Carlberg Helps U-M Finish 27th at NCAA Championships
3/23/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
AUSTIN, Texas -- Senior Lindsay Carlberg (Carmel, Ind./Carmel HS) made her last race as a member of the No. 18-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team a memorable one. With a career-best time of 1:57.76 in the 200-yard backstroke on Saturday (March 23) at the NCAA Championships, Carlberg placed 11th in the event and earned her second All-America Honorable Mention award of the 2002 NCAA Championships and sixth of her career.
With Carlberg's help, Michigan concluded the NCAA Championships at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center with 20.5 points to place 27th. Auburn, with 474 points, captured its first-ever title in women's swimming and diving, while Georgia (386 points) and Stanford (301) rounded out the top three.
Three other Wolverines competed on Saturday, with the next highest finish coming from sophomore Kelli Stein (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Waterson HS). With a time of 2:16.26, Stein secured a 23rd-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Freshman Amy McCullough (West Bloomfield, Mich./Mercy HS) also placed in the top 30 with a time of 16:46.24 and 28th-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle, while sophomore Annie Weilbacher (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales HS) was .04 of a second of her career best in the 100-yard freestyle with a mark of 50.69, good for 42nd place.
Five more records fell on Saturday evening, including two by Stanford swimmers. Senior Shelly Ripple and sophomore Tara Kirk set new NCAA, American and U.S. Open records in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard breaststroke, respectively, with times of 1:53.23 and 2:07.36.
California sophomore Natalie Coughlin added to her incredible performance this weekend with another record in the 200-yard backstroke. A day after becoming the first woman to ever swim the 100-yard backstroke in under 50 seconds, Coughlin established new marks for the NCAA, American and U.S. Open record books with a time of 1:49.52 in the 200-yard backstroke.
The other records broken on Saturday belonged to Georgia. Junior Maritza Correia, with a time of 47.56 in the 100-yard freestyle, broke the previous NCAA, American and U.S. Open records of 47.61, set by Jenny Thompson of Stanford in 1992. Correia then swam the anchor on the 400-yard freestyle relay that established NCAA, American and U.S. Open records with a mark of 3:13.71.
Final Team Standings (Top 10)
1. Auburn 474 2. Georgia 386 3. Stanford 301 4. Southern Cal 300.5 5. Arizona 291 6. Texas 267.5 7. Florida 249 8. California 245 9. Southern Methodist 178 10. Arizona State 136 Indiana 136 26. MICHIGAN 20.5
Top Eight/U-M Finishes (Day 3)
(Preliminary time in parentheses for U-M if faster than finals time)
1,650-yard Freestyle
1. Flavia Rigamonti, SMU 15:52.28 2. Janelle Atkinson, Florida 16:01.01 3. Cara Lane, Virginia 16:04.54 4. Sara McLarty, Florida 16:06.63 5. Meredith Green, Florida 16:08.96 6. Magda Dyszkiewicz, Auburn 16:10.48 7. Julie Hardt, Georgia 16:20.01 8. Erin McIntyre, Rutgers 16:20.04 28. Amy McCullough, U-M 16:46.24
200-yard Backstroke
1. Natalie Coughlin, California 1:49.52$%! 2. Alenka Kejzar, SMU 1:54.18 3. Kirsty Coventry, Auburn 1:54.37 4. Margaret Hoelzer, Auburn 1:54.54 5. Beth Botsford, Arizona 1:55.06 6. Alice Henriques, California 1:56.32 7. Joanna Fargus, Southern Cal 1:56.62 8. Jessica Hayes, Arizona 1:57.80 11. Lindsay Carlberg, U-M 1:57.76
100-yard Freestyle
1. Maritza Correia, Georgia 47.56$%! 2. Stefanie Williams, Georgia 48.37 3. Sarah Tolar, Arizona 48.78 4. Rebekah Short, Auburn 48.95 5. Eileen Coparropa, Auburn 49.22 6. Manon VanRooijen, Miami (Fla.) 49.23 7. Erin Phenix, Texas 49.43 8. Lacey Boutwell, Stanford 49.52 42. Annie Weilbacher, U-M 50.69
200-yard Breaststroke
1. Tara Kirk, Stanford 2:07.36$%! 2. Agnes Kovacs, Arizona State 2:07.64 3. Anne Poleska, Alabama 2:07.86 4. Katie Hathaway, North Carolina 2:11.12 5. Ashley Roby, Georgia 2:11.41 6. Elvira Fischer, UCLA 2:11.58 7. Corrie Clark, Penn State 2:12.13 8. Keri Hehn, Minnesota 2:12.44 23. Kelli Stein, U-M 2:16.26
200-yard Butterfly
1. Shelly Ripple, Stanford 1:53.23$%! 2. Georgina Lee, SMU 1:54.92 3. Rebecca Harper, Florida 1:55.66 4. Lauren Stinnett, George Mason 1:56.69 5. Margaret Hoelzer, Auburn 1:56.74 6. Kaitlin Sandeno, Southern Cal 1:57.68 7. Michala Kwasny, Southern Cal 1:57.91 8. Demerae Christianson, Auburn 1:59.47
Platform Diving
1. Blythe Hartley, Southern Cal 460.35 2. Megahn Zack, Texas A&M 435.90 3. Nicole Pohorenec, Texas 430.00 4. Cassanda Cardinell, Indiana 429.40 5. Nicci Fusaro, Southern Cal 423.65 6. Barb Gorst, LSU 404.20 7. Tiffany Manning, Florida State 394.60 8. Sarah Reiling, Indiana 362.60
400-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Georgia 3:13.71$%! (Stefanie Williams, Neka Mabry, Paige Kearns, Maritza Correia) 2. Auburn 3:16.08 3. Arizona 3:16.74 4. Texas 3:16.80 5. California 3:17.52 6. Florida 3:18.50 7. Southern Cal 3:18.76 8. Wisconsin 3:19.40 $ NCAA Championships Record % American Record ! U.S. Open Record
Day 1 Results | Day 2 Results
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