The victory clinches a winning season for the Kentucky men’s team

(Jan. 29, 2000) — The University of Kentucky men’s and women’sswimming and diving teams each captured dualmeet victories on Saturday over the University ofCincinnati on Senior Day.

Like the week before against LSU, the UK men’ssquad (4-2) captured the final event of the meet, the800-yard freestyle relay, to win the meet by a scoreof 162-151. The win over the Bearcats clinched awinning season for the UK men’s team, who havewon their last three consecutive meets.

Junior Shaun Zitani led the men’s team with twovictories on the day, including a blistering time of20.14 to win the 50 freestyle. Zitani’s time, his bestof the season, met the NCAA provisional timestandard and the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trial cut. Healso won the 100 freestyle and earned a secondplace finish in the 100 butterfly.

Macon White won the 200 freestyle and placedsecond in the 100 and 500 freestyles, whileanchoring UK’s winning 800 freestyle relay.

Freshman diver Clayton Moss won the 1-meter and3-meter diving events, while sophomore AaronKirkpatrick placed second on both events.

The UK women’s team wrapped up an undefeatedseason, going 7-0, with a convincing 173-143 winover Cincinnati. This is the first time in the history of UK swimming anddiving that the women’s team has finished the season 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 2:01.56 inthe 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,” UKcoach Gary Conelly said. “If we get any more drops on our times, we aregoing to be very tough at the Southeastern Conference Championships nextmonth.”

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   2:29.71Men's 200 Breaststroke1  Kevin Dupuis   UC   2:05.962  Aaron Cuker    UK   2:06.763  Roger Watkins  UK   2:08.386  Josh Waldrop   UK   2:15.01Women's 200 IM1  Melissa Olson       UK   2:04.012  Sofia Svensson      UC   2:05.303  Taryn Kannegessier  UK   2:08.96Men's 200 IM1  Doug Zaft       UC   1:52.812  Eddie Clement   UK   1:54.323  Brian Wolfe     UC   1:54.615  Matt Nilson     UK   1:59.92Women'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   25.82Men'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   22.40Women'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   1:03.07Men's 100 Backstroke1  Brian Wolfe   UC   52.512  Cody Nath     UK   53.223  Brett Palmer  UK   53.49Women's 200 Butterfly1  Carolyn Rader   UK   2:01.562  Sofia Svensson  UC   2:02.353  Debra Hinsley   UK   2:06.404  Emily Buske     UK   2:08.38Men'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   2:05.54Women'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   2:01.26Men's 200 Freestyle1  Macon White    UK   1:39.692  David Tweedie  UK   1:42.183  Aaron Workman  UK   1:42.88Women's 200 Medley Relay1  UK-A (Kannegeisser, Clifford, Buske. Kosten)  1:47.342  UC-A    1:49.113  UK-B Siegele, Carter, Hinsley, Hoppe)         1:49.82Men'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)     1:37.16Women'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   17:58.74Men's 1,650 Freestyle1  Steven McLeod  UC   15:26.932  David Kuendig  UK   16:01.923  David Tweedie  UK   16:43.71Women's 400 IM1  Melissa Olson   UK   4:18.702  Carolyn Rader   UK   4:25.153  Tori Livingston UC   4:37.394  Jen Clifford    UK   4:39.64Men's 400 IM1  Kevin Dupuis   UC   4:02.342  Aaron Cuker    UK   4:06.213  Eddie Clement  UK   4:06.546  David Kuendig  UK   4:12.61Women's 100 Freestyle1  Nelly Jorgensen   UC   51.882  Jaime Siegele     UK   51.933  Jennifer Priester UK   53.145  Lisa Beavers      UK   53.23Men's 100 Freestyle1  Shaun Zitani   UK   45.062  Macon White    UK   45.963  Aaron Workman  UK   46.234  David Tweedie  UK   46.57Women's 200 Backstroke1  Sofia Svensson      UC   2:00.702  Taryn Kannegeisser  UK   2:07.153  Sarah Carter        UK   2:09.995  Kelly Neal          UK   2:15.59Men's 200 Backstroke1  Brian Wolfe    UC   1:53.692  Cody Nath      UK   1:55.753  Brett Palmer   UK   1:58.80Women's 100 Breaststroke1  Jen Clifford     UK   1:05.642  Serena McGibbon  UC   1:07.763  Fiona Smillie    UC   1:09.555  Michelle Inzetta UK   1:13.34Men's 100 Breaststroke1  Doug Zaft      UC   57.852  Roger Watkins  UK   57.963  Aaron Cuker    UK   58.614  Josh Waldrop   UK   58.99Women's 500 Freestyle1  Carolyn Rader   UK   4:55.862  Maria Oberg     UC   4:57.783  Tracy Sullivan  UK   5:05.70Men's 500 Freestyle1  Steven McLeod  UC   4:29.612  Macon White    UK   4:30.893  David Kuendig  UK   4:44.36Women'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   1:00.79Men'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   51.62Women'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)  7:53.52Men's 800 Freestyle Relay1  UK-A (Clement, Nath, Tweedie, White)  6:50.122  UC-A               6:54.803  UC-B               7:05.19Women's 1-Meter Diving1  Kelli Frost        UK   270.532  Michelle Glowatch  UK   269.933  Sarah Fields       UK   260.55Men's 1-Meter Diving1  Clayton Moss       UK   320.702  Aaron Kirkpatrick  UK   305.483  Cory McCain        UC   235.13Women's 3-Meter1  Becky Ruehl        UC   289.802  Michelle Glowatch  UK   276.523  Kelli Frost        UK   269.254  Sarah Fields       UK   266.02Men's 3-Meter Diving1  Clayton Moss       UK   345.002  Aaron Kirkpatrick  UK   294.753  Cory McCain        UC   252.00Final ScoresWomenUK  173UC  143MenUK  162UC  151