By Dan Mihalik<\/p>\n
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 19. MARY DeScenza received a challenge, but came through at the finish. Pushed by Stanford's Dana Kirk, DeScenza, the two-time defending champion from Georgia, rallied from an early deficit in the 200 butterfly.<\/p>\n
Not bothered by Kirk's early lead, DeScenza swam her race and passed Kirk after the 150 turn, leading to her third consecutive victory in the event with a time of 1:54.19. Kirk faded and finished the race in fifth.<\/p>\n
Arizona nailed down a good showing, as Emily Mason finished the race in second, falling to Descenza by .59, while Whitney Myers finished in fourth, and Pac-10 rival Kim Vandenberg of UCLA finished third. <\/p>\n
Marisa Kozak of Southern Cal finished in seventh place, while a pair of SEC swimmers rounded out the top eight. Katie Yevak of Georgia was seventh and Candace Weiman of Florida finished in eighth.<\/p>\n
EVENT: 19 WOMEN's 200 Yard BUTTERFLY <\/p>\n
NCAA Record: 1:51.91 NATALIE COUGHLIN CALIFORNIA 2002
\nNCAA Meet Record: 1:53.23 SHELLY RIPPLE STANFORD 2002
\nAMERICAN Record: 1:51.91 NATALIE COUGHLIN CALIFORNIA 2002
\nUS OPEN Record: 1:51.91 NATALIE COUGHLIN CALIFORNIA 2002
\nPOOL RECORD: 1:58.08 AMBER BIEDERMANN PENN STATE 2003
\nQUALIFYING FOR "A" CUT: 1:58.11<\/p>\n
RESULTS of FINALS <\/p>\n
RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM TIME<\/p>\n
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL <\/p>\n
1) DESCENZA, MARY JR GEORGIA 1:54.83 1:54.19**
\n :25.85 :29.04 :29.31 :29.99
\n ** POOL RECORD:
\n 2) MASON, EMILY SR ARIZONA 1:56.09 1:54.79
\n :25.82 :29.22 :29.63 :30.12
\n 3) VANDENBERG, KIM JR UCLA 1:56.01 1:55.08
\n :26.16 :28.94 :30.04 :29.94
\n 4) MYERS, WHITNEY SO ARIZONA 1:56.60 1:55.60
\n :26.02 :29.28 :30.00 :30.30
\n 5) KIRK, DANA JR STANFORD 1:56.79 1:56.17
\n :25.77 :28.63 :29.84 :31.93
\n 6) YEVAK, KATIE SR GEORGIA 1:57.59 1:56.63
\n :26.73 :29.51 :30.14 :30.25
\n 7) KOZAK, MARISA SR SOUTHERN CAL. 1:56.43 1:56.72
\n :26.26 :29.92 :29.84 :30.70
\n 8) WEIMAN, CANDACE SO FLORIDA 1:57.94 1:57.19
\n :26.35 :29.59 :30.18 :31.07 <\/p>\n
CONSOLATION FINAL <\/p>\n
9) BETHUNE, TAWNIE SO AUBURN 1:58.68 1:56.35
\n :26.82 :29.14 :30.21 :30.18
\n 10) HILL, ELIZABETH FR GEORGIA 1:58.28 1:57.00
\n :26.52 :29.27 :30.69 :30.52
\n 11) HASTRUP, KRISTEN FR AUBURN 1:59.05 1:58.22
\n :27.17 :29.95 :30.29 :30.81
\n 12) HARPER, REBECCA SR FLORIDA 1:59.60 1:58.63
\n :27.58 :30.18 :30.44 :30.43
\n 13) DAVIS, LAURA JR STANFORD 1:59.62 1:58.98
\n :27.09 :30.80 :30.64 :30.45
\n 14) DEGENSTEIN, ANN JR CINCINNATI 1:59.43 1:59.00
\n :27.29 :30.20 :30.53 :30.98
\n 15) BASSI, NOELLE SO HARVARD 1:59.32 1:59.29
\n :27.98 :30.41 :30.48 :30.42
\n 16) OLIN, CHRISTINA SR NORTHWESTERN 1:59.47 2:00.54
\n :27.23 :30.40 :31.06 :31.85<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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