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March 17, 2000
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – The University of Virginia women’s swimming team hasgarnered spots in a pair of finals with outstanding performances in thesecond day of preliminaries at the 2000 NCAA Division I Swimming and DivingChampionships at Indiana University Natatorium Friday afternoon. TheCavaliers advanced to the finals of the 200-meter medley relay with thesixth-best preliminary time (1:52.57), while first-year Mirjana Bosevska(Skopje, Macedonia/Trinity Prep) is the seventh seed in the 400-meterindividual medley final. Tonight’s finals begin at 7:00 p.m.
The Cavalier foursome of third-year Megan Iffland (Wilmington, Del./St.Mark’s), second-year Kate Slonaker (Summit, N.J./Oak Knoll), fourth-yearKori Forster (New Orleans, La./Benjamin Franklin) and fourth-year RebeccaCronk (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) clocked a time of 1:52.57 to earnthe sixth seed in tonight’s final of the 200 medley relay. UVa was seededseventh in the 200 medley relay entering the NCAA Championships. Bosevskais the seventh seed in the final of the 400 IM after posting a time of4:43.12 in the prelims. She was also the seventh seed entering the NCAAs.
Two Virginia swimmers have qualified for tonight’s consolation finals.Forster will compete in the finals of the 100-meter butterfly, whileIffland will swim the 100-meter backstroke. Forster qualified for thefinals with her 11th-place time of 1:00.85 in the prelims of the 100 fly.Iffland was 16th in the prelims of the 100 backstroke with a time of1:01.75.
The Cavaliers have five swimmers that competed in the preliminaries, butdid not advance to the finals. In the 400-meter individual medley,third-year Val Oswald (Charlottesville, Va./McLean) finished 20th with atime of 4:48.30. Virginia had two competitors in the 200-meter freestyle.Fourth-year Emily Trakas (Herndon, Va./Herndon) placed 27th with a time of2:01.28, while fourth-year Emily Carrig (Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman) was39th in the same event at 2:02.32. Slonaker finished 27th in the prelimsof the 100-meter breaststroke by recording a time of 1:11.31.
After the six finals held Thursday evening, Virginia stood in ninth placewith 50 points. The Cavaliers trail Michigan by 1.5 points for eighthplace heading into tonight’s finals. Georgia leads the team competitionwith 152 points, while Arizona is second with 121.
The Cavaliers have a total of 10 athletes competing at the Women’s NCAAChampionships, which run through Saturday, March 18. Virginia entered the2000 NCAAs tied for eighth in the nation with Southern Methodist. UVafinished 10th at the 1999 NCAA Championships.
The NCAA Championships are being swum in meters for the first time.Complete meet results can be obtained on the NCAA’s home page atwww.ncaa.org