Feb. 20, 2002
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Kentucky men’s swimming and diving team stands in first place with 153 points while the women are in eighth with 89 points after the third day of the 2002 Southeastern Conference Championships held on the University of Arkansas campus.
Junior Clayton Moss finished the championships by placing second in the platform competition, scoring a 511.30, while teammate Aaron Kirkpatrick placed seventh with a score of 409.70 as the diving competition was completed Wednesday.
For the championships, Moss picked up a SEC title (one-meter), a runner-up finish (platform) and a third-place finish (three-meter). Kirkpatrick also had a successful three days, placing second in both the one- and three-meter competitions and seventh on the platform.
“It feels good to have such success here,” Moss said. “This is definitely a tough conference and it feels good to be on top.”
For the female divers, freshman Trisha Tumlinson placed fourth on the platform with a score of 387.35 in her first conference championship finals event.
The UK women’s 200-medley relay squad made up of Jessica Siegele, Kendra Trahan, Xenavee Pangelinan and Sarah Hoppe placed ninth with a time of 1:46.33 as the swimming portion of the championships began on Wednesday night. The Wildcat women closed out the night by clocking a NCAA “B” cut in the 800-freestyle relay. Chrissy Miller, Marci Vrooman, Sarah Hoppe and Carolyn Rader clocked a time of 7:25.67 for the provisional qualifying time.
The UK men’s 200-medlay relay squad comprised of Joey Faltraco, Roger Watkins, Daniel Wimer and Fernando Barros met an NCAA “B” cut by clocking a time of 1:29.50, placing them eighth in the event. The men closed out the night swimming a 6:39.96 in the 800-freestyle relay. The quartet of Daniel Cruz, Faltraco, Ryan Bowman and Adam Gustafson teamed up for the seventh-place finish.
The 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle and 200-freestyle relay events will all be held on Thursday as the championships turn its focus completely to swimming.
SEC Champion and UK FinishesWomen's 200 Medley Relay1 Auburn (Coventry, Swander, Christianson, Coparropa)1:38.879 Kentucky (Siegele, Trahan, Pangelinan, Hoppe)1:46.33
Men’s 200 Medley Relay1 Florida (Mangabeira, Tjin A Tam, Odendaal, Kostowica)1:26.768 Kentucky (Faltraco, Watkins, Wimer, Barros)1:29.50
Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay1 Georgia (Williams, Kearns, Hardt, Corriea)7:06.907 Kentucky (Ch. Miller, Vrooman, Hoppe, Rader)7:25.76
Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay1 Florida (Jayme, Sioui, Schultz, Sherrard)6:24.307 Kentucky (Cruz, Gustafson, Joey, Bowman)6:39.96
Men’s Platform CompetitionFinal ResultsNameYr.SchoolPrelimsSemisFinals
1 Matt Bricker FRAU 509.60183.20541.802 Clayton MossJRUK 510.35164.05511.303 Bira Barbosa FRUALA490.65156.05474.154 Kyle Van ArsdallJRLSU423.50150.75459.805 Caesar Garcia SOAU 505.05158.00441.856 Zach WilcoxFRUF376.45132.45426.707 Aaron KirkpatrickSRUK369.50145.20409.708 Todd Avery FRUGA382.80136.40396.00 15 Mario RodriguezFRUK348.7021 John CollierFRUK286.65
Women’s Platform CompetitionFinal ResultsNameYr.SchoolPrelimsSemisFinals
1 Barb GorstJRLSU402.80152.85469.452 Holly WintersSRLSU352.65153.85435.503 Jamie WatkinsSRLSU386.00149.10424.254 Trisha TumlinsonFRUK378.95147.40387.355 Sarah CloseJRUF368.75138.05366.506 Katherin BortelangerJRUALA331.45133.30343.907 Stacy BinyonSOAU344.15148.40331.308 Ashley RubensteinSOAU326.00127.00310.0011 Kelli FrostJRUK303.0512 Alison RiccobonoFRUK289.55
Team ScoresMen1 Kentucky1532 Auburn 1433 Florida1314 Georgia1205 Alabama1096 Tennessee1077 S. Carolina938 LSU81
Women
1 LSU162.52 Alabama1343 S. Carolina107.54 Florida1065 Tennessee1056 Georgia1047 Auburn988 Kentucky899 Arkansas67
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