By Phillip Whitten<\/p>\n
100 meter butterfly<\/b>
\nCOLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 19. WHICH Natalie would show up for the 100 fly?. For three sessions here, Cal\u2019s Natalie Coughlin had been less than spectacular; she\u2019d only been great. Expectations for the cal senior are so high, that being \u201conly\u201d great was a disappointment to many \u2013 though not to Nat or her coach, Teri McKeever.<\/p>\n
In the prelims of the 100 fly, Stanford\u2019s Dana Kirk had tied Natalie for the top spot at an NCAA record 57.69. Could either girl go faster?<\/p>\n
Natalie, for one, intended to try. She rocketed into the lead at the start, with only Arizona\u2019s Whitney Myers able to stay close. Kirk, by contrast, was crunched at the start and found herself near the back of the pack.<\/p>\n
Coughlin went for her own world record of 56.34, splitting 26.21 at 50 meters \u2013 some eight-tenths under her own record-pace. But she couldn\u2019t keep it up, and Kirk kept creeping up, inexorably, stroke after stroke. <\/p>\n
Until she ran out of pool.<\/p>\n
At the wall, Natalie touched in 56.88, an NCAA record, while Kirk was 57.16, well under the previous mark. Georgia\u2019s Mary Descenza was third in 57.79.<\/p>\n
Kirk\u2019s second 50 split of 30.05 seconds was, by far, the fastest second 50.<\/p>\n
Official Results: 100-Meter Butterfly Finals<\/p>\n
EVENT: 9 WOMEN's 100 Meter Butterfly <\/p>\n
NCAA Record: :56.34 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2002
\nNCAA Meet Record: :57.97 Limin Liu Nevada 2000
\nWorld Record: :56.34 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2002
\nAmerican Record: :56.34 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2002
\nUS Open Record: :56.34 Natalie Coughlin Cal. Berkeley 2002
\nQUALIFYING FOR "A" Cut: :53.75
\nQUALIFYING FOR This Meet: :54.62<\/p>\n
RESULTS of FINALS <\/p>\n
RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM TIME<\/p>\n
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL <\/p>\n
1) COUGHLIN, NATALIE SR CALIFORNIA :57.69 :56.88**
\n :26.21 :30.67
\n ** NCAA Meet Record:
\n 2) KIRK, DANA SO STANFORD :57.69 :57.16
\n :27.11 :30.05
\n 3) DESCENZA, MARY SO GEORGIA :58.61 :57.79
\n :27.24 :30.55
\n 4) MYERS, WHITNEY FR ARIZONA :58.62 :58.06
\n :27.31 :30.75
\n 5) CHRISTIANSON,DEMERA SR AUBURN :58.80 :58.75
\n :28.04 :30.71
\n 6) LEE, GEORGINA SR SOUTHERN METHOD. :59.16 :59.38
\n :27.83 :31.55
\n 7) HARM, TRICIA SO GEORGIA :59.48 1:00.04
\n :28.12 :31.92
\n 8) KROHN, JANA SR SOUTHERN CAL. :59.45 1:00.23
\n :28.05 :32.18 <\/p>\n
CONSOLATION FINAL <\/p>\n
9) VANDENBERG, KIM SO UCLA :59.50 :59.36
\n :28.24 :31.12
\n 10) BONCHER, BROOKE SO RICHMOND :59.94 :59.54
\n :27.67 :31.87
\n 11) CATALANO, SHANNON SR PACIFIC :59.71 :59.69
\n :28.37 :31.32
\n 12) WANEZEK, SARAH JR TEXAS :59.59 :59.77
\n :27.84 :31.93
\n 13) LEWIS, KRISTEN SR UCLA :59.61 :59.83
\n :27.86 :31.97
\n 14) WEILBACHER, ANNE SR MICHIGAN :59.92 1:00.08
\n :28.57 :31.51
\n 15) KORNIYENKO, TANYA SR OAKLAND 1:00.07 1:00.12
\n :28.19 :31.93
\n 16) MYCO, RACHEL FR GEORGIA 1:00.00 1:00.42
\n :28.15 :32.27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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