March 17, 2005
West Lafayette, Ind. - Stanford is in fourth-place after Thursday's first day of the short-course yards 2005 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center on the campus of Purdue University. Third-place showings by Caroline Bruce in the 200 IM and Stanford's 400 medley relay team of Brooke Bishop, Bruce, Dana Kirk and Lacey Boutwell highlighted the team's effort.
Georgia holds a commanding lead at the end of the first day's action with 211 points, while three-time defending champion Auburn (137) and Arizona (120) are the only other teams ahead of Stanford (108). Florida (96), Texas (75), Southern Methodist (53), California (49), Texas A&M (41) and Michigan (39) round out the Top 10.
Bruce swam a new personal-best time of 1:57.66 in her third-place 200 IM finish, also moving up one spot to fourth on Stanford's all-time list of top performers in the event with her effort.
"We had a good start to the meet," said Quick. "Hopefully, we can continue to do well and even improve over the final two days."
Bruce swam a new personal-best time of 1:57.66 in her third-place 200 IM finish, also moving up one spot to fourth on Stanford's all-time list of top performers in the event with her effort.
"I was excited about the way I swam in the 200 IM tonight," said Bruce. "As for the team, we're in fourth-place right now which is better than where we were after the first day of competition at last year's NCAA, so I am excited about that."
"Caroline Bruce swam really well today against some very good competition," added Quick.
Stanford's 400 medley relay team turned in a season-best time of 3:34.82 with Bishop's personal-best leadoff leg of 54.35 making her the No. 9 all-time performer at Stanford.
"I was very proud of our 400 medley relay team today," stated Quick.
"They made a run at winning at it and didn't quite get there, but they did very well."
Stanford finished sixth in the championship finals of the 200 free relay when a team of Bishop, Boutwell, Sarah Jones and Desiree Stahley clocked a season-best time of 1:30.87.
"No one thought we would be in the hunt for this type of finish at the beginning of the season, so I was really happy with where we ended up," commented Quick.
"Our relays have really improved this season and that will really help us at this meet," summarized Quick.
Boutwell was seventh in the 50 free at the NCAA's for the second consecutive year with a time of 22.57. She had earned a spot in the 50 free finals by swimming a personal-best time of 22.45 in the prelims that also moved her up two spots to No. 3 on Stanford's all-time list of performers.
Kristen Caverly (10th, 1:59.43) and Laura Davis (11th, 1:59.98) scored for the Cardinal in the 200 IM consolation finals. Davis had swam a collegiate-best time of 1:59.60 in the prelims that moved her onto the school's list of all-time performers in the event at No. 10.
Bishop added to Stanford's point total with an 11th-place finish in the 50 free, swimming the consolation finals in 22.74 after recording a personal-best time of 22.71 in the prelims to move up to sole possession of sixth on Stanford's all-time list of top performers.
Cassidy Krug scored for the Cardinal by taking 14th in the prelims of the 1-meter diving competition with 267.50 points. Ashlee Rosenthal was 18th with 262.45 points.
Morgan Hentzen (17th, personal-best 4:46.31), Elizabeth Durot (18th, 4:46.41) and Desiree Stahley (21st, personal-best 4:47.11) and Lauren Costella (52nd, 4:53.99) also competed in the 500 free prelims for the Cardinal.
Jones finished 58th in the 50 free prelim session.
Thursday's individual event winners were Arizona's Emily Mason (500 free, 4:37.11), Auburn's Kirsty Coventry (200 IM, 1:54.37) and Georgia's Kara-Lynn Joyce (50 free, 21.97).
Georgia won both relay events.
The Bulldogs' 200 free relay team broke its own American record the Bulldogs had set earlier in day during prelim action when a team of Joyce, Paige Kearns, Andrea Georoff and Amanda Weir turned in a mark of 1:28.10.
Georgia's 400 medley relay squad of Samantha Arsenault, Sarah Poewe, Mary Descenza and Amanda Weir won in 3:33.89.
The 2005 NCAA Championships continue Friday and Saturday. Prelim sessions are scheduled to begin each day at 11 am, PT/8 am, PT with finals set for 7 pm, ET/4 pm, PT.
Friday's scheduled events are the 200 medley relay, 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 3-meter diving and 800 free relay.The 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, platform diving and 400 free relay will be contested on Saturday.
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES - AFTER DAY 1 OF 3 (6 OF 21 EVENTS)
1. Georgia 211, 2. Auburn 137, 3. Arizona 120, 4. Stanford 108, 5. Florida 96, 6. Texas 75, 7. Southern Methodist 53), 8. California 49, 9. Texas A&M 41, 10. Michigan 39, 11. Indiana 38, 12. Wisconsin 37, 13. Penn State 30, 14T. Purdue 25, 14T. Arizona State 25, 16. USC 24, 17. Hawaii 20, 18. Notre Dame 17, 19T. Iowa 16, 19T. Alabama 16, 21. Miami 13, 22. Maryland 9, 23T. Tennessee 8, 23T. UCLA 8, 25. Florida State 7, 26. South Carolina 6, 27. Clemson 4, 28. Richmond 3, 29T. Kentucky 2, 29T. New Mexico 2, 31. Ohio State 1
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Lacey Boutwell finished seventh in the NCAA 50 free for the second consecutive year and with her three All-American performances on Thursday now has 17 in her collegiate career
Personal-bests were set on Thursday by Brooke Bishop (50 free, 22.71; 100 back, 54.35 - relay split in 400 medley relay), Lacey Boutwell (50 free, 22.45), Caroline Bruce (200 IM, 1:57.66), Laura Davis (200 IM, 1:59.60), Morgan Hentzen (500 free, 4:46.31) and Desiree Stahley (500 free, 4:47.11)
Moving up or debuting on Stanford's all-time list of Top 10 performers were Brooke Bishop (50 free, 22.71, #6; 100 back, 54.35, #9 - relay split in 400 medley relay), Lacey Boutwell (50 free, 22.45, #3), Caroline Bruce (200 IM, 1:57.66, #4) and Laura Davis (200 IM, 1:59.60, #10)