Gator Women Notch Easy Win Against South Carolina
Nov 12, 2004
The University of Florida women's swimming and diving team took the fourth-straight meet against Southeastern Conference rivals the South Carolina Gamecocks, 131-111. The women's team swept eight of the 13 events and garnered four NCAA provisional qualifying times. UF now moves to 3-1 in dual meet action and 1-1 in the SEC. UF's series record against USC is now 14-0.
Starting out, Florida claimed second, third and fourth placings in the one-meter diving event. Senior Nicole Bolt (Orlando) tallied 274.65 (second), while junior Jessica Ranieri (Huntington Valley, Pa.) earned 265.88 points with her dives for a third-place showing. Maureen McGinty (Orlando) took third (230.55).
On the three-meter board, Bolt took another second-place home with her score of 287.55. Ranieri finished fourth (263.18), while McGinty again finished fifth with a dive-scoring total of 258.23.
In the pool, UF also took the gold and bronze in the 400-yard medley relay. A team of Leah Retrum (Colombus, Ind.), Mandy Huff (Gold Hill, N.C.), Rebecca Harper (Richmond, Va.) and Maureen Farrell (Northridge, Calif.) finished first with a time of 3:49.55. Behind them with a 3:51.35 clocking, the Florida 'C' team, consisting of Samantha Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tenn.), Ingrid Haiden (Cape Town, S. Africa), Colleen Healy (Cape Coral) and Natalie Pike (Boca Raton), finished second.
The Gators finished one, two, three in the women's 1,000-yard freestyle race. Distance free sophomore Katie Ball (Cinicinnati, Ohio) won the event, touching the wall in 10:02.50. Behind her, junior Jamie Tannhauser (Seattle, Wash.) took home second with a 10:08.15 effort. On the tail of the duo, sophomore Jamie Reid (Orlando) finished with 10:11.23 for a third-place showing.
Ashley Carusone (High Springs) finished in second place for UF with a 200-free time of 1:51.93. Teammate and true freshman Kim Larson (Longwood) was the next Gator to finish, her time of 1:53.30 was good for fourth place. Clocking 24.07 in the 50-freestyle was freshman Caroline Burckle (Louisville, Ky.) with a time of 24.07 to finish in second. Vanderbilt also swam the 50-free, taking fifth with a time of 24.39.
Notching first, second and third-place finishes again were the Florida Gators. In the 200 IM, Retrum clocked the swim in 2:02.57 for a 200 IM title and a NCAA provisional qualifying time. In spot two, senior transfer Katie McCann (Walpole, Mass.) finished with 2:04.92, just a half of a second ahead of senior Katie Kennedy (Ft. Myers) who clocked the IM in 2:05.56.
Packing away the 200 fly title, senior Harper finished the meet with a time of 2:00.48, a NCAA provisional time. Also making the provisional time and taking second, Retrum finished strong for UF with a fly time of 2:01.07. Senior Meredith Green (Chapel Hill, N.C.) was also in the fly, recording a 2:04.29 effort for the Gators, good for fourth place. Huff notched a second-place seat in the 100 free with a 52.32 showing for UF. Senior Christine Woodruff (Orlando) finished fourth in the 100 free, her time, 52.69.
First through fourth place was taken by Orange and Blue in the women's 200-yard backstroke. Farrell took the lead spot with a time of 1:58.66, a NCAA provisional qualifying time. In runner-up, McCann swam 2:03.41, while sophomore Kristen Harris (Holmdel, N.J.) nipped her heels with a 2:05.81 effort. Vanderbilt took the fourth spot for UF, touching the wall in 2:06.85.
Carusone took first place today in the 500-free. Her time of 4:56.97 was closely followed by freshman Pike, who took second with a time of 5:01.22. Reid came in fourth in the 500 free, clocking the race in 5:04.42. The Gators in the 200 breaststroke were exhibitioned, but clocked two of the best times in the meet. Kennedy finished with the best time of 2:19.42, while Huff took the second-best time of 2:19.71.
Swimming the 400-free relay in 3:26.68 was the team of Pike, McCann, Vanderbilt and Farrell, who took the best time in the event. Behind them, Healy, Ball, Green and Nicole Allfrey (Noblesville, Ind.) recorded a team clocking of 3:35.78. Finished the relay in 3:39.45 was the Florida 'A' team, which included Larson, Reid, Laurie Moreau (Largo) and Tannhauser.
