Feb. 16, 2001

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. - After the second day of competition in the three-day ACC Women's Swimming & Diving Championships, defending ACC Champion North Carolina holds a 112-point advantage over second-place Virginia. The Tar Heels dominated the second day of competition, taking three of the five individual championships and winning both relays. Eighth-ranked North Carolina has totaled 535 points, while Virginia has tallied 423 points. Clemson moved up from fifth to third place with 353 points, followed by Maryland in fourth place with 315 points. Florida State holds fifth place with 270 points, and NC State is in sixth place with 223 points. Duke rounds out the field with 108 points in seventh place.

In the night's first event, North Carolina won the 200-yard medley relay. Tar Heel swimmers Christy Watkins, Katie Hathaway, Summer Mack and Erika Acuff won in an NCAA-automatic-qualifying time of 1:40.82. That time broke the old school record of 1:41.92 set by Mack, Acuff, Richelle Fox and Tracey Rankin in 1998. Clemson finished second in a time of 1:41.28 and Maryland claimed third with a time of 1:42.71.

In the 400-yard individual medley, each of the top three finishers turned in NCAA automatic qualifying times. Virginia sophomore Mirjana Bosevska won the event in 4:11.98, shattering her own pool record and establishing a new ACC meet record. Bosevka had set the meet record last year in 4:13.77. North Carolina's Erika Acuff, who won the 200 IM Thursday, finished second in a time of 4:14.18, the third fastest time in UNC history, and Cavalier Amy Baly finished third in 4:16.08. All in all, Carolina placed five swimmers in the championship finals of the event.

Clemson's Elise Thieler won the third event, the 100-yard butterfly, in 54.73. Maryland's Bridget Mallon finished second in 55.00, follwed by Virginia's Cynthia Roller in 55.52. UNC's top finisher was junior Melissa Fiss, who placed fourth.

In the 200-yard freestyle, North Carolina freshman Jessi Perruquet set a new UVa pool record with a time of 1:47.67. Virginia's Carlie Dykehouse finished second with a time of 1:49.66 and Maryland's Kelly Bowman took third place in 1:49.84.

North Carolina junior Katie Hathaway set a UVa pool record in the 100-yard breaststroke, as she won the event in 1:01.64. Hathaway, whose time qualified her for the NCAA Championship, also won the event at the 2000 ACC Championship. Her winning time was a Carolina school record, breaking her own mark of 1:01.67 set last year. Clemson's Mandy Commons took second place in an automatic NCAA qualifying time of 1:01.86, and North Carolina's Becky Acker claimed third place in a time of 1:02.59.

North Carolina sophomore Christy Watkins won her second event of the championship as she edged Virginia's Megan Iffland in the 100-yard backstroke. Watkins, who won the 50-yard freestyle last night, took first in a time of 55.10, while Iffland swam a time of 55.38. North Carolina's Summer Mack finished third with a time of 55.41. Watkins also won the 100-yard backstroke at last year's ACC Championships.

In the final event of the night, North Carolina won the 800-yard freestyle relay. The team of Kelly Weeks, Jessi Perruquet, Katie Kathaway and Erika Acuff set a new ACC record and UVa pool record time of 7:15.74. Virginia finished in second place in a time of 7:17.97, and NC State claimed third place in 7:25.66. The old ACC record was 7:15.96 set by Virginia's Melanie Valerio, Jennifer Sawyer, Laura Hallin and Betsy O'Donnell in 1988. UNC's old school record was 7:17.81 set by Hathaway, Stefanie Rulis, Lauren Silva and Jennifer Strasburger in 2000. The old ACC meet record was 7:16.73 set by Cara Lane, Emily Trakas, Emily Carrig and Mirjana Bosevska of UVa in 2000.

The ACC Women's Swimming & Diving Championship concludes Saturday, with preliminaries beginning at 11 a.m. and finals starting at 7 p.m.

TEAM SCORES
UNC 535, UVA 425, Clem 353, Md 315, FSU 270, NCSU 223, Duke 108

2001 ACC WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

Women 200 Yard Medley Relay:
1. Univ. of N. Carolina '' (Watkins, Christy SO, Hathaway, Katie JR, Mack, Summer SR, Acuff, Erika SR), 1:40.82! NC-A, 2. Clemson University '' (Kroeger, Lindsey FR, Commons, Mandy SO, Thieler, Elise SO, Hider, Patty JR), 1:41.28! NC-B, 3. Univ. of Maryland '' (Catterson, Suzy SR, Novotny, Katy SR, Mallon, Bridget SO, Bowman, Kelly JR), 1:42.71 NC-B, 4. Univ. of Virginia '' (Iffland, Megan SR, Schaffner, Rachel FR, Roller, Cynthia FR, Crane, Lindsey SO), 1:43.91, 5. Florida State Univ. '' (Colley, Margaret SO, Krynauw, Keryn JR, Nethercott, Candice SO, Cech, Christy JR), 1:44.22, 6. North Carolina State '' (Gazda, AnnaMaria SO, Jones, Natalie SR, DeLuca, Dawn SR, Hastings, Andrea JR), 1:46.06, 7. Duke University '' (Hancock, Lauren FR, Cornet, Lauren FR, Dommerich, Paige JR, Stewart, Betsy SR), 1:46.69.

Women 400 Yard IM:
(Championship Final) 1. Bosevska, Mirjana, UVA 4:11.98# NC-A, 2. Acuff, Erika, UNC 4:14.18! NC-A, 3. Baly, Amy, UVA 4:16.08 NC-A, 4. Silva, Lauren, UNC 4:18.81 NC-B, 5. Sanders, Leigh, UNC 4:19.79 NC-B, 6. Weeks, Kelly, UNC 4:21.91 NC-B, 7. Lozeau, Kristin, UNC 4:22.05 NC-B, 8. Gjervold, Alison, CU 4:24.34, (Consolation Final) 9. Ellis, Courtney, CU 4:22.56 NC-B, 10. Kirouac, Ginny, CU 4:22.58 NC-B, 11. Thomas, Jill, UMD 4:28.39, 12. Smith, Whitney, UNC 4:28.71, 13. Danforth, Katey, UVA 4:29.95, 14. Hustead, Emily, CU 4:31.53, 15. Fess, Emily, NCSU 4:34.99, 16. Smith, Jennifer, FSU 4:40.88, (Bonus Final) 17. Voght, Sue, NCSU 4:39.66, 18. Nagy, Betsy, FSU 4:41.64, -- Burbella, Karen, NCSU X4:28.62, --. Diebel, Jessica, CU X4:32.99, --. Vrana, Erica, UNC X4:36.23, --. Collier, Laura, UNC X4:37.20.

Women 100 Yard Butterfly:
(Championship Final) 1. Thieler, Elise, CU 54.73 NC-B, 2. Mallon, Bridget, UMD 55.00 NC-B, 3. Roller, Cynthia, UVA 55.52 NC-B, 4. Fiss, Melissa, UNC 55.56 NC-B, 5. Nethercott, Candice, FSU 56.02 NC-B, 6. Freedman, Molly, UNC 56.10 NC-B, 7. Mittendorf, Mary, NCSU 56.15, 8. Mahlstedt, Allison, UMD 56.19, (Consolation Final) 9. DeLuca, Dawn, NCSU 56.73, 10. Bullock, Shana, NCSU 57.04, 11. Anderson, Leslie, CU 57.49, 12. Peterson, Caroline, CU 57.73, 13. Bell, Summer, FSU 57.78, 14. Hancock, Lauren, DUKE 57.83, 14. Dommerich, Paige, DUKE 57.83, 16. Mack, Summer, UNC 57.95, (Bonus Final) 17. Halligan, Amy, DUKE 57.46, 18. Tomarelli, Marie, UMD 58.44, 19. Hansen, Loren, FSU58.96, 20. Murphy, Meaghan, CU 59.01, 21. Ramirez, Domminique, DUKE 59.49, 22. Deviese, Jill, FSU 59.66, 23. Afflixio, Lauren, DUKE 59.73, 24. Whitaker, Kim, NCSU 1:00.38.

Women 200 Yard Freestyle:
(Championship Final) 1. Perruquet, Jessi, UNC 1:47.67! NC-B, 2. Dykehouse, Carlie, UVA 1:49.66 NC-B, 3. Bowman, Kelly, UMD 1:49.84 NC-B, 4. Roesch, Megan, UVA 1:50.01, NC-B, 5. Burtch, Jenna, CU 1:50.18 NC-B, 6. Parker, Abby, UVA 1:50.39 NC-B, 7. Cech, Christy, FSU 1:50.73 NC-B, 8. Bridges, Jenna, UVA 1:50.74 NC-B, (Consolation Final) 9. Horn, Mandy, NCSU 1:51.23, 10. Adams, Kristen, FSU 1:51.30, 11. Rulis, Stefanie, UNC 1:52.15, 12. Massaro, Courtney, UVA 1:52.25, 13. Courtois, Valerie, UMD 1:52.67, 14. Favreau, Lisa, UVA 1:52.95, 15. Hider, Patty, CU 1:53.04, 16. Gardner, Jennie, UNC 1:53.91, (Bonus Final) 17. Riedlinger, Linneah, UMD 1:55.18, 18. Corwin, Elyse, UMD 1:56.10, 19. Bozwell, Liz, DUKE 1:56.53, 20. Gruger, Jen, DUKE 1:57.70, 21. Borgschulte, Suzy, DUKE 1:57.81, 22. Stergion, Brandi, NCSU 1:58.72, --. Scoggins, Katie, UNC X1:52.65,

Women 100 Yard Breaststroke:
(Championship Final) 1. Hathaway, Katie, UNC 1:01.64! NC-A, 2. Commons, Mandy, CU 1:01.86! NC-A, 3. Acker, Becky, UNC 1:02.59! NC-B, 4. Cornet, Lauren, DUKE 1:02.79! NC-B, 5. Dutton, Emma, FSU 1:03.02! NC-B, 6. Krynauw, Keryn, FSU 1:03.30! NC-B, 7. Brown, Katie, CU 1:04.38, 8. Anderson, Leslie, CU 1:04.54, (Consolation Final) 9. Rafferty, Lauren, CU 1:04.39, 10. Martin, Jill, UMD 1:04.52, 11. Jones, Natalie, NCSU 1:05.01, 12. Cone, Karen, NCSU 1:05.03, 13. Turner, Janna, UNC 1:05.49, 14. Whitcomb, Wendy, UMD 1:05.53, 15. Adamkova, Petra, UMD 1:06.60, 16. Schaffner, Rachel, UVA 1:07.05, (Bonus Final) 17. Keelan, Kristan, FSU 1:05.14, 18. Watson, Allison, DUKE 1:06.54, 19. Gephart, Jenny, UMD 1:07.23, --. Bissell, Caitlin, CU X1:05.84, --. Overton, JoAnn, UNC X1:06.66, --. DeYoung, Kathryn, UVA X1:08.26,

Women 100 Yard Backstroke: (Championship Final) 1. Watkins, Christy, UNC 55.10 NC-B, 2. Iffland, Megan, UVA 55.38 NC-B, 3. Mack, Summer, UNC 55.41 NC-B, 4. Catterson, Suzy, UMD 55.94 NC-B, 5. Kroeger, Lindsey, CU 56.71, 6. Novotny, Katy, UMD 56.94, 7. Goodwin, Amber, FSU 57.81, 8. Gazda, AnnaMaria, NCSU 57.82, (Consolation Final) 9. Walker, Kate, CU 57.38, 10. Smith, Lauren, UMD 57.49, 11. Crane, Lindsey, UVA 57.73, 12. Amesbury, Quinn, UVA 57.77, 13. Sheridan, Katie, NCSU 57.99, 14. Reasons, Charli, CU 58.85, 15. Colley, Margaret, FSU 58.94, 16. Gerrity, Brianna, UMD 59.76, (Bonus Final) 17. Douglas, Nina, CU 57.80, 18. Tonini, Kathleen, NCSU 59.52, 19. Stewart, Betsy, DUKE 1:00.13, 20. Stanton, Katie, UVA 1:00.33, 21. Koehler, Kristina, DUKE 1:02.24, 22. McDonald, Anna, DUKE 1:03.33, --. Stiles, Heather, UNC X58.21, --. Rasor, Tonya, FSU X59.24,

Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay:
1. Univ. of N. Carolina '' (Weeks, Kelly FR, Perruquet, Jessi FR, Hathaway, Katie JR, Acuff, Erika SR), 7:15.74* NC-B, 2. Univ. of Virginia '' (Lane, Cara SO, Roesch, Megan JR, Dykehouse, Carlie FR, Bosevska, Mirjana SO), 7:17.97! NC-B, 3. North Carolina State '' (Mittendorf, Mary SR, Sheridan, Katie SO, Hastings, Andrea JR, Horn, Mandy JR), 7:25.66 NC-B, 4. Clemson University '' (Burtch, Jenna SO, Douglas, Nina JR, Hider, Patty JR, Reasons, Charli SR), 7:31.18, 5. Univ. of Maryland '' (Bowman, Kelly JR, Courtois, Valerie FR, Mahlstedt, Allison FR, Riedlinger, Linneah FR), 7:33.49, 6. Duke University '' (Cornet, Lauren FR, Halligan, Amy FR, Hancock, Lauren FR, Bozwell, Liz SR), 7:38.88, 7. Florida State Univ. '' (Adams, Kristen SR, Bell, Summer JR, Williams, Christine SO, Hansen, Loren FR), 7:40.80.

NC-B=NCAA Provisional Qualifying Time

NC-A=NCAA Automatic Qualifying Time

*=ACC Record

!=University of Virginia Aquatic & Fitness Center Record

#=ACC Meet Record