Michigan
NCAA Championships (Day 2)
Crisman Again Leads Michigan at NCAA Championships
3/16/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. -- Three NCAA All-America Honorable Mention performances led the way for the University of Michigan on Friday (March 16) during the second day of the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Nassau Aquatic Center. Auburn maintained its first-place standing and is at 265 points, with Georgia (261 points) and Stanford (254.5) close behind.
Senior co-captain Jennifer Crisman (Hudsonville, Mich./Jenison HS) turned in another strong performance to pace the Wolverines, adding two NCAA All-America Honorable Mention awards to the three she earned Thursday. Individually, she placed 15th in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 55.03.
Crisman also was part of an NCAA All-America Honorable Mention relay squad. The 200-yard medley relay team of Crisman, sophomores Traci Valasco (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams HS) and Laura Kaznecki (Wolverine Lake, Mich./Western HS), and freshman Annie Weilbacher (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales HS) placed 15th, clocking in at 1:42.80.
In the final event of the day, the 800-yard freestyle relay, senior co-captain Missy Sugar (Newburgh, Ind./Evansville Day School) and freshmen Emily Fenn (Westport, Conn./Gardner HS), Lori Eberwein (Maple Glen, Pa./Upper Dublin HS) and Sara Johnson (West Bloomfield, Mich./Lahser HS) combined to place 15th (7:27.32).
The three-day competition wraps up Saturday (March 17), with the preliminary heats beginning at 11 a.m. and finals at 7 p.m. Complete results, along with post-event awards, are available on the NCAA Championships website.
Top 10 Teams (after Day 2)
1. Auburn 265 2. Georgia 261 3. Stanford 254.5 4. Texas 229.5 5. Arizona 200 6. Southern Cal 190 7. California 188 8. Florida 137 9. North Carolina 130 10. Miami (Fla.) 88.5 ----------------------------- 22. MICHIGAN 27
Top Eight/U-M Finishes (Day 2)
(Preliminary times for U-M in parentheses if faster than finals time)
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Stanford 1:38.43 (Shelly Ripple, Tara Kirk, Misty Hyman, Siobhan Cropper) 2. California 1:38.44* 3. Texas 1:38.46 4. Arizona 1:39.44 5. Auburn 1:39.72 6. Georgia 1:39.81 7. Penn State 1:40.69 8. Southern Cal 1:41.08 15. MICHIGAN 1:42.80 (1:42.71) (Jennifer Crisman, Traci Valasco, Annie Weilbacher, Laura Kaznecki)400-yard Individual Medley
1. Maggie Bowen, Auburn 4:07.26 2. Michala Kwasny, Southern Cal 4:10.61 3. Jamie Ellis, Florida 4:11.36 4. Keegan Walkley, Georgia 4:11.41 5. Maddy Crippen, Villanova 4:11.50 6. Mirjana Bosevska, Virginia 4:11.52 7. Corrie Murphy, Southern Cal 4:15.45 8. Erika Acuff, North Carolina 4:18.10 34. Sara Johnson, U-M 4:27.02100-yard Butterfly
1. Natalie Coughlin, California 51.18! 2. Misty Hyman, Stanford 51.51 3. Shona Kitson, Texas 53.34 4. Bethany Goodwin, UCLA 53.55 5. Jana Krohn, Southern Cal 53.76 6. Corrie Clark, Penn State 54.11 7. Shannon Catalano, Pacific 54.56 8. Sarah Marshall, Pacific 54.80 19. Annie Weilbacher, U-M 55.18200-yard Freestyle
1. Sarah Tolar, Arizona 1:45.21 2. Colleen Lanne, Texas 1:45.27 3. Ellen Stonebraker, Wisconsin 1:45.88 4. Stefanie Williams, Georgia 1:46.05 5. Jessica Foschi, Stanford 1:46.40 6. Janelle Atkinson, Florida 1:46.72 7. Magda Dyszkiewicz, Auburn 1:47.34 8. Maritza Correia, Georgia 1:47.45 43. Missy Sugar, U-M 1:50.09100-yard Breaststroke
1. Tara Kirk, Stanford 59.18 2. Ashley Roby, Georgia 59.91 3. Kristen Woodring, Penn State 59.96 4. Laura Swander, Auburn 1:00.20 5. Amanda Beard, Arizona 1:00.43 6. Anne Poleska, Alabama 1:00.85 7. Katie Hathaway, North Carolina 1:01.30 8. Elvira Fischer, Nebraska 1:02.04 31. Traci Valasco, U-M 1:04.20100-yard Backstroke
1. Natalie Coughlin, California 51.23!*# 2. Misty Hyman, Stanford 53.04 3. Haley Cope, California 53.06 4. Shelly Ripple, Stanford 53.25 5. Beth Botsford, Arizona 53.86 6. Summer Mack, North Carolina 54.28 7. Susan Woessner, Indiana 54.30 8. Taylor Spivey, Auburn 54.93 15. Jennifer Crisman, U-M 55.03 (54.94) 30. Lindsay Carlberg, U-M 56.65Three-meter Diving
1. Yulia Pakhalina, Houston 573.20 2. Jenny Keim, Miami (Fla.) 544.30 3. Nicci Fusaro, Southern Cal 537.85 4. Summer Mitchell, Michigan State 521.95 5. Jamie Watkins, Louisiana State 518.50 6. Emily Spychala, Miami (Fla.) 505.45 7. Kellie Brennan, Southern Cal 505.30 8. Michelle Davison, Miami (Fla.) 470.85800-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Georgia 7:06.48 (Stefanie Williams, Kim Black, Julie Hardt, Maritza Correia) 2. Stanford 7:07.64 3. Auburn 7:09.66 4. Arizona 7:11.49 5. Florida 7:13.16 6. Texas 7:13.22 7. North Carolina 7:14.39 8. Wisconsin 7:14.85 15. MICHIGAN 7:27.32 (Missy Sugar, Emily Fenn, Lori Eberwein, Sara Johnson) ! NCAA record * American record # U.S. Open record
Day 1 Results
N O T E S
Making their first-ever NCAA Championships appearance, Lori Eberwein and Sara Johnson earned NCAA All-America Honorable Mention recognition as part of the 15th-place 800-yard freestyle relay squad.
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Players Mentioned
