Virginia's Bosevska Sets ACC Swimming Meet Record In 400 IM
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Feb. 18, 2000
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Virginia first-year Mirjana Bosevska (Skopje,Macedonia/Trinity Prep) set her second ACC Meet record in as many days asshe won the preliminaries of the 400 individual medley with a time of4:15.83 on Friday at the 2000 Women’s ACC Swimming and Diving Championshipsat the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium. On Thursday, Bosevska set ACC Meet andUVa school records in winning the 200 IM in a time of 2:00.59.
With her winning time of 4:15.83 in the prelims, Bosevska broke NorthCarolina’s Erika Acuff’s previous meet record of 4:16.04. Earlier thisseason, Bosevska set the Virginia school record in the 400 IM with a timeof 4:15.58 in the Cavalier Invitational on December 4. In addition toBosevska, UVa third-year Valerie Oswald (Charlottesville, Va./McLean)earned a spot in tonight’s 400 IM final by finishing fourth in the prelimswith a time of 4:19.54.
In the 200 butterfly, fourth-year Kori Forster (New Orleans, La./BenjaminFranklin) turned in a time of 54.72 in the prelims to finish second. Hertime meets the NCAA “B” qualifying standard and was just fourone-hundredths of a second shy of UNC’s Summer Mack’s first-place time.Forster just missed earning a spot in the finals of the 100 breaststroke asshe posted a ninth-place time of 1:05.07.
The Cavaliers have three swimmers who qualified for the finals of the 200freestyle. Fourth-year Emily Carrig (Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman),coming off a second-place performance in the 500 free, clocked a time of1:50.04 to finish fourth in the prelims of the 200 free. Fourth-year LauraSullivan (Sarasota, Fla./Peddie School), who placed third in the 500 free,is the seventh seed in the finals of the 200 free after posting a time of1:50.57 in the prelims. Fourth-year Emily Trakas (Herndon, Va./Herndon)touched in 1:51.01 to finish eighth in the prelims and advance to thefinals.
Third-year Megan Iffland (Wilmington, Del./St. Mark’s) was third in the 100backstroke preliminaries with a time of 55.80, while second-year KateSlonaker (Summit, N.J./Oak Knoll) placed seventh in the prelims of the 100breaststroke in a time of 1:04.05.
Other UVa competitors in Friday’s preliminaries include:
| Rebecca Cronk | 9th | 100 Fly | 56.77 |
| Lisa Favreau | 11th | 200 Free | 1:51.10 |
| Caitlin Anderson | 11th | 100 Breast | 1:05.78 |
| Sharon Riedlinger | 12th | 400 IM | 4:28.96 |
| Megan Roesch | 12th | 200 Free | 1:51.46 |
| Katey Danforth | 13th | 400 IM | 4:30.30 |
| Lindsey Crane | 13th | 100 Back | 58.34 |
| Julie Gehm | 24th | 100 Fly | 59.32 |
After six of 20 finals, North Carolina leads the ACC Championship with 246points, while two-time defending champion Virginia is second with 231.5points.
The 2000 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships continue with thesecond set of finals Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. The ACC Championshipconcludes on Saturday with preliminaries beginning at 11:00 a.m. and finalscommencing at 7:00 p.m. The entire results of the ACC meet can be obtainedon UNC’s website at www.tarheelblue.com