Michigan
NCAA Championships (Day 1)
Shakespeare, Relays Lead U-M in First Day of NCAAs
3/16/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Leading the charge for the Maize and Blue was senior All-American Shannon Shakespeare (Winnipeg, Manitoba/Kelvin SS). Shakespeare -- whose five NCAA All-America awards at last year's competition raised her career total to 17 entering tonight's action -- earned All-America honors in two events, tying for sixth in the 200-meter individual medley at 2:13.38 after helping the 200-meter freestyle relay to a sixth-place finish.
Both Michigan relay teams competing on Day 1 scored points as the Wolverines earned All-America honors in the 200-meter freestyle and All-America Honorable Mention in the 400-meter medley relay. The 200 freestyle relay team of Shakespeare, junior All-Americans Jennifer Crisman (Hudsonville, Mich./Jenison HS) and Melissa Sugar (Newburgh, Ind./Evansville Day School), and freshman Laura Kaznecki (Wolverine Lake, Mich./Western HS) finished sixth in 1:41.51, the sixth-fastest time ever recorded on American soil. The 400 medley relay team of Shakespeare, Crisman, Sugar and sophomore Lindsay Carlberg (Carmel, Ind./Carmel HS) placed 11th (4:07.88).
In the 50-meter freestyle preliminaries, Crisman finished in a three-way tie for 17th with a time of 25.63, missing the consolation finals by just two one-hundreths of a second.
The three-day competition continues Friday and Saturday (March 17-18), with the preliminary heats beginning at noon and finals at 7 p.m. each day. Complete results are available on the NCAA Championships site.
Top 10 Teams (After Day 1)
1. Georgia 152 2. Arizona 121 3. Stanford 118 4. California 103 5. Northwestern 80 6. Auburn 78 7. Southern Cal 67.5 8. MICHIGAN 50.5 9. Virginia 50 10. UCLA 47
Top Eight/U-M Finishes (Day 1)
(Preliminary times for U-M in parentheses if faster than finals time)
200-meter Freestyle Relay
1. California 1:40.18# (Anya Kolbisen, Nicole Omphroy, Haley Cope, Joscelin Yeo) 2. Stanford 1:40.48 3. Arizona 1:40.61 (1:40.21*) 4. Northwestern 1:41.12 5. Georgia 1:41.48 6. MICHIGAN 1:41.51 (Shannon Shakespeare, Melissa Sugar, Jennifer Crisman, Laura Kaznecki) 7. Texas 1:41.73 8. Southern Methodist 1:41.76
400-meter Freestyle
1. Christina Teuscher, Columbia 4:04.09 2. Jessica Foschi, Stanford 4:06.17 3. Cara Lane, Virginia 4:07.31 4. Ellen Stonebraker, Wisconsin 4:09.09 5. Rada Owen, Auburn 4:09.53 6. Kim Black, Georgia 4:09.60 7. Trina Jackson, Arizona 4:10.79 8. Sarah Tolar, Arizona 4:13.58 48. JENAY KARLSON, U-M 4:20.77
200-meter Individual Medley
1. Kristy Kowal, Georgia 2:10.69 2. Elli Overton, California 2:10.74 3. Maggie Bowen, Auburn 2:12.21 4. Kristin MacGregor 2:12.56 5. Joscelin Yeo, California 2:13.09 6. SHANNON SHAKESPEARE, U-M 2:13.38 (2:12.73) Michala Kwasny, Southern Cal 2:13.38 8. Gabrielle Rose, Stanford 2:14.62
50-meter Freestyle
1. Courtney Shealy, Georgia 24.80 2. Courtney Allen, Northwestern 24.87 3. Catherine Fox, Stanford 24.97 4. Carrie Nixon, Notre Dame 25.09 5. Katina Maistrellis, SMU 25.21 6. Keiko Price, UCLA 25.24 7. Jia Lin Sun, Nevada 25.28 8. Colleen Lanne, Texas 25.57 T17. JENNIFER CRISMAN, U-M 25.63 43. MELISSA SUGAR, U-M 26.55
One-meter Diving
1. Jamie Watkins, LSU 439.70 2. Jenny Keim, Miami (Fla.) 434.00 3. Ashley Culpepper, LSU 431.20 4. Robyn Grimes, Florida 429.40 5. Emily Spychala, Miami (Fla.) 428.05 6. Rachelle Kunkel, Brigham Young 423.50 7. Kellie Brennan, Southern Cal 417.60 8. Katrina Pfeuffer, Arizona State 396.85
400-meter Medley Relay
1. Georgia 3:57.46$*# (Courtney Shealy, Keegan Walkley, Kristy Kowal, Maritza Correia) 2. Arizona 3:58.47 3. California 3:58.62 4. Stanford 4:02.23 5. Northwestern 4:03.29 6. Auburn 4:03.30 7. UCLA 4:04.39 8. Southern Cal 4:07.43 11. MICHIGAN 4:07.88 (Jennifer Crisman, Lindsay Carlberg, Shannon Shakespeare, Melissa Sugar) $ World Record * American Record # U.S. Open Record
N O T E S
This marks the first NCAA Championships appearance for Laura Kaznecki. The freshman started off in grand fashion, earning All-America honors as part of the sixth-place 200-meter freestyle relay team.
Georgia's first-place 400-meter medley relay team broke the world record for the event by 0.16 seconds, finishing in 3:57.46. The previous record was 3:57.62, set by Japan in 1999.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Jim Richardson
On the first day of competition ... "We had a pretty good day today. Our best performance was in the 200-meter freestyle relay. All four legs were very solid swims."
On Melissa Sugar's relay performance ... "Missy did a great job in the 400-meter medley relay. She anchored the relay very well."
On Friday's prelims ... "We seemed a little sluggish this morning, but performances looked a little better tonight. Hopefully we will be able to have some strong swims [Friday] morning."
Contact: Justin Pfauth (734) 763-4423
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