going out under NCAA record pace through the initial 150 yards, she wound up finishing a second over the 2:07.36 set by Tara Kirk in 2002.
The win gave USC its fifth 200 breaststroke title in school history.
Wisconsin's Yi Ting Siow placed second in 2:10.42, while Stanford's Caroline Bruce finished third in 2:11.06.
Auburn held onto the lead with 463 points, while Arizona stood second with 426 points. California (290.5) and Stanford (290) continued to battle for third, while Georgia remained in fifth with 258 points.
Click here to hear from Soni following her win.
NCAA Division I Champ. Meet 3/10/2007 – 20:06PM
NCAA Women's D1 Championships – 3/8/2007 to 3/10/2007
Event 18 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 2:07.36 3/23/2002 Tara Kirk, Stanford
American: A 2:05.73 3/3/2006 Tara Kirk, Palo Alto
US Open: O 2:05.73 3/3/2006 Tara Kirk, Palo Alto
Pool: P 2:09.14 Kristy Kowal, Georgia
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A – Final ===
1 Soni, Rebecca SO USC 2:10.25 2:08.23P 20
29.13 1:00.79 (31.66)
1:33.60 (32.81) 2:08.23 (34.63)
2 Siow, YI Ting SO WISC 2:09.95 2:10.42 17
29.36 1:02.10 (32.74)
1:35.80 (33.70) 2:10.42 (34.62)
3 Bruce, Caroline JR STAN 2:10.96 2:11.06 16
29.34 1:02.06 (32.72)
1:35.80 (33.74) 2:11.06 (35.26)
4 Botzum, Jessica JR VT 2:10.87 2:11.07 15
29.70 1:02.35 (32.65)
1:36.03 (33.68) 2:11.07 (35.04)
5 Tinnon, Elizabeth SR TEX 2:11.64 2:11.09 14
29.81 1:03.07 (33.26)
1:36.92 (33.85) 2:11.09 (34.17)
6 Spann, Alexi SO TEX 2:11.74 2:11.53 13
30.37 1:03.61 (33.24)
1:37.31 (33.70) 2:11.53 (34.22)
7 Craft, Jaquelyn JR ARIZ 2:11.35 2:12.26 12
29.79 1:03.07 (33.28)
1:37.34 (34.27) 2:12.26 (34.92)
8 Weberg, Elle SR FAU 2:11.84 2:13.08 11
29.61 1:02.63 (33.02)
1:37.46 (34.83) 2:13.08 (35.62)
=== B – Final ===
9 Clay, Tiffany SR TENN 2:11.87 2:12.48 9
29.87 1:03.68 (33.81)
1:37.60 (33.92) 2:12.48 (34.88)
10 Stupp, Julie JR AUB 2:12.70 2:12.63 7
30.11 1:03.49 (33.38)
1:37.68 (34.19) 2:12.63 (34.95)
11 Jensen, Alicia SO AUB 2:13.83 2:12.65 6
29.98 1:03.59 (33.61)
1:37.93 (34.34) 2:12.65 (34.72)
12 Klein, Melissa SR GEO 2:13.80 2:12.73 5
30.63 1:04.37 (33.74)
1:38.58 (34.21) 2:12.73 (34.15)
13 Ellis, Alexandra FR CAL 2:12.68 2:12.89 4
30.55 1:04.25 (33.70)
1:38.21 (33.96) 2:12.89 (34.68)
14 Chandler, Annie FR ARIZ 2:12.50 2:13.03 3
29.12 1:02.55 (33.43)
1:37.09 (34.54) 2:13.03 (35.94)
15 Aemisegger, Alicia FR PRIN 2:13.97 2:13.40 2
30.26 1:04.30 (34.04)
1:38.80 (34.50) 2:13.40 (34.60)
16 Atkinson, Alia FR TA&M 2:13.75 2:15.19 1
29.68 1:03.78 (34.10)
1:38.48 (34.70) 2:15.19 (36.71)
=== Preliminaries ===
17 Avilla, Leah SR TEX 2:14.11
29.95 1:03.16 (33.21)
