Pirates Complete Final Day of Nike Cup
November 23, 2002 | Men's Swimming and Diving
The Lady Pirates finished in 12 events. Sophomore Diane Parker (Tucker Ga.) broke the 200-yard butterfly varsity record (2:01.69), which also earned her fourth place in the competition. Freshman Holly Williams (Palmyra, N.Y.) placed 15th in both the 200-yard butterfly and the 100-yard freestyle (2:04.69). Williams set freshman records in both the 200 fly (2:03.79) and the 200 backstroke (2:03.96).
Jackie Royce, Jenn Belch, Courtney Kos, and Meredith Alfrey all finished in the top 30 of the 1650-yard freestyle. Senior diver Carrie Wright (Lansing, N.Y.) took fifth place on the one-meter dive (232.20).
Junior Matt Walker (Charleston, S.C.) broke the varsity record in the 100-yard freestyle (45.28) and took third place. Sophomore diver Robbie Derr (Bloomsburg, Pa.) set a new varsity record on the three-meter board with a mark of 489.15.
Sophomore Casey Cronin (East Providence, R.I.) placed 18th in the 100-yard freestyle (45.85) and 20th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:06.97). Andrew Dragunas and Brad Bumgarner took the 13th and 14th spots during the 200-yard butterfly.
"We swam an absolutely incredible meet," Coach Rick Kobe stated. "We set something like 14 varsity and freshman records and should have several of our kids with some of the top national times when those come out. We're swimming great and everyone's doing an awesome job."
In Friday's competition, the Pirates set four varsity records. For the ECU women, Williams set the team's varsity and freshman records in the 400IM. Parker set a new varsity mark in the 100 fly and made the NCAA provisional cut. Alfrey also met the NCAA provisional mark in the 100 breaststroke. For the Pirate men, Walker set the varsity mark in the 200 free with his NCAA provisional mark and diver Derr met the NCAA sectional standard.
The Pirates will rest and train during the month of December and have their first meet after the break on January 3 against the University of Vermont at Palm Beach, Fla.
