ECU Swimming, Diving Moves Into Second Place after Day Two
February 28, 2004 | Men's Swimming and Diving
On the women's side, TCU remained in first place with a team score of 536. East Carolina follows in second (398), while Houston (373) and Tulane (314) are third and fourth, respectively. Louisville (245) and Saint Louis (242) round out the top seven.
On the men's side, the Horned Frogs are first with a score of 605, while ECU is second (501) and Louisville is ranked third with a score of 438.50. Cincinnati (316.50) and Saint Louis (242) are fourth and fifth, respectively.
For the second year in a row, the Cincinnati men's team captured the 200 medley relay. The Bearcat team of Enrique Bayata, Steve Marshall, David Gustavsson, Ryan Yearwood finished first with a C-USA record time of 1:30.57.
East Carolina's Holly Williams won the 400 individual medley with a meet record time of 4:22.91. She eclipsed the old mark set by TCU's Jamie MacCurdy (4:23.91) in 2002.
Cincinnati's Ann Degenstein upset the reigning C-USA champion, Diane Parker of ECU, in the 100 fly, posting another C-USA meet record with a time of 54.70. Degenstein had broken the previous mark during the preliminaries (54.86), before eclipsing the record again in the finals. Parker came in second (55.28) and teammate Kate Gordon finished third (55.86).
ECU's Casey Cronin captured the 200 freestyle crown with a time of 1:39.74, while TCU's Yousif Del Valle placed second (1:40.26).
After finishing second in the 100 fly, Parker came back in the 100 breaststroke to place first and not only post an NCAA provisional time, but also set a meet record of 1:02.67. She eclipsed her old mark of 1:03.46 that she set when she won the crown at the 2002 C-USA Championship.
East Carolina's Kenny Flory (56.12) followed in second = 100 breaststroke.
A total of seven meet records were broken in the second night of competition. On the women's side, East Carolina and Cincinnati led the night winning two individual titles each, while TCU claimed two relays and one individual crown. In the men's competition, the Horned Frogs won two individual titles and one relay, while Cincinnati won a relay and individual event.
The final day of the C-USA Women's Swimming and Diving Championship and Men's Invitational begins on Saturday with the prelims at 10 a.m. (CST).