1:37.71 (34.55) 2:14.11 (36.40)
18 Giovannoni, Sara SO FIU 2:14.38
30.77 1:04.90 (34.13)
1:39.26 (34.36) 2:14.38 (35.12)
19 Stockwell, Sarah SO IND 2:14.39
30.21 1:04.20 (33.99)
1:39.07 (34.87) 2:14.39 (35.32)
20 Quinn, Julia SR ND 2:14.53
31.16 1:05.25 (34.09)
1:39.59 (34.34) 2:14.53 (34.94)
21 Smith, Amilee FR IND 2:14.72
31.39 1:05.16 (33.77)
1:39.86 (34.70) 2:14.72 (34.86)
22 Miller, Mhyria SO GEO 2:14.94
30.72 1:05.04 (34.32)
1:39.76 (34.72) 2:14.94 (35.18)
23 Teo, Nicolette JR UCLA 2:15.06
30.78 1:04.91 (34.13)
1:39.33 (34.42) 2:15.06 (35.73)
24 Beaudreau, Lauren SO RICH 2:15.36
30.51 1:04.57 (34.06)
1:39.85 (35.28) 2:15.36 (35.51)
25 Mueller, Justine JR MICH 2:15.85
31.08 1:06.00 (34.92)
1:40.91 (34.91) 2:15.85 (34.94)
26 Embick, Jessica SO ARIZ 2:15.97
30.34 1:03.77 (33.43)
1:39.09 (35.32) 2:15.97 (36.88)
27 Houston, Katy SO USC 2:16.08
30.07 1:03.97 (33.90)
1:39.06 (35.09) 2:16.08 (37.02)
28 O'Brien, Kaitlin SO PSU 2:16.18
31.29 1:05.93 (34.64)
1:41.00 (35.07) 2:16.18 (35.18)
29 Brick, Lauren SR FSU 2:16.83
29.85 1:04.53 (34.68)
1:40.38 (35.85) 2:16.83 (36.45)
30 Babicz, Annie SR CAL 2:17.09
30.80 1:04.93 (34.13)
1:40.18 (35.25) 2:17.09 (36.91)
31 Tiberio, Lindsey SR SCAR 2:17.16
30.99 1:05.34 (34.35)
1:40.97 (35.63) 2:17.16 (36.19)
32 Herrmann, Danielle SO KANS 2:17.40
30.23 1:04.87 (34.64)
1:40.77 (35.90) 2:17.40 (36.63)
33 Sieper, Kristina SR USC 2:17.62
30.68 1:05.13 (34.45)
1:40.62 (35.49) 2:17.62 (37.00)
34 Basel, Jennifer SO SMU 2:17.65
30.64 1:04.82 (34.18)
1:40.77 (35.95) 2:17.65 (36.88)
35 Clemens, Alison FR UNC 2:18.24
30.84 1:05.48 (34.64)
1:41.05 (35.57) 2:18.24 (37.19)
36 Veisz, Kitti FR WVU 2:20.15
30.57 1:05.18 (34.61)
1:41.97 (36.79) 2:20.15 (38.18)
— Amardeilh, Nanou SR AUB DQ
30.47 1:03.75 (33.28)
1:38.07 (34.32) DQ (34.82)
Women – Team Rankings – Through Event 18
1. Auburn 463 2. Arizona 426
3. California 290.5 4. Stanford 290
5. Georgia 258 6. Texas 183
7. Texas A&M 182.5 8. Florida 177
9. Michigan 162 10. Tennessee 113
11. Indiana 90.5 12. Kentucky 66
13. Arizona State 55 14. Florida State 52
15. California, Los Angeles 51.5 16. Minnesota 49
17. Virginia Tech 45 18. Southern California 42
19. Wisconsin 36 20. Princeton 35
21. Southern Methodist 34 22. Houston 31
23. Pennsylvania State 27 24. Purdue 26
25. Florida Atlantic 23 26. Miami 21
26. Louisiana State 21 28. Notre Dame 20
29. North Carolina 18 29. Gardner-Webb 18
31. Hawaii 15 32. California, Irvine 11
33. Washington State 10 34. Washington 9
35. Oregon State 8 36. South Carolina 6
36. Rutgers 6 36. Syracuse 6
39. Virginia 4 40. Brigham Young 2
41. Northwestern 1 41. Utah 1
41. Richmond 1