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March 27, 2000
MINNEAPOLIS – University of Virginia second-year Ed Moses (Burke,Va./Lake Braddock) set his third world record in two days by destroying theshort course record in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:06.40Saturday evening at the 2000 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and DivingChampionships at the University Aquatic Center in Minneapolis. Moses sethis third world record in the breaststroke at the NCAAs by breaking theshort course world record in the 200-meter breaststroke by an astonishing1.39 seconds in winning the NCAA title this evening. After setting theshort course (25-meter pool) world record in the 100-meter breaststrokeFriday afternoon, Moses broke his own record in the finals the same night.For his performance, Moses was selected as the Swimmer of the Championship.
In addition to breaking Andrei Korneev of Russia’s 200-meter breast worldrecord of 2:07.79 tonight, Moses established new American and U.S. Openrecords. Moses began rewriting the breaststroke record books by breakingthe short course world record in Friday afternoon’s (March 24) prelims ofthe 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 58.05. His 50-meter split of26.96 in the 100 breaststroke, bettered the American record in the shortcourse 50-meter breast as well. Moses broke his own record and shaved 85hundredths of a second off the former world record in winning the NCAAtitle in the 100 breast with a time of 57.66. Prior to Moses, the worldrecord was held by Russia’s Roman Sloudnov who set the mark of 58.51 at theShort Course World Championships in Athens on March 17.
Moses is Virginia’s first swimmer to win two NCAA titles (100 and 200breaststroke). Prior to Moses, the only other male UVa swimmer to win aNCAA title was Shamek Pietucha, who won the 200 butterfly title in 1999.
In addition to Moses, Virginia had two other swimmers earn first-teamAll-America honors Saturday evening at the NCAA Championships. Fourth-yearAll-American Doak Finch (Southern Pines, N.C./O’Neal) placed fourth in the200-meter butterfly with a time of 1:56.50, while third-year Jamie Grimes(Olney, Md./Sherwood) was sixth in the 1500-meter freestyle with a time of14:57.01.
Fourth-year Austin Ramirez (Brookfield, Wisc./Brookfield Central) earnedhis school record 11th All-America award by placing 13th in the 1500freestyle with a time of 15:12.20. He earned honorable mention All-Americaaccolades with his 13th-place performance. First-year Dan DeMarco (GreatNeck, N.Y./Great Neck South) placed 18th in the 1500 freestyle with a timeof 15:17.92.
Virginia scored 131 points to finish 12th at the 2000 Division IChampionships, its highest finish ever at the NCAAs. The Cavaliers’performance topped their 14th-place finish at the 1999 NCAA Championships.Texas won the meet with 538 points, while Auburn was second with 385.
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
Comments suitable for broadcast from Ed Moses can be obtained by callingthe NCAAs “Actuality Hot Line” at 402 220-6222.