Two school records were broken on the women’s side, while the men’s 400-yard freestlye relay broke the existing school mark.
AUBURN, Ala. (Feb. 19, 2000) — The University of Kentuckywomen’s swimming & diving team finished sixthwith 332 points at the 2000 SoutheasternConference Swimming and Diving ChampionshipsSaturday night at the James E. Martin AquaticCenter. The UK men’s team finished in eighth placewith 267 points, just 14 points separating the Catsfrom fifth place.
Two school records were broken on the women’sside, while the UK men’s 400-yard freestlye relaybroke the existing school mark, as well as EddieClement who broke the UK record in the 200butterfly, the oldest record in the UK record book.
Senior Annabel Kosten broke her own record inthe 100 freestyle, finishing fifth in a time of 49.85.Kosten’s time met the NCAA provisional timestandard and bettered her old record by fourthone-hundredths of a second. Kosten was also a member of the UKrecord-breaking 400 freestyle relay that finished fourth with a time of3:23.01. The relay team of Jaime Siegele, Jenny Priester, Carolyn Rader,and Kosten met the NCAA provisional time standard and broke the existingrecord of 3:24.28 set in 1999.
Rader finished fifth in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:02.33, meeting theNCAA provisional time standard.
Melissa Olson finished sixth in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:00.09,which met the NCAA “B” cut, her third NCAA cut of the meet.
Junior diver Sarah Fields placed sixth on the women’s platform diving eventwith a score of 397.40, qualifying for the NCAA Zone Diving Meet.
The UK men’s 400 freestyle relay of Shaun Zitani, David Tweedie, MaconWhite, and Aaron Workman broke the school mark with a time 2:57.97,more than a second faster than the old record of 2:59.28 set at the 1999SEC Championships. The relay finished fourth overall.
Freshman diver Clayton Moss recorded a fourth place finish on the men’splatform diving event with a score of 529.45, the second highest score on theplatform event in UK history. Moss has now qualified for the NCAA ZoneDiving Meet in all three diving events.
“We had some real good swims over the course of the meet,” UK coachGary Conelly said. “This was just a really fast meet, but the kids stepped upand met the challenge. We came up a few points shy on the men’s side fromfinishing fifth, but we had some outstanding swims.”
(UK Top 8 Finishers) Men's Platform Diving4. Clayton Moss UK 529.45 ?Women's 200 Backstroke6. Melissa Olson UK 2:00.09 *Women's 100 Freestyle5. Annabel Kosten UK 49.85 * !Women's 200 Butterfly5. Carolyn Rader UK 2:02.33 *Women's Platform Diving6. Sarah Fields UK 397.40 ?Women's 400 Freestyle Relay4. UK (A. Kosten, J. Siegele, J. Priester, C. Rader) 3:23.01 * !Men's 400 Freestyle Relay5. UK (S. Zitani, D. Tweedie, M. White, A. Workman) 2:57.97 * !# - NCAA "A" Cut * - NCAA "B" Cut ? NCAA Zone "B" Diving Cut ! UK Record Team ScoresMen's1. Auburn 752 5. LSU 2812. Florida 680.5 6. USC 2783. Tennessee 637 7. Alabama 2694. Georgia 426.5 8. UK 267Women's1. Georgia 850 6. UK 3322. Auburn 701 7. Alabama 2513. Florida 510 8. USC 1694. Tennessee 409.5 9. Arkansas 144.55. LSU 382
