AUSTIN, Texas. March 22. G'DAY folks. We're back at the Lee and Joe Jamail Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Texas. The meet began yesterday in balmy spring-like weather, but today it has turned cold, with a hard, biting wind.<\/p>\n
Inside the Aquatic Center, the conditions are ideal, a the women gathered here prepare to continue their assault on the record book.<\/p>\n
As always, we'll give you real-time stories and results of the events, as they happen. We're ready o go now.<\/p>\n
At the end of Day One, pre-meet favorite Stanford found itself in fourth place, 61 behind Auburn, the surprise leader. The cardinal need to be at their best today to make up ground.<\/p>\n
200 yard medley relay<\/b>
\nIn the 200 medley relay, Stanford qualified first in 1:38.68, 3-hundredths faster than Auburn. cal was third (1:39.55), followed by Georgia (1:39.56), Texas (1:39.88), Arizona (1:40.14), Pacific (1:40.77) and Florida (1:40.79).<\/p>\n
Natalie Coughlin's leadoff backstroke leg — 24.14 — was more than a second faster than anyone else. Florida's Renate DuPlessis was second fastest at 25.37.<\/p>\n
Five women had breaststroke splits in the 27s, the fastest being Auburn's Laura Swander at 27.40. Tara Kirk, Stanford, was 27.47.<\/p>\n
Five women swam 23s for the fly leg. Stanford's Shelly Ripple was fastest at 23.31, followed by Texas' Sarah Wanezek's 23.66.<\/p>\n
Auburn's Eileen Coparropa swam the only sub-22 second anchor, 21.98<\/p>\n
B finalists:
\n9. USC (1:40..83), 10. ASU (1:41.25), 11. SMU (1:41.66), 12. No. Carolina (1:42.19), 13. Indiana (1:42.43), 14. Purdue (1:42.44), 15. Alabama (1:42.49), and 16. UCLA (1:42.57).<\/p>\n
400 yard IM<\/b>
\nDefending champion Maggie Bowen eased into the final with a 4:10.16. The time puts her second — the same spot she occupied yesterday in the 200 IM prelims, before she came out and ripped her former American\/NCAA record in the finals.<\/p>\n
Top qualifier is SMU's alenka Kejzar at 4:08.91. Virginia's Mirjana Bosevska is third at 4;11.41, followed by USC's Kaitlin sandeno, 4:11.92. sandeno, a 2000 Olympian, has been swimming with shoulder or back injuries all season, so this was a major marker for her as she regains her former form.<\/p>\n
ASU's Agnes Kovacs is fifth (4;12.46), followed by Florida's Sara McLarty (4;12.51), a niece of Masters swimmer June Krauser; Georgia's Katie Yevak (4:13.77); and 2000 Olympian Maddy Crippen (4:14.24) of Villanova.<\/p>\n
B finalists; 9. Jaime Ellis (Florida), 4;14.52; 10. Kyoko Yokouchi (Calif.), 4:14.93; 11. Emily Mason (Arizona), 4:14.95; 12. Artemis Daphnis (Arizona), 4:15.80; 13. Amy Baly (Virginia), 4:16.31; 14. Michala Kwasny (USC), 4:16.48; 15. Alisa Schuknecht (Texas0, 4;16.60; and 16. Andrea Cassidy (SMU), 4:16.82.<\/p>\n
100 yard butterfly<\/b>
\nCan you spell N-A-T-A-L-I-E? If you're going to write about the 100 fly, you better know how.<\/p>\n
In the final heat of the 100 fly prelims, Cal's Natalie Coughlin skipped to an incredible American and NCAA record in the 100 yard butterfly — 50.67.<\/p>\n
Splitting 24.04, and seemingly just cruising, Coughlin devastated the American mark set by Jenny Thompson at 51.07 in 1998, and her own NCAA mark of 51.18 set last year.<\/p>\n
Shelly Ripple, Stanford, qualified second in 52.12, with Texas' Joscelin Yeo third in 52.52.<\/p>\n
Auburn placed two women in the big Final; Demarae Christianson, fourth (52.52) and Margaret Hoelzer, fifth (53.36).<\/p>\n
USC's Jana Krohn was sixth (53.52), Texas' tanica Jamison seventh (53.64) and Pacific's Shannon Catalano eighth (53.78).<\/p>\n
B finalists: 9. Mandy Leach, LSU (53.79); 10. Rebecca Harper, Florida (53.85); 11. Renate duPlessis, Florida (53.88); 12. Sarah Marshall, Pacific (53.89); 13. Georgina Lee, SMU (53.94); 14. sarah baham, ASU (54.12); 15. Anne Weilbacher (Michigan), 54.13; and 16. Sarah Wazenek (Texas), 54.14.<\/p>\n
200 yard freestyle<\/b>
\nDefending champion Sarah Tolar, of Arizona, asserted her right to lane 4 tonight. Swimming in the final heat, she came from behind in the second half of the race, to overtake Georgia's Maritza Correia and qualify first in 1:45.97<\/p>\n
The qualifying was very tight, with only 59-hundredths separting first from eighth.<\/p>\n
Auburn sophomore Heather Kemp was the second qualifier at 1:46.18, followed by Georgia's Stefanie Williams (1:46.24), North Carolina's Jessi Perruquet (1:46.29), Texas' Lauren Thies (1:46.43), Miami (Florida)'s manon Van Rooijen (1:46.50), Georgia's Correia (1:46.53) and SMU's Lotta Wanberg (1:46.56).<\/p>\n
B finalists; 9. Chantal Gibney (Florida), 1:46.66, 10. Jessica Foschi (Stanford0, 1:46.99), 11. Malin Svahnstrom (UCLA), 1:47.16; 12. Lisa Wanberg (SMU), 1:47.19; 12. Janelle Atkinson (Florida), 1:47.19; 4. Magda Dyszkiewicz (Auburn), 1:47.36; 15. Casmera Wick (Rutgers), 1:47.60; and 16. Maria Oberg (Cincinnati), 1:47.74.<\/p>\n
100 yard breaststroke<\/b>
\nCaptain Kirk rules outer space,a nd another Captain Kirk rules the waves.<\/p>\n
Stanford's Tara Kirk swam the only sub-one minute 100 yard breaststroke in prelims this morning, clocking 59.73. But the rest of the field is tightly bunched.<\/p>\n
Alabama's Anne Poleska is second at 1:00.26; ASU's Agnes Kovacs i third at 1:00.47; Cal Olympian Stacianna Stiits is fourth at 1:00.59; Georgia's Ashley Roby is fifth, 1:00.74; Auburn's maggie bowen sixth (1:00.83); Georgia's Lindsay Errter seventh (1:01.02); and USC's Kriten MacGregor eighth (1:01.18).<\/p>\n
B finalists: 9. Marcy warriner (Alabama), 1:01.30; 10. Jessica Wagner (Arizona), 1:01.30; 10. Elvira Fischer (UCLA), 1:01.30; 12. Laura Swander (Auburn), 1:01.48; 13. Katie Hathaway (No. Carolina), 1:01.51; 14. Lindsay lange (Purdue), 1:01.61; 15. Kristen Woodring (Penn State), 1:01.84; 16. Birte Steven (Oregon State), 1:01.94.<\/p>\n
100 yard backstroke<\/b>
\nNatalie Coughlin cruised to the top qualifying spot, touuching in 52.44–much slower than her American record 50.71. Going 14 meters underwater on the start and each turn, Coughlin took 5 stroks on her first three laps and six on her final lap.<\/p>\n
The rest of the field was clustered in the 53 – 54 range, with scond through 14th separated by only 1.2 seconds.<\/p>\n
Beth Botsford (Arizona), the 1996 Olympic champ, qualified second in 53.74, followed by Indiana's Susan Woessner (54.02).<\/p>\n
Two Auburn freshmen grabbed the fourth and fifth spots with Kirsty Coventry (54.12) and Jenni Anderson (54.39).<\/p>\n
Pacific's Sarah Marshall was sixth (54.51) with USC's Joanna fargus (54.55) and Georgia's Neka Mabry (54.580 rounding out the field.<\/p>\n
B finalists: 9. Christine Keller (Georgia), 54.59; 10. Amy Wagner (Stanford), 54.63; 10. Katie Meyer (USC), 54.63; 12. Miranda Shald (ASU), 54.71; 13. Alice Henriques (Cal), 54.75; 14. Julie Manitt (Arizona), 54.94; 15. Renate DuPlessis (Florida), 55.05; 16. Bethany Lindberg (Texas) 55.09.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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