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Feb. 19, 2000
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Virginia women’s swimming team registered the toptimes in three of four preliminary events with a pair of Cavaliers settingschool records Saturday at the 2000 Women’s ACC Swimming and DivingChampionships at the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium. Third-year Megan Iffland(Wilmington, Del./St. Mark’s) set the UVa school record in the 200backstroke with a time of 1:58.81, while first-year Cara Lane (Charlotte,N.C./Providence) set a school record in winning the preliminaries of the200 butterfly with a time of 1:58.86.
Iffland’s time of 1:58.81 in the 200 backstroke broke Karen Burgess’ schoolrecord by seven on-hundredths of a second and shaved nearly a second offher previous personal best time. Lane broke her own school record in the200 butterfly by posting a time of 1:58.86. Her previous career best was1:59.35, set against Maryland on February 5. Fourth-year Rebecca Cronk(Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) was the third Cavalier to win apreliminary event as she posted a season-best winning time of 50.60 secondsin the 100 freestyle.
In addition to Lane winning the 200 fly, UVa had two fourth-years advanceto the finals of that event. Emily Carrig (Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman)tied for fifth place in the 200 fly with a time of 2:02.35, while LauraSullivan (Sarasota, Fla./Peddie School) was seventh in 2:02.63.
Fourth-year Kori Forster (New Orleans, La./Benjamin Franklin) joins Cronkin the finals of the 100 free as she clocked a time of 51.20 seconds tofinish fifth in the prelims. In the 200 breaststroke, UVa third-yearValerie Oswald (Charlottesville, Va./McLean) earned a spot in the finals byplacing fourth with a time of 2:17.64.
Other UVa competitors in Saturday’s preliminaries include:
| Kate Slonaker | 10th | 200 Breast | 2:22.04 |
| Emily Trakas | 12th | 100 Free | 51.60 |
| Lindsey Crane | T13th | 100 Free | 51.64 |
| Lisa Favreau | T13th | 100 Free | 51.64 |
| Megan Roesch | 20th | 100 Free | 52.47 |
| Caitlin Anderson | 23rd | 100 Free | 52.78 |
| Julie Gehm | 25th | 100 Free | 53.48 |
After 13 of 20 finals, North Carolina leads the ACC Championship with 569.5points, while two-time defending champion Virginia is second with 467.5points.
The 2000 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships conclude thisevening. Finals for the remaining seven events begin at 7:00 p.m. Theentire results of the ACC meet can be obtained on UNC’s website atwww.tarheelblue.com