Michigan
Texas Invitational (Day 2)
Michigan Moves to Seventh Place at Texas Invitational
12/2/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
AUSTIN, Texas -- Members of the No. 13-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team competed in the second of three days of competition at the Texas Invitational on Saturday (Dec. 2). U-M moved ahead one spot to seventh place, receiving quality efforts from the relay squads and several balanced efforts from individual swimmers.
U-M was led by the 800-yard freestyle relay team of 2000 U.S. Olympic gold medalist Samantha Arsenault (Peabody, Mass./Gardner HS), senior All-American Jennifer Crisman (Hudsonville, Mich./Jenison HS), sophomore Jenay Karlson (San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines HS) and freshman Lori Eberwein (Maple Glen, Pa./Upper Dublin HS) which finished third with a time of 7:23.93.
Arsenault placed sixth in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing in an NCAA consideration time of 1:48.19. Sophomore Traci Valasco (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams HS) also turned in an NCAA consideration time, placing ninth in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:03.73.
The third and final day of competition is Sunday (Dec. 3). Preliminaries start at 9:30 a.m. CST, followed by finals action at 3 p.m.
Team Standings (after Day 2)
1. Stanford (#4) 370.5 2. Texas (#10) 354.5 3. UCLA (#2) 349.5 4. Arizona (#3) 344.5 5. Wisconsin (#12) 280.5 6. California (#5) 279 7. MICHIGAN (#13) 217 8. Southern Methodist (#15) 211 9. Rice 102 10. Arizona State (#16) 99.5 11. Minnesota (#18) 87 12. Texas Christian 57 13. Nebraska 34 14. Harvard 2
Event Winners/U-M Finishes (Day 2)
(Preliminary time listed in parentheses if faster than final time)
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Arizona "A" 1:39.79* (Beth Botsford, Jessica Wagner, M. Papadopoulou, Sarah Tolar) 7. Michigan "A" 1:44.74 (Jennifer Crisman, Traci Valasco, Annie Weilbacher, Laura Kaznecki) 16. Michigan "B" 1:49.37 (Jennifer Arndt, Andrea Kurrle, Lindsay Carlberg, Missy Sugar)400-yard Individual Medley
1. Sarah Tolar, Arizona 4:13.12* 12. Sara Johnson, U-M 4:22.18# 32. Andrea Kurrle, U-M 4:32.06 41. Julie Kern, U-M 4:35.79200-yard Freestyle
1. Natalie Coughlin, California 1:45.65* 6. Samantha Arsenault, U-M 1:48.19# 16. Missy Sugar, U-M 1:52.63 (1:49.84#) 27. Lori Eberwein, U-M 1:51.74 39. Jenay Karlson, U-M 1:52.90 50. Mara Sveum, U-M 1:53.75 76. Lindsay Johnson, U-M 1:56.67 84. Julie Kern, U-M 1:57.97100-yard Breaststroke
1. Tara Kirk, Stanford 1:00.92* 9. Traci Valasco, U-M 1:03.73# 15. Annie Weilbacher, U-M 1:05.45 32. Lisbeth Gobel, U-M 1:07.10 36. Andrea Kurrle, U-M 1:07.61100-yard Backstroke
1. Natalie Coughlin, California 52.79* 12. Jennifer Crisman, U-M 56.24# 13. Lindsay Carlberg, U-M 56.41# (56.38#) 16. Jennifer Arndt, U-M 56.87 (56.55) 19. Laura Kaznecki, U-M 57.00 20. Erin Abbey, U-M 57.25 (57.15) 34. Sara Johnson, U-M 58.34800-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Texas "A" 7:16.84# (Erin Howarth, Colleen Lanne, Tanica Jamison, Erin Phenix) 3. Michigan "A" 7:23.93 (Samantha Arsenault, Jen Crisman, Jenay Karlson, Lori Eberwein) 13. Michigan "B" 7:34.74 (Mara Sveum, Sara Johnson, Lindsay Johnson, Julie Kern)100-yard Breaststroke (exhibition)
1. Rita Mariani, California 1:04.81 5. Lisbeth Gobel, U-M 1:06.73100-yard Backstroke (exhibition)
1. Megan Baumgartner, Stanford 56.87 * NCAA automatic qualifying time # NCAA consideration time
Day 1 Results
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