Michigan
NCAA Championships (Day 2)
Weilbacher Places 12th in 100 Butterfly at NCAA Meet
3/22/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Michigan sophomore Annie Weilbacher (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales HS) earned her second All-America Honorable Mention award in as many days on Friday evening (March 22) at the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships by tying for 12th in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 54.18. Weilbacher, a six-time NCAA All-America Honorable Mention recipient, posted a career-best time in the 100 fly preliminaries with a mark of 54.13.
| | Sophomore Annie Weilbacher placed 12th in the 100-yard butterfly. |
Three other Wolverines competed in individual events on Friday, but none qualified for the finals. The next highest result came from sophomore Kelli Stein (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Waterson HS), who placed 24th in the 100-yard breaststroke with a mark of 1:02.94. Senior Lindsay Carlberg's (Carmel, Ind./Carmel HS) preliminary time of 56.02 in the 100-yard backstroke was good for a 31st-place finish.
Michigan did not have as good of fortune in its other two events. In the 200-yard freestyle and the 200-yard medley relay, the Wolverines were disqualified for false starts. Sophomore Amy McCullough (West Bloomfield, Mich./Mercy HS) was the Maize and Blue's representative in the 200-yard freestyle, and she joined Stein, Weilbacher and Carlberg in the 200-yard medley relay.
The NCAA Championships continued to be a fast meet on Friday as records were broken in three events, with the highlight coming from California sophomore Natalie Coughlin. With a time of 49.97 in the 100-yard backstroke, Coughlin set American, U.S. Open and NCAA records while becoming the first woman ever to swim the event in under 50 seconds.
Coughlin also accounted for a new record in the 100-yard butterfly, while Stanford teamed up for an American record in the 200-yard medley relay. Coughlin's time of 50:01 in the 100-yard butterfly established NCAA, American and U.S. Open records, while the team of Amy Wagner, Shelly Ripple, Tara Kirk and Lacey Boutwell set an American record in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:37.79.
The NCAA Championships will conclude on Saturday (March 23), with preliminaries beginning at 11 a.m. CST and finals at 7 p.m. CST. All four Wolverines will swim in individual events, with McCullough in the 1,650-yard freestyle, Carlberg in the 200-yard backstroke, Weilbacher in the 100-yard freestyle and Stein in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Top 10 Teams (After Day 2)
1. Auburn 337 2. Georgia 270 3. Stanford 215 4. Arizona 207 5. Texas 202.5 6. Southern Cal 194.5 7. California 178 8. Florida 154 9. Southern Methodist 124 10. Arizona State 101 26. MICHIGAN 14.5
Top Eight/U-M Finishes (Day 2)
(Preliminary time in parentheses for U-M if faster than finals time)
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Stanford 1:37.79% (Amy Wagner, Tara Kirk, Shelly Ripple, Lacey Boutwell) 2. California 1:37.88 3. Auburn 1:38.71 4. Texas 1:39.03 5. Arizona 1:39.58 6. Georgia 1:39.81 7. Florida 1:40.24 8. Pacific 1:41.49 -- MICHIGAN DQ (Lindsay Carlberg, Annie Weilbacher, Kelli Stein, Amy McCullough)
400-yard Individual Medley
1. Maggie Bowen, Auburn 4:04.69 2. Alenka Kejzar, SMU 4:06.70 3. Mirjana Bosevska, Virginia 4:09.75 4. Kaitlin Sandeno, Southern Cal 4:11.30 5. Agnes Kovacs, Arizona State 4:12.36 6. Sara McLarty, Florida 4:12.42 7. Katie Yevak, Georgia 4:14.90 8. Maddy Crippen, Villanova 4:17.16
100-yard Butterfly
1. Natalie Coughlin, California 50.01$%! 2. Shelly Ripple, Stanford 51.50 3. Joscelin Yeo, Texas 52.52 4. Margaret Hoelzer, Auburn 52.76 5. Demarae Christianson, Auburn 53.06 6. Shannon Catalano, Pacific 53.50 7. Tanica Jamison, Texas 53.74 8. Jana Krohn, Southern Cal 53.86 T12. Annie Weilbacher, U-M 54.18 (54.13)
200-yard Freestyle
1. Sarah Tolar, Arizona 1:44.66 2. Stefanie Williams, Georgia 1:44.88 3. Jessi Perruquet, North Carolina 1:45.65 4. Heather Kemp, Auburn 1:46.54 5. Lauren Thies, Texas 1:46.60 6. Manon VanRooijen, Miami (Fla.) 1:46.79 7. Maritza Correia, Georgia 1:47.04 8. Lotta Wanberg, SMU 1:47.74 -- Amy McCullough, U-M DQ
100-yard Breaststroke
1. Tara Kirk, Stanford 59.03 2. Maggie Bowen, Auburn 59.94 3. Anne Poleska, Alabama 1:00.08 4. Staciana Stitts, California 1:00.40 5. Agnes Kovacs, Arizona State 1:00.56 6. Ashley Roby, Georgia 1:01.09 7. Lindsey Ertter, Georgia 1:01.17 8. Kristin MacGregor, Southern Cal 1:01.36 24. Kelli Stein, U-M 1:02.94
100-yard Backstroke
1. Natalie Coughlin, California 49.97$%! 2. Susan Woessner, Indiana 53.23 3. Beth Botsford, Arizona 53.45 4. Kirsty Coventry, Auburn 53.67 5. Sarah Marshall, Pacific 54.13 6. Joanna Fargus, Southern Cal 54.57 7. Neka Mabry, Georgia 54.76 8. Jenni Anderson, Auburn 54.82 31. Lindsay Carlberg, U-M 56.02
Three-meter Diving
1. Yulia Pakhalina, Houston 625.05 2. Sarah Reiling, Indiana 581.90 3. Blythe Hartley, Southern Cal 567.80 4. Erin Quinn, Indiana 555.25 5. Michelle Davison, Miami (Fla.) 550.85 6. Lauryn McCalley, Tennessee 532.20 7. Nicci Fusaro, Southern Cal 519.10 8. Heather Mattingly, Notre Dame 517.90
800-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Arizona 7:05.10 (Emily Mason, Jenny Vanker, Jessica Hayes, Sarah Tolar) 2. Auburn 7:06.70 3. Georgia 7:06.77 4. Florida 7:07.85 5. Southern Methodist 7:10.84 6. Wisconsin 7:11.97 7. Southern Cal 7:13.77 8. Stanford 7:14.96 9. California 7:16.08 10. Virginia 7:16.57 $ NCAA Championships Record % American Record ! U.S. Open Record
Day 1 Results
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