UF defeated the Gamecocks for the fourth-year running and moves the history record to 14-0 against the Carolina University. Florida will return to the boards and pool on Tuesday, Nov. 16, as the team travels to Tallahassee to face Florida State at 5 pm.
South Carolina - 11/12/2004 Results Event 1 Women 1 mtr Diving =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 King, Lauren SR South Carolina NT 278.70 9 2 Bolt, Nicole SR UF NT 274.65 4 3 Ranieri, Jessica JR UF NT 265.88 3 4 McGinty, Maureen JR UF NT 230.55 2 5 Richardson, Tracey JR South Carolina NT 221.55 1 6 Havens, Lyndsey SO South Carolina NT 213.98 -- Ellerby, Sarah FR UF NT X168.08 Event 2 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay =============================================================================== 3:38.32 A 3:44.86 B School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Florida Gators 'B' NT 3:49.55 11 1) Retrum, Leah SO 2) Huff, Mandy JR 3) Harper, Rebecca SR 4) Farrell, Maureen SR 27.93 28.47 30.65 35.09 26.23 29.39 24.64 27.15 2 Florida Gators 'C' NT 3:51.35 4 1) Vanderbilt, Samantha FR 2) Haiden, Ingrid FR 3) Healy, Colleen FR 4) Pike, Natalie FR 27.82 28.90 31.15 35.32 25.80 30.82 24.81 26.73 3 South Carolina Gamecocks 'A' NT 3:53.27 2 1) Tamkum, Kasey FR 2) Cregar, Mandee FR 3) Fiorentino, Kendel SO 4) Giese, Kelly FR 28.38 30.55 30.46 34.35 26.85 30.62 24.64 27.42 4 Florida Gators 'A' NT 3:56.48 1) McCann, Katie SR 2) Hartley, Amanda FR 3) Kennedy, Katie SR 4) Woodruff, Christine SR 28.79 30.16 30.59 35.40 27.61 31.33 24.83 27.77 5 South Carolina Gamecocks 'B' NT 4:03.78 1) Hensel, Carly FR 2) Nance, Aunya SO 3) Sowell, Amanda FR 4) Fayssoux, Lauren FR 29.37 30.54 31.96 36.85 28.67 32.97 25.74 27.68 Event 3 Women 1000 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Ball, Katie SO UF NT 10:02.50 9 28.71 30.05 30.29 30.18 30.17 30.18 30.16 29.92 30.01 30.04 30.26 30.29 30.22 30.36 30.35 30.39 30.26 30.43 30.29 29.94 2 Tannhauser, Jamie JR UF NT 10:08.15 4 28.32 30.37 30.46 30.23 30.14 30.22 30.19 30.60 30.67 30.83 30.60 30.48 30.70 30.69 30.58 30.82 30.53 30.64 30.66 30.42 3 Reid, Jamie SO UF NT 10:11.23 3 28.72 30.61 31.00 31.10 30.56 31.06 30.85 30.79 30.79 30.60 30.72 30.71 30.80 30.64 30.55 30.69 30.58 30.50 30.35 29.61 4 Roffey, Heather FR South Carolina NT 10:18.40 2 28.40 30.52 30.88 30.92 30.60 31.16 31.23 31.11 30.91 31.18 30.81 31.44 31.62 30.91 31.63 31.31 31.35 31.19 31.05 30.18 5 Deighan, Mallory FR South Carolina NT 10:22.72 1 28.43 30.65 30.68 30.94 30.96 31.10 31.09 31.39 31.33 31.63 31.28 31.62 31.76 31.40 31.49 31.36 31.66 31.44 31.62 30.89 6 Harris, Kristen SO UF NT 10:29.16 29.20 31.03 31.31 31.50 31.57 31.57 31.54 31.67 31.47 31.50 31.78 31.95 31.71 31.76 31.58 31.88 31.66 31.93 31.75 30.80 7 Ruka, Meredith SO South Carolina NT 10:35.24 29.21 31.56 31.68 31.81 31.85 31.92 31.88 31.84 31.82 32.01 32.10 32.09 32.13 32.15 31.93 32.09 32.09 31.94 31.97 31.17 8 May, Kaelon SO South Carolina NT 10:36.94 28.87 30.90 31.18 31.43 31.33 31.62 32.05 32.19 32.30 32.22 31.91 32.35 32.79 32.28 32.24 32.27 32.33 32.50 32.60 31.58 Event 4 Women 200 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== 1:47.61 A 1:50.83 B Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Williams, Christy FR South Carolina NT 1:51.62 9 26.98 28.73 28.18 27.73 2 Carusone, Ashley SO UF NT 1:51.93 4 27.47 28.63 28.15 27.68 3 Fayssoux, Lauren FR South Carolina NT 1:52.93 3 27.55 28.58 28.68 28.12 4 Larson, Kim FR UF NT 1:53.20 2 27.40 29.29 28.26 28.25 5 Hobbs, Kelli FR South Carolina NT 1:55.12 1 27.66 29.39 29.04 29.03 6 Duncan, Danielle JR UF NT 1:55.86 27.66 29.74 30.06 28.40 7 Moreau, Laurie SO UF NT 1:55.88 27.66 29.58 29.71 28.93 8 Giese, Kelly FR South Carolina NT 1:57.23 27.66 30.30 30.25 29.02 Event 5 Women 50 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== 22.88 A 23.56 B Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Skaggs, Haley JR South Carolina NT 23.90 9 2 Burckle, Caroline FR UF NT 24.07 4 3 McHugh, Carolynn SR South Carolina NT 24.32 3 4 Woodruff, Christin SR UF NT 24.36 2 5 Vanderbilt, Samant FR UF NT 24.39 1 6 Cady, Alyssa FR South Carolina NT 24.48 7 Nance, Aunya SO South Carolina NT 24.67 8 Allfrey, Nicole SO UF NT 26.08 Event 6 Women 200 Yard IM =============================================================================== 2:00.67 A 2:04.29 B Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Retrum, Leah SO UF NT 2:02.57 B 9 27.37 29.73 36.59 28.88 2 McCann, Katie SR UF NT 2:04.92 4 27.66 30.76 36.93 29.57 3 Kennedy, Katie SR UF NT 2:05.56 3 28.26 32.10 35.77 29.43 4 Hensel, Carly FR South Carolina NT 2:07.74 2 27.77 31.68 37.64 30.65 5 Harper, Rebecca SR UF NT 2:09.13 1 27.03 32.96 39.37 29.77 6 Cregar, Mandee FR South Carolina NT 2:10.09 28.67 34.78 36.14 30.50 Event 7 Women 3 mtr Diving =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 King, Lauren SR South Carolina NT 291.45 9 2 Bolt, Nicole SR UF NT 287.55 4 3 Havens, Lyndsey SO South Carolina NT 271.05 3 4 Ranieri, Jessica JR UF NT 263.18 2 5 McGinty, Maureen JR UF NT 258.23 1 6 Richardson, Tracey JR South Carolina NT 224.40 -- Ellerby, Sarah FR UF NT X209.78 Event 8 Women 200 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== 1:58.11 A 2:01.65 B Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Harper, Rebecca SR UF NT 2:00.48 B 9 28.19 30.83 30.93 30.53 2 Retrum, Leah SO UF NT 2:01.07 B 4 28.59 31.00 30.65 30.83 3 Williams, Christy FR South Carolina NT 2:02.89 3 28.60 31.39 31.30 31.60 4 Green, Meredith SR UF NT 2:04.29 2 28.44 31.17 31.80 32.88 5 Roffey, Heather FR South Carolina NT 2:05.84 1 28.43 32.09 32.26 33.06 6 Fiorentino, Kendel SO South Carolina NT 2:08.42 29.28 32.96 33.30 32.88 7 Healy, Colleen FR UF NT 2:08.99 28.50 32.30 33.60 34.59 8 Ruka, Meredith SO South Carolina NT 2:11.09 29.82 33.24 34.03 34.00 Event 9 Women 100 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== 49.78 A 51.27 B Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Skaggs, Haley JR South Carolina NT 51.88 9 26.72 2 Huff, Mandy JR UF NT 52.32 4 27.08 3 McHugh, Carolynn SR South Carolina NT 52.54 3 27.25 4 Woodruff, Christin SR UF NT 52.69 2 27.13 5 Giese, Kelly FR South Carolina NT 52.86 1 27.10 6 Cady, Alyssa FR South Carolina NT 52.96 26.95 7 Allfrey, Nicole SO UF NT 55.32 28.40 Event 10 Women 200 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== 1:58.24 A 2:01.78 B Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Farrell, Maureen