Burckle Earns Silver Medal, Napier and Storie Earn Bronze as Gators Conclude 2008 U.S. Open
Sunday, August 3, 2008 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Clark Burckle (Louisville, Ky.), Stephanie Napier (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Logan Storie (Corvallis, Ore.) walked away from day five of the 2008 U.S. Open with medals, Burckle earning silver in the 200 IM, Napier claiming bronze in the 50 free and Storie earning bronze in the 800 free. The trio represented UF as the Gators wrapped up the final day of the 2008 Open from the Minnesota Aquatic Center Saturday.
Burckle kicked off the 200-meter IM for the Gators racing to a career-best time of 2:01.30, good for second place in the A final and his second silver medal of the 2008 U.S. Open, his first earned in the 400 IM. Rex Tullius (Port Orange, Fla.) swam a 2:07.19 for a 28th place 200 IM preliminary swim, while Alex Martin (Ponte Vedre Beach, Fla.) clocked in at 2:08.19, finishing 36th. Soon-to-be sophomore Bobby Walsh (Virginia Beach, Va.) rallied for 51st (2:10.12).
Continuing the career-best tradition Saturday, the UF women had representation in the 50-meter freestyle from Napier. Napier recorded a 25.56, second-place prelims finish and went on to swim a career best 25.34 finals race, good for third-place and a bronze medal.
Storie rallied for the Gators in the 800-meter free with a third place bronze medal performance in timed finals of the event, tapping in at 8:05.05, going under the U.S. Open Meet Record of 8:10.44.
Stephanie Proud (Durham, England) represented the Gator women in the 200 IM, swimming to a 36thplace preliminary finish with a time of 2:21.00, four-tenths-of-a-second faster than her best 2007-08 season mark of 2:21.40, set at UF?s dual meet against Auburn in January.
Leading the way in Saturday distance freestyle action for the women, Laurabeth Guenthner (Wellington, Fla.) recorded her fourth career-best time of the U.S. Open in the 1,500-meter free tapping in at 16:40.09, sixth place overall, while Madison Parker (Biloxi, Miss.) clocked in at 17:04.53, good for 17th place. Rising junior Kristen Beales (Arlington, Va.) wrapped up 1,500-meter freestyle action for the women with a 19th-place finish (17:07.72)
For complete results from the 2008 U.S. Open, hosted by the Minnesota Aquatic Center, visit http://www.starswimming.org/results/usaswimming/index.htm.
2008 U.S. Open Career Best Swims
| NAME | EVENT | TIME | PLACE |
| Jenne Ballatore | 400-meter Free | 4:19.93 | 21st |
| Clark Burckle | 400-meter IM 100-meter Breast 200-meter IM | 4:18.40 1:02.82 2:01.30 | 2nd 8th 2nd |
| Kyle Coan | 200-meter Back 200-meter Free | 2:07.66p 1:51.51 | 26th prelims 21st |
| Laurabeth Guenthner | 400-meter IM 400-meter Free 200-meter Free 1,500-meter Free | 4:56.63p 4:13.96 2:04.15 16:40.09 | 19th prelims 4th 35th 6th |
| Stephanie Napier | 50-meter Free | 25.34 | 3rd |
| Stacey Nedrud | 200-meter Back | 2:18.44p | 35th prelims |
| Madison Parker | 800-meter Free | 8:54.78 | 19th |
| Stephanie Proud | 200-meter Free 100-meter Back | 2:02.17 1:03.06p | 14th 15th prelims |
| Kelsy Smith | 200-meter Back 100-meter Back | 2:15.77 1:03.99p | 20th 29th |
| Logan Storie | 400-meter IM 800-meter Free | 4:36.35p 8:05.05 | 42nd prelims 3rd |
| Scott Thompson | 400-meter IM 1,500-meter Free | 4:30.45p 15:57.84 | 24th 25th |
| Rex Tullius | 100-meter Back | 55.25 | 4th |
| Lindsay Woodward | 200-meter Fly | 2:15.26 | 19th |
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