2010 SECs: Day 3 Morning Session
Friday, February 19, 2010 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Heading into day three in second place in both the men's and women's competitions, the Gators concluded a successful day in preliminaries to set both teams up for an exciting finals session Friday evening. With 21 finals swims and 14 consolation races, Florida will aim to regain the lead over the Auburn men and Georgia women.
Four UF swimmers solidified a first-place seed in their respective events in the morning session, including sophomore Teresa Crippen (Conshohocken, Pa.), freshman Sebastien Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), junior Conor Dwyer (Winnetka, Ill.) and freshman Marco Loughran (London, England). While all swam season-best swims, Loughran swam Florida's only NCAA automatic mark in prelims, turning in a 46.05 100-yard backstroke race. The freshman also qualified for the sixth seed in the men's 100-yard fly. Dwyer, the 2010 500-yard free champion, qualified as the No. 1 seed in the 200-yard free after swimming the fifth-fastest 200 free this year (1:34.63). Gator junior Brett Fraser (George Town, Grand Cayman) qualified second in the 200 free behind Dwyer. Crippen and Rousseau represented the Orange and Blue in the 400-yard IM races, each winning the preliminary round of the event.
A highlight of the morning for the UF men was the seven returners in the 200-yard free, four up in the championship heat, and three down in the consolation final. Freshman Jeff Raymond (Davie, Fla.) and junior Balazs Gercsak (Budapest, Hungary) will join Dwyer and Fraser in the championship final.
In women's action, four other Gators will join Crippen in the 400 IM finals, including sophomores Kirsten Smith (Cary, N.C.), Anna Pold (San Diego, Fla.) and freshmen Corinne Showalter (Sarasota, Fla.) and Eva Lehtonen (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
Additionally, senior Gemma Spofforth (West Sussex, England) will look to defend her title in the 100-yard back for the third consecutive year, while both Florida men's divers, sophomores Colin Bell (Coral Springs, Fla.) and Anthony Lewark (Davie, Fla.) will compete in the platform after placing fifth and third in prelims, respectively.
Finals of the men's platform, the men's and women's 400 IM, 200 free, 100 fly, 100 breast, 100 back and 400-yard medley relays will kick off at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Florida Prelims Finishers (Friday, Feb. 19)
A NCAA Automatic Qualifying Mark
^ Season-Best Mark
* Career-Best Mark
$ SEC Record
F Florida Record
Women's 400 IM
1. Teresa Crippen, 4:07.73 ^ - finals qualifier
5. Kirsten Smith, 4:13.61 ^ - finals qualifier
12. Corinne Showalter, 4:16.04 ^* - consolation qualifier
13. Anna Pold, 4:16.36 ^ - consolation qualifier
15. Eva Lehtonen, 4:18.01 ^* - consolation qualifier
17. Angelina Ballatore, 4:18.59 ^ - first alternate
Men's 400 IM
1. Sebastien Rousseau, 3:47.28 ^* - finals qualifier
6. Brian Howell, 3:49.02 ^ - finals qualifier
7. Omar Pinzon, 3:50.39 ^ - finals qualifier
12. Joey Pedraza, 3:52.93 ^ - consolation qualifier
16. Ryan Crete, 3:55.50 ^ - consolation qualifier
Women's 100-yard fly
5. Jemma Lowe, 53.26 ^ - finals qualifier
10. Sarah Bateman, 53.87 ^* - consolation qualifier
27. Stephanie Napier, 55.91 ^
Exhibition. Maida Turnadzic, 55.39 ^
Men's 100-yard fly
4. Shaune Fraser, 46.59 ^* - finals qualifier
6. Marco Loughran, 47.04 ^* - finals qualifier
15. Jose Crescimbeni, 48.05 b^* - consolation qualifier
Women's 200-yard free
2. Shara Stafford, 1:44.57 ^* - finals qualifier
5. Jamie Bohunicky, 1:47.18 – finals qualifier
6. Liz Kemp, 1:47.21 ^ - finals qualifier
7. Melani Costa-Schmid, 1:47.38 ^ - finals qualifier
Men's 200-yard free
1. Conor Dwyer, 1:34.63 ^* - finals qualifier
2. Brett Fraser, 1:34.73 ^ - finals qualifier
6. Balazs Gercsak, 1:35.82 ^ - finals qualifier
7. Jeff Raymond, 1:35.99 ^ -finals qualifier
9. Pholien Systermans, 1:36.14 ^* - consolation qualifier
12. Roberto Gomez, 1:37.11 ^ - consolation qualifier
13. Matt Norton, 1:37.15 ^ - consolation qualifier
Exhibition. Raul Martinez, 1:38.22 ^
Women's 100-yard breast
10. Lindsey Rogers, 1:02.00 ^ - consolation qualifier
Exhibition. Sarra Lajnef, 1:03.50 ^*
Men's 100-yard breast
20. Robby Kennedy, 56.15 ^
Exhibition. Manny Rabelo, 55.17 ^*
Women's 100-yard back
2. Gemma Spofforth, 52.76 ^ - finals qualifier
6. Lily Ramirez, 53.87 ^ - finals qualifier
11. Sarah Peterson, 54.68 – consolation qualifier
Men's 100-yard back
1. Marco Loughran, 46.05 A^* - finals qualifier
9. Roland Rudolf, 48.36 ^ - consolation qualifier
10. Jose Crescimbeni, 48.72 ^* - consolation qualifier
Men's platform diving
3. Anthony Lewark, 366.05 ^* - finals qualifier
5. Colin Bell, 350.75 ^* - finals qualifier
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