Cougar Swimming & Diving Team in Fifth Place at Independent Championships

OAKLAND, Mich. -- For the second day in a row the University of Houston women's swimming & diving team posted some solid times at the National Independent Championships Friday in Oakland, Michigan. The annual NIC meet is for schools that compete as independents in the sport. The Cougars will compete in the first-ever Conference USA swimming & diving championships next year.

Also for the second-straight day, true freshman Yulia Pakhalina dominated the springboard diving events. After winning the one-meter springboard on Thursday by almost 100 points, Pakhalina registered a score of 705.05 points for a victory on the three-meter. Though the sport is precise enough to score it to two decimal places, her margin of victory was over 230 points Friday. Her performance was as expected as she was a Gold Medal winner in the Sydney Olympics for her native Russia and a former world champion on the three-meter. Platform diving at the NIC meet will be held on Saturday.

In other events Friday sophomore Falon Hopkins provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 55.97. Junior Stacey Ebeling also posted a second place finish on the day, recording a season-best time of 1:05.64 in the 100-yard breaststroke. Ebeling was one of four Cougars to score in that event. Lucile Turpin, Jelena Matovic and Jessica Blake all reached Friday's championship finals.

Houston is 42 points out of fourth place. Action in the NIC Championships wraps-up on Saturday.

NIC CHAMPIONSHIP MEET FEBUARY 22-24, 2001 WOMEN'S SCORES THROUGH FRIDAY

PL ID Team Name-Abbrev Points ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 501 CINCINNATI UC 445 2 506 OAKLAND OU 433 3 508 WESTERN KENTUCKY WKU 354 4 505 NORTHERN ARIZONA NAU 352 5 503 HOUSTON UH 310 6 502 FLORIDA ATLANTIC FAU 292 7 507 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE ULL 132 8 504 ILLINOIS STATE ISU 127

FRIDAY'S Meet Results - Finals (Yards)

Event 7 Women 200 Medley Relay Sponsor: Aurit family & Lesnau family NIC Record: * 1:44.57 OU 02/2000 2000 NIC: ! 1:44.57 OU 02/2000 OUAC Pool: # 1:46.92 Cincinnati 02/1999 NCAA: ------ 1:40.85 Prov: ------ 1:43.87

PL Meet ID Name Team Finals Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3028 OAKLAND UNIVERSITY A OU 1:44.51* 40 LYNN, YVONNE- FROLOVA, V.- KORNIYENKO, T.- WARD, DANIELLE- 2 3073 WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIV. A WKU 1:45.83# 34 CAREY, BRANDI- FISHER, NICOLE- JANES, CHAR- ZERHUSEN, MEGAN- 3 3003 UC A UC 1:45.92# 32 OBERG, MARIA- MCGIBBON, S.- DE JONG, MAREIN- MEYER, GRANDY- 4 3013 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON A UH 1:48.17 30 LINN, RORY- EBELING, STACEY- HOPKINS, FALON- MATOVIC, JELENA- 5 3018 ISU A ISU 1:49.10 28 DUDLEY, TIFFANY- BIRRER, DEBORAH- ERIKSON, B.- CROWDER, L.- 6 3023 NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIV. A NAU 1:49.31 26 URBAN, CHELSEY- WARