February 25, 1999
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Stanford got off to a strong start in its bid for a
14th-stright Pac-10 Women's swimming championship by jumping out to big
lead scoring 485 points in the first day of the three-day competition at
the Weyerhaeuser/King County Aquatic Center. California is in second with
345 points.
Stanford was led by Catherine Fox who won the 50-freestyle with a time of
22.81. It is the second stright year she has finished first at the Pac-10
in the 50-free, sharing last years title with teammate, Siobahn Cropper
who finished this years event in seventh place, touching the wall in
23.61. Cals Karen Campbell took second in the 50-free with a 22.98.
Stanford also shattered its own meet record set last last year in the
400-yard medley by turning in a 3:36.30 effort, nearly two seconds faster
than last seasons mark. Stanford won three of the days six events.
California senior Marylyn Chiang sparked the fifth-ranked Bears with by
winning the 200-yard individual medly in record time. The time of 1:58.25
was a season-best by over two seconds. Chiang was also par of a Cal team
that won the 200-freestyle relay.
USC's Kelli Brennan won the 1-meter diving competition with, scoring
431.85, the highest total in a Pac-10 Championship since 1989. Carissa
Zenorini was second of the board with 425.65, folllowed by defending
1-meter champion Dorte Lindner of USC.
Washington finished the day in sixth place after a seventh place finish
last season. The Huskies were led by the eighth-place finish of Addy
Elsner in the 200-IM. Elsner touched the was in 2:03.15 to score 21 of
Washingtons 142.5 team-points. Washingtons 400-medley relay team took
fourth with a season-best time of 3:45.15. Washington trails fifth place
UCLA by 144 points.
No. 4 Arizona enters will enter the second day of competition in third
place with 344.50, followed closely by USC with 321. Arizona State looks
to move up from its seventh place position after a disqualification in the
200-freestyle relay. Washington State is in eighth with 104.5 and Oregon
State ninth with 84.
In the mens diving competition, USC standout Justin Dumais won the 3-meter
diving easily scoring 658.05 points. Second place diver, Allan Sonkin of
Arizona State scored 516.55 points, 14 better than Arizonas Arno
Bergstrom.
The Pac-10 women's swimming and mens and womens diving championship
continues tomorrow with preliminaries beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Finals
Mens 3-Meter Diving ( team points): 1. Justin Dumais (USC) 658.05 (9); 2.
Allan Sonkin (ASU) 516.55 (7); 3. Arno Bergstrom (ARIZ) 502.20 (6); 4.
Mark Mischelin (STAN) 429.05 (5); 5. Schuessler (USC) 422.10 (4); 6. James
Wells (USC) 396.70 (3); 7. Joe Kocal (CAL) 393.65 (2); 8. Dan Zimmerman
(ARIZ) 374.25 (1).
200 Free Relay ( team points): 1. CAL 1:31.47 (60); 2. Arizona 1:31.94
(54); 3. Stanford 1:32.37 (52); 4. USC 1:32.57 (50); 5. UCLA 1:33.19 (48);
6. Washington 1:34.88 (46); 7. Washington State 1:36.21 (44); 8. Oregon
State 1:37.21 (42). Arizona State (DQ)
500 Free (team points): 1. Lindsay Benko (USC) 4:42.72 (30); 2. Misty
Hyman (STAN) 4:43.10 (27); 3. Jessica Foschi (STAN) 4:45.73 (26); 4.
Trina Jackson (ARIZ) 4:46.24 (25); 5. Lisa Murray (CAL) 4:48.53 (24);
6. Sarah Tolar (ARIZ) 4:48.65 (23); 7. Caroline Kilian (ARIZ) 4:50.19
(22); 8. Casey Murphy (ASU) 4:50.42 (21)
Consolation: 9. Katie Younglove (CAL) 4:52.51(19); 10. Carolyn Adel
(ASU) 4:52.51 (17); 11. Amy Migawa (CAL) $:45.30 (16); 12. Kristin
Imwalle (CAL) 4:55.96 (15); 13. Datie Meyer (CAL) 4:56.15 (14); 14.
Melissa Pavlik (CAL) 4:56.33 (13); 15. Alexis Lyon (CAL) 4:58.93 (12);
16. Karen Jacobs (CAL) 4:59.73 (11).
Bonus: 17. Katie Zimbone (ARIZ) 4:52.66 (9); 18. Loni Burton (CAL)
5:54.39 (8); 19. Janelle Bart (WASH) :57.51 (6); 20. Erin Thomas (CAL)
4:58.38 (4.50); 20. Kelsey Keller (WASH) 4:58.38 (4.50); 22. Courtney
Lischke (STAN) 5;00.00 (2); Kelly Mcpherson (CAL) 5:01.04 (1)
200 Individual Medley (team points): 1. Marylyn Chiang (CAL) 1:58.25!
(30); 2. Gabriel Rose (STAN) 2:00.57 (27); 3. Joscelin Weo (CAL) 2:00.97
(26); 4. Sylvia Berekayei (STAN) 2:01.66 (25); 5. Kristen MacGregor (USC)
2:01.78 (24); 6. Corrie Murphy (USC) 2:02.37 (23) 7. Jenny Vanker (ARIZ)
2:03.00 (22); 8. Addy Elsner (WASH) 2:03.15 (21).
Consolation: 9. Alexis Oakland (STAN) 2:01.18 (19); 10. Waen Minpraphal
(CAL) 2:01.47 (17) 11. Elin Austevoll (STAN) 2:02.33 (17); 12. Chantal
Rawn (STAN) 2:03.59 (16); 13. Alison Fealey ( STAN) 2:03.78 (15); 14.
Emily Mastin (ARIZ) 2:03.94 (13); 15. Katie Aldsworth (CAL) 2:04.12
(12); 16. Emmanuelle Shick (CAL) 2:04.26 (11)
Bonus: 17. Jen Noddle (CAL) 2:02.21 (9); 18. Erin Vogt (ARIZ) 2:03.46
(7); 19. Anna Wilson (ARIZ) 2:03.55 (6); 20. Karen Hansen (ARIZ)
2:04.24 (5); 21. Stephanie Elswonger (ASU) 2:05.01 (4); 22. Juile Massey
(CAL) 2:05.11 (3); 23. Liah Kim (CAL) 2:05.58 (2) ; 24. Lundee
Hovsephian (CAL) 2:06.56 (1).
50 Freestyle (team points): 1. Catherine Fox (STAN) 22.81 (30); 2. Karen
Campbell (CAL) 22.98 (27); 3. Keiko Price (CAL) 23.25 (26); 4.
Adrienne Mattos (CL) 23.07 (25); 5. Nicole Omphroy (CAL) 23.40 (24); 6.
Anya Kolbisen (CAL) 23.44 (23); 7. Siobhan Cropper (STAN) 23.61 (22); 8.
Denali Knapp (ARIZ) 23.70
Consolation: 9. Emily Smith (STAN) 23.26 (19); 10. Lindsey Farella
(ARIZ) 23.59 (16.50); 10. Katie Keller (WSU) 23.59 (16.50); 12.
Kristen Nagata (WASH) 23.64 (15); 13. Whitney Leatherwood (STAN) 23.67
(14); 14. Nora Zhong (CAL) 23.69 (13); 15. Katie Ryan (CAL) 23.75
(12); 16. Jessica Amey (STAN) 23.85 (11)
Bonus: 17. Anglea Belloni (CAL) 23.88 (9); 18. Kaite Lowes (CAL) 23.91
(7); 19. Diana Groff (ARIZ) 23.98 (6); 20. Carolyn Conrad (USC) 24.09
(5); 21. Rebecca Thompson (USC) 24.19 (4); 22. Allison Myer (USC)
24.34 ( 3); 23. Emily Ayers (USC) 24.34 (2); 24. Tennille Taylor
(ARIZ) 24.43 (1)
Women's 1-Meter Diving (team points): 1.Kellie Brennan (USC) 431.85; Karissa
Zenorini (STAN) 425.65; 3. Dorte Lindner (USC) 422.60; 4. Lindsay Berryman
(ARIZ) 408.05; 5. Erin Sonas (STAN) 386.20; 6. Andrea Glass (ARIZ) 376.75;
7. Shawn Sineski (STAN) 374.85; 8. Angelique Rodriguez (ARIZ) 340.60; 9.
Elizabeth Ackerman (CAL) 332.75; 10. Karyn Doller (USC) 331.00; 11. Anne
Baghramiam (CAL) 328.30; 12. Patricia Maltasta (ARIZ) 327.70; 13. Kelly
Blackstock (ARIZ) 322.60; 14. Alexis Sowa (STAN) 322.25; 15. Delilah More
(CAL) 307.60; 16. Kari Kokka (STAN) 305.40; 17. Mandy Contreras (ARIZ)
305.20; 18. Amy Halvaz (CAL) 288.90; 19. Emily Schum (CAL) 287.00; 20.
Trisha Tempio (STAN) 264.30; 21. Jill Berg (ARIZ) 262.80; 22. Siam Perri
(CAL) 244.10.
400 Medley Relay: 1. Stanford 3:36.30 (60); 2. California 3:40.92 (54); 3.
UCLA 3:44.47 (52); 4. Washington 3:45.15 (50); 5. Arizona State 3:45.87
(48); 6. Arizona 3:46.01 (46); 7. Washington State 3:46.99 (44); 8. Oregon
State 3:57.52 (42).
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Stanford 485; 2. California 345; 3. Arizona 344.5; 4.
USC 321; 5. UCLA 246.5; 6. Washington 142.5; 7. Arizona State 117; 8.
Washington State 104.5; 9. Oregon State 84.