SR UF NT 1:58.66 B 9 27.99 29.30 30.53 30.84 2 McCann, Katie SR UF NT 2:03.41 4 29.56 31.02 31.56 31.27 3 Harris, Kristen SO UF NT 2:05.81 3 30.23 32.02 32.10 31.46 4 Vanderbilt, Samant FR UF NT 2:06.85 2 30.53 32.04 32.65 31.63 5 Hensel, Carly FR South Carolina NT 2:07.77 1 31.37 32.79 31.92 31.69 6 Tamkum, Kasey FR South Carolina NT 2:08.19 30.17 32.38 32.77 32.87 7 Ruka, Meredith SO South Carolina NT 2:17.36 32.47 34.53 35.29 35.07 Event 11 Women 500 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== 4:45.46 A 4:54.02 B Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Carusone, Ashley SO UF NT 4:56.97 9 28.28 30.13 30.02 30.02 30.12 30.03 29.81 29.67 29.77 29.12 2 Pike, Natalie FR UF NT 5:01.22 4 28.48 30.32 30.85 30.78 30.64 30.15 29.81 30.31 30.29 29.59 3 Deighan, Mallory FR South Carolina NT 5:03.11 3 28.25 30.50 30.51 30.87 30.94 30.61 30.87 30.82 30.38 29.36 4 Reid, Jamie SO UF NT 5:04.42 2 28.89 30.88 31.20 30.97 30.84 30.79 30.71 30.09 30.49 29.56 5 Hobbs, Kelli FR South Carolina NT 5:06.28 1 28.99 31.23 31.02 30.84 30.75 30.97 30.74 30.78 30.95 30.01 6 May, Kaelon SO South Carolina NT 5:07.22 28.29 30.15 30.33 30.31 30.80 31.17 31.56 31.56 31.63 31.42 7 Fayssoux, Lauren FR South Carolina NT 5:10.81 28.92 30.87 30.84 30.48 32.00 31.25 31.84 31.84 31.74 31.03 Event 12 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== 2:14.25 A 2:18.27 B Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Cregar, Mandee FR South Carolina NT 2:20.07 9 32.09 35.27 36.52 36.19 2 Hensel, Carly FR South Carolina NT 2:24.10 4 33.32 36.12 36.92 37.74 3 Fiorentino, Kendel SO South Carolina NT 2:26.05 3 33.58 37.14 37.69 37.64 4 Nance, Aunya SO South Carolina NT 2:28.47 2 33.31 37.12 38.76 39.28 -- Kennedy, Katie SR UF NT X2:19.42 32.90 35.29 35.83 35.40 -- Huff, Mandy JR UF NT X2:19.71 32.90 36.11 35.48 35.22 -- Haiden, Ingrid FR UF NT X2:23.22 33.14 36.41 36.55 37.12 -- Hartley, Amanda FR UF NT X2:23.45 33.28 36.81 36.41 36.95 Event 13 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay =============================================================================== 3:18.95 A 3:24.91 B School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 South Carolina Gamecocks 'C' NT 3:28.15 11 1) Williams, Christy FR 2) Skaggs, Haley JR 3) McHugh, Carolynn SR 4) Cady, Alyssa FR 25.46 26.92 24.21 27.35 24.85 27.29 24.57 27.50 2 South Carolina Gamecocks 'B' NT 3:36.92 4 1) Roffey, Heather FR 2) Hobbs, Kelli FR 3) Fayssoux, Lauren FR 4) Nance, Aunya SO 26.84 28.61 25.55 28.07 26.09 27.41 26.16 28.19 3 South Carolina Gamecocks 'A' NT 3:45.50 2 1) Sowell, Amanda FR 2) Tamkum, Kasey FR 3) May, Kaelon SO 4) Deighan, Mallory FR 26.94 30.46 26.07 29.65 27.02 29.20 26.95 29.21 -- Florida Gators 'B' NT X3:26.68 1) Pike, Natalie FR 2) McCann, Katie SR 3) Vanderbilt, Samantha FR 4) Farrell, Maureen SR 24.88 26.53 25.16 27.58 24.69 27.39 23.90 26.55 -- Florida Gators 'C' NT X3:35.78 1) Healy, Colleen FR 2) Ball, Katie SO 3) Green, Meredith SR 4) Allfrey, Nicole SO 25.66 27.38 26.37 27.90 26.01 28.15 26.02 28.29 -- Florida Gators 'A' NT X3:39.45 1) Larson, Kim FR 2) Reid, Jamie SO 3) Moreau, Laurie SO 4) Tannhauser, Jamie JR 26.75 28.02 26.35 28.16 26.14 28.67 26.83 28.53