By Phillip Whitten<\/p>\n
100 meter breaststroke<\/b>
\nCOLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 19. There are only five heats in the 100 breast, with Stanford\u2019s Tara Kirk a strong favorite to qualify first, perhaps challenging the world record.<\/p>\n
Heat 1. Virginia Pate, Georgia, wins in 1:0.13<\/p>\n
Heat 2. Lizzy Bruce, North Carolina, 1:09.27.<\/p>\n
Heat 3. Oregon State\u2019s Birte Steven out-touches Kristen Woodring, winning in 1:07.38.<\/p>\n
Heat 4. In perhaps a preview of the German Olympic trials, Georgia\u2019s sarah Poewe out-touched Florida\u2019s Vipa Bernhardt, 1:07.02 to 1:07.26<\/p>\n
Heat 5. One stroke into this race all doubt about the winner had been erased. The only question is whether Stanford\u2019s Tara Kirk will break the American record of 1:05.74 by Georgia\u2019s Kristy Kowal. Kirk turns in 31.24, right on record pace, with a full body length on the field. She touches in 1:05.44, a new American and NCAA mark and the world\u2019s second-fastest time this year.behind Aussie Leisel Jones\u2019 WR of 1:05.09.<\/p>\n
Look for a sub-1:05 WR in the final.<\/p>\n
Cuts: 1:07.96 for the A final, 1:09.17 for B.<\/p>\n
Official Results: 100-Meter Breaststroke Preliminaries<\/p>\n
EVENT: 11 WOMEN's 100 Meter Breaststroke <\/p>\n
NCAA Record: 1:05.74 Kristy Kowal Georgia 2000
\nWorld Record: 1:05.09 Leisel Jones AUS 2003
\nAmerican Record: 1:05.74 Kristy Kowal Georgia 2000
\nUS Open Record: 1:05.74 Kristy Kowal Georgia 2000
\nQUALIFYING FOR "A" Cut: 1:02.00
\nQUALIFYING FOR This Meet: 1:03.19<\/p>\n
RESULTS of PRELIMS <\/p>\n
RANK NAME YEAR TEAM TIME<\/p>\n
1) KIRK, TARA SR STANFORD 1:05.44 **
\n :31.24 :34.20
\n ** NCAA Record: American Record: US Open Record:
\n 2) POEWE, SARAH SO GEORGIA 1:07.02
\n :31.32 :35.70
\n 3) BERNHARDT, VIPA SO FLORIDA 1:07.26
\n :32.09 :35.17
\n 4) STEVEN, BIRTE SR OREGON STATE 1:07.38
\n :31.88 :35.50
\n 5) WOODRING, KRISTEN SR PENN STATE 1:07.66
\n :31.87 :35.79
\n 6) ERTTER, LINDSEY JR GEORGIA 1:07.80
\n :31.77 :36.03
\n 7) DUTTON, EMMA SR FLORIDA STATE 1:07.90
\n :32.18 :35.72
\n 8) KOVACS, AGNES JR ARIZONA STATE 1:07.96
\n :32.49 :35.47
\n 9) WAGNER, JESSICA SR ARIZONA 1:08.07
\n :32.24 :35.83
\n 10) TINNON, ELIZABETH FR TEXAS 1:08.52
\n :32.42 :36.10
\n 11) SIEPER, ERIN SO ARIZONA 1:08.53
\n :32.32 :36.21
\n 12) BRISKIE, ERIN SO TEXAS A&M 1:08.55
\n :32.87 :35.68
\n 13) SARNECKI, AMALIA SO WISCONSIN 1:08.59
\n :32.73 :35.86
\n 14) STEIN, KELLI SR MICHIGAN 1:08.96
\n :33.20 :35.76
\n 15) BABICZ, ANNIE FR CALIFORNIA 1:09.16
\n :32.68 :36.48
\n 16) SWANDER, LAURA SR AUBURN 1:09.17
\n :32.30 :36.87
\n 17) BRUCE, LIZZY SO NORTH CAROLINA 1:09.27
\n :32.79 :36.48
\n 18) STANCHOCK, COURTNEY JR PENN STATE 1:09.37
\n :32.78 :36.59
\n 19) SCHOLD, MELISSA SR MINNESOTA 1:09.58
\n :32.67 :36.91
\n 20) GRAHAM, LAURA SO KENTUCKY 1:09.66
\n :32.88 :36.78
\n 21) AVILLA, LEAH FR TEXAS 1:09.75
\n :33.07 :36.68
\n 22) GILBERT, KIRSTEN JR STANFORD 1:09.80
\n :32.96 :36.84
\n 23) DIKMEN, ILKAY SR ILLINOIS 1:09.83
\n :33.05 :36.78
\n 24) AMARDEILH, ANNE FR AUBURN 1:09.90
\n :33.45 :36.45
\n 25) PATE, VIRGINIA SR GEORGIA 1:10.13
\n :33.09 :37.04
\n 26) BRICK, LAUREN FR FLORIDA STATE 1:10.27
\n :32.75 :37.52
\n 27) CRAFT, JACQUELYN FR CONNECTICUT 1:10.34
\n :33.50 :36.84
\n 28) HSIAO, STEPHANIE JR PRINCETON 1:10.54
\n :33.11 :37.43
\n 29) ACKER, BECKY SR NORTH CAROLINA 1:10.70
\n :33.76 :36.94
\n 29) WEBERG, ELLIE FR FLORIDA ATLANTIC 1:10.70
\n :33.29 :37.41
\n 31) CALDER, ERIN JR CALIFORNIA 1:10.93
\n :33.67 :37.26
\n 32) PARKER, DIANE JR EAST CAROLINA 1:11.02
\n :33.76 :37.26
\n 33) XANTHOS, NIKKI SR BRIGHAM YOUNG 1:11.41
\n :33.88 :37.53
\n 34) HOVSEPIAN, LESLIE SR UCLA 1:11.45
\n :34.19 :37.26
\n 35) KRAWCZYK, MARTYNA SO MIAMI (FLORIDA) 1:12.29
\n :34.13 :38.16
\n 36) STEINER, JENNY FR VIRGINIA 1:12.89
\n :34.39 :38.50
\n 37) DONG, RACHEL SR FLORIDA STATE 1:13.48
\n :33.83 :39.65<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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