By Dan Mihalik<\/p>\n
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 17. TRIPLE Olympic medalist Kirsty Coventry of Auburn flexed her muscles by defeating the 200 individual medley field while turning in the second fastest performance of all time. <\/p>\n
Her time of 1:54.37 was good enough to defeat and hold off Arizona\u2019s Whitney Myers, by over two seconds. Myers led the first leg of the 200 IM, but Coventry, who is the Olympic champion in the 200 backstroke, took the lead during the backstroke leg and never looked back. <\/p>\n
Caroline Bruce of Stanford had a solid race, finishing in third place. After the morning session, she was seeded fourth, but moved ahead of Emily Kukors of Auburn in the finals. Kukors finished in fourth place, ahead of Florida\u2019s Leah Retrum.<\/p>\n
The Georgia duo of Mary Descenza and Tricia Harm finished sixth and seventh, respectively. Texas A&M\u2019s Danielle Townsend finished in eighth place.<\/p>\n
FINALS RESULTS
\nEVENT: 3 WOMEN's 200 Yard INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY <\/p>\n
NCAA Record: 1:53.91 MAGGIE BOWEN AUBURN 2002
\nAMERICAN Record: 1:53.91 MAGGIE BOWEN AUBURN 2002
\nUS OPEN Record: 1:53.91 MAGGIE BOWEN AUBURN 2002
\nPOOL RECORD: 2:00.55 SARA JOHNSON MICHIGAN 2003
\nQUALIFYING FOR "A" CUT: 2:00.67<\/p>\n
RESULTS of FINALS <\/p>\n
RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM TIME<\/p>\n
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL <\/p>\n
1) COVENTRY, KIRSTY SR AUBURN 1:56.67 1:54.37**
\n :26.07 :27.79 :33.32 :27.19
\n ** POOL RECORD:
\n 2) MYERS, WHITNEY SO ARIZONA 1:57.87 1:56.43
\n :25.52 :29.34 :34.02 :27.55
\n 3) BRUCE, CAROLINE FR STANFORD 1:57.98 1:57.66
\n :26.82 :29.95 :32.81 :28.08
\n 4) KUKORS, EMILY FR AUBURN 1:57.36 1:57.75
\n :26.35 :30.50 :34.32 :26.58
\n 5) RETRUM, LEAH SO FLORIDA 1:59.07 1:58.84
\n :26.51 :28.67 :36.55 :27.11
\n 6) DESCENZA, MARY JR GEORGIA 1:58.60 1:59.03
\n :25.79 :29.59 :36.70 :26.95
\n 7) HARM, TRICIA JR GEORGIA 1:58.77 2:00.03
\n :26.20 :30.59 :35.43 :27.81
\n 8) TOWNSEND, DANIELLE SR TEXAS A&M 1:59.25 2:01.41
\n :26.33 :30.74 :35.67 :28.67 <\/p>\n
CONSOLATION FINAL <\/p>\n
9) MUELLER, JUSTINE FR MICHIGAN 1:59.91 1:59.07
\n :26.42 :31.05 :33.80 :27.80
\n 10) CAVERLY, KRISTEN JR STANFORD 1:59.84 1:59.43
\n :26.67 :29.98 :33.71 :29.07
\n 11) DAVIS, LAURA JR STANFORD 1:59.60 1:59.98
\n :27.26 :30.85 :34.37 :27.50
\n 12) WEIMAN, CANDACE SO FLORIDA 2:00.38 2:00.23
\n :26.09 :30.54 :35.51 :28.09
\n 13) McCANN, KATIE SR FLORIDA 2:00.10 2:00.61
\n :26.87 :29.69 :35.80 :28.25
\n 14) CARROLL, KATIE SO NOTRE DAME 2:00.74 2:00.75
\n :26.00 :30.17 :36.44 :28.14
\n 15) STUPP, JULIE FR AUBURN 2:00.25 2:00.93
\n :26.54 :30.52 :35.48 :28.39
\n 16) TOMES, MEGAN SO TENNESSEE 1:59.84 2:01.58
\n :26.40 :30.23 :35.65 :29.30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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