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March 31, 2001
AUSTIN, Texas – University of Virginia first-year Gary Marshall (Bartlesville, Okla./Bartlesville) placed sixth in the 200-meter breaststroke Friday evening (March 30) at the Phillips 66 National Championships at the Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Former UVa swimmer and current volunteer assistant coach Ed Moses won the 200 breast in a U.S. Open record time, while Doak Finch, who also swam for the Cavaliers and is a volunteer assistant coach, placed seventh in the 200-meter butterfly.
Moses won the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:10.40, just 24 hundredths of a second off Mike Barrowman’s world record time of 2:10.16. Marshall was sixth in the 200 breast with a time of 2:16.57 after qualifying eighth with a preliminary time of 2:17.34.
Finch was seventh in the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:01.01. Finch clocked a time of 2:00.40 in the preliminaries Friday morning to qualify seventh for the finals.
UVa first-year Luke Anderson (Charlottesville, Va./Bolles School) placed 24th in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 52.23. In the prelims, he touched in 51.10 to tie for 18th place.
In the preliminaries of the women’s 200-meter butterfly, UVa second-year Cara Lane (Charlotte, N.C./Providence) finished 36th with a time of 2:19.37. She did not advance to Friday’s evening’s finals.
The Phillips 66 National Championships continue through Sunday, April 1 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.