Jan. 29, 2000
The University of Kentucky men’s and women’s swimming and diving teamseach captured dual meet victories on Saturday over the University ofCincinnati on Senior Day.
Like the week before against LSU, the UK men’s squad (4-2) captured thefinal event of the meet, the 800-yard freestyle relay, to win the meet by ascore of 162-151. The win over the Bearcats clinched a winning season forthe UK men’s team, who have won their last three consecutive meets.
Junior Shaun Zitani led the men’s team with two victories on the day,including a blistering time of 20.14 to win the 50 freestyle. Zitani’stime, his best of the season, met the NCAA provisional time standard andthe 2000 U.S. Olympic Trial cut. He also won the 100 freestyle and earned asecond place finish in the 100 butterfly.
Macon White won the 200 freestyle and placed second in the 100 and 500freestyles, while anchoring UK’s winning 800 freestyle relay.
Freshman diver Clayton Moss won the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events,while sophomore Aaron Kirkpatrick placed second on both events.
The UK women’s team wrapped up an undefeated season, going 7-0, with aconvincing 173-143 win over Cincinnati. This is the first time in thehistory of UK swimming and diving that the women’s team has finished theseason undefeated.
Sophomore Carolyn Rader led the Cats with victories in the 500 freestyleand the 100 and 200 butterflies. The Grafton, Va., native also claimed asecond-place finish in the 400 individual medley. Rader’s time of 2:01.56in the 200 butterfly met the NCAA provisional time standard.
Junior standout Melissa Olson won the 200 and 400 individual medleys andplaced second in the 100 backstroke. Olson’s time of 4:18.70 in the 400I.M. missed the NCAA automatic qualifying time by less than two seconds.
Sprint freestyler Annabel Kosten captured the 50 and 200 freestyles, whilediver Michelle Glowatch notched a pair of second place finishes on the1-meter and 3-meter diving events.
“I’m happy we won, but I’m really with the way we are swimming,” UK coachGary Conelly said. “If we get any more drops on our times, we are going tobe very tough at the Southeastern Conference Championships next month.”
Results (Top 3 Places and UK Results)
Women's 200 Breaststroke1 Serena McGibbon UC 2:24.662 Jen Clifford UK 2:25.513 Sarah Carter UK 2:29.71
Men’s 200 Breaststroke1 Kevin Dupuis UC 2:05.962 Aaron Cuker UK 2:06.763 Roger Watkins UK 2:08.386 Josh Waldrop UK 2:15.01
Women’s 200 IM1 Melissa Olson UK 2:04.012 Sofia Svensson UC 2:05.303 Taryn Kannegessier UK 2:08.96
Men’s 200 IM1 Doug Zaft UC 1:52.812 Eddie Clement UK 1:54.323 Brian Wolfe UC 1:54.615 Matt Nilson UK 1:59.92
Women’s 50 Freestyle1 Annabel Kosten UK 23.592 Jaime Siegele UK 23.863 Nelly Jorgensen UC 24.036 Jennifer Priester UK 24.477 Lisa Beavers UK 24.51EX. Sarah Hoppe UK 24.71EX. Kelly Neal UK 25.27EX. Michelle Inzetta UK 25.82
Men’s 50 Freestyle1 Shaun Zitani UK 20.142 Aaron Workman UK 20.593 Jacob Magan UC 21.374 Roger Watkins UK 21.496 Derek Perkins UK 22.40
Women’s 100 Backstroke1 Nelly Jorgensen UC 57.492 Melissa Olson UK 57.683 Taryn Kanngeisser UK 59.104 Sarah Carter UK 1:00.976 Kelly Neal UK 1:03.07
Men’s 100 Backstroke1 Brian Wolfe UC 52.512 Cody Nath UK 53.223 Brett Palmer UK 53.49
Women’s 200 Butterfly1 Carolyn Rader UK 2:01.562 Sofia Svensson UC 2:02.353 Debra Hinsley UK 2:06.404 Emily Buske UK 2:08.38
Men’s 200 Butterfly1 Augustin Guzman UC 1:51.252 Eddie Clement UK 1:51.403 Ryan McNally UC 1:53.314 Matt Nilson UK 1:53.686 Derek Perkins UK 2:05.54
Women’s 200 Freestyle1 Annabel Kosten UK 1:51.152 Kelley Miller UK 1:52.573 Maria Oberg UC 1:54.254 Tracy Sullivan UK 1:54.387 Michelle Inzetta UK 2:01.26
Men’s 200 Freestyle1 Macon White UK 1:39.692 David Tweedie UK 1:42.183 Aaron Workman UK 1:42.88
Women’s 200 Medley Relay1 UK-A (Kannegeisser, Clifford, Buske. Kosten) 1:47.342 UC-A 1:49.113 UK-B Siegele, Carter, Hinsley, Hoppe) 1:49.82
Men’s 200 Medley Relay1 UK-A (Palmer, Waldrop, Zitani, Workman) 1:33.572 UC-A 1:33.953 UC-B 1:36.054 UK-B (Nath, Cuker, Watkins, Perkins) 1:37.16
Women’s 1,650 Freestyle1 Kelley Miller UK 17:31.462 Tori Livingston UC 17:35.313 Shauna Conrad UC 17:47.764 Emily Johnston UK 17:52.785 Tracy Sullivan UK 17:58.74
Men’s 1,650 Freestyle1 Steven McLeod UC 15:26.932 David Kuendig UK 16:01.923 David Tweedie UK 16:43.71
Women’s 400 IM1 Melissa Olson UK 4:18.702 Carolyn Rader UK 4:25.153 Tori Livingston UC 4:37.394 Jen Clifford UK 4:39.64
Men’s 400 IM1 Kevin Dupuis UC 4:02.342 Aaron Cuker UK 4:06.213 Eddie Clement UK 4:06.546 David Kuendig UK 4:12.61
Women’s 100 Freestyle1 Nelly Jorgensen UC 51.882 Jaime Siegele UK 51.933 Jennifer Priester UK 53.145 Lisa Beavers UK 53.23
Men’s 100 Freestyle1 Shaun Zitani UK 45.062 Macon White UK 45.963 Aaron Workman UK 46.234 David Tweedie UK 46.57
Women’s 200 Backstroke1 Sofia Svensson UC 2:00.702 Taryn Kannegeisser UK 2:07.153 Sarah Carter UK 2:09.995 Kelly Neal UK 2:15.59
Men’s 200 Backstroke1 Brian Wolfe UC 1:53.692 Cody Nath UK 1:55.753 Brett Palmer UK 1:58.80
Women’s 100 Breaststroke1 Jen Clifford UK 1:05.642 Serena McGibbon UC 1:07.763 Fiona Smillie UC 1:09.555 Michelle Inzetta UK 1:13.34
Men’s 100 Breaststroke1 Doug Zaft UC 57.852 Roger Watkins UK 57.963 Aaron Cuker UK 58.614 Josh Waldrop UK 58.99
Women’s 500 Freestyle1 Carolyn Rader UK 4:55.862 Maria Oberg UC 4:57.783 Tracy Sullivan UK 5:05.70
Men’s 500 Freestyle1 Steven McLeod UC 4:29.612 Macon White UK 4:30.893 David Kuendig UK 4:44.36
Women’s 100 Butterfly1 Marein De Jong UC 59.242 Jenny Ellis UC 1:01.073 Tara Kriss UC 1:03.61EX. Annabel Kosten UK 56.98EX. Debra Hinsley UK 58.10EX. Emily Buske UK 58.84EX. Emily Johnston UK 1:00.79
Men’s 100 Butterfly1 Doug Zaft UC 49.942 Shaun Zitani UK 50.023 Ryan McNally UC 50.275 Brett Palmer UK 51.496 Matt Nilson UK 52.868 Derek Perkins UK 54.92EX. Roger Watkins UK 51.62
Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay1 UC-C 7:34.842 UC-B 7:52.743 UC-D 8:05.124 UC-A 8:39.61EX. UK-A (Olson, Rader, Miller, Siegele) 7:31.31EX. UK-B (Priester, Hinsley, Beavers, Hoppe) 7:53.52
Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay1 UK-A (Clement, Nath, Tweedie, White) 6:50.122 UC-A 6:54.803 UC-B 7:05.19
Women’s 1-Meter Diving1 Kelli Frost UK 270.532 Michelle Glowatch UK 269.933 Sarah Fields UK 260.55
Men’s 1-Meter Diving1 Clayton Moss UK 320.702 Aaron Kirkpatrick UK 305.483 Cory McCain UC 235.13
Women’s 3-Meter1 Becky Ruehl UC 289.802 Michelle Glowatch UK 276.523 Kelli Frost UK 269.254 Sarah Fields UK 266.02
Men’s 3-Meter Diving1 Clayton Moss UK 345.002 Aaron Kirkpatrick UK 294.753 Cory McCain UC 252.00
Final Scores
Women
UK 173UC 143
Men
UK 162UC 151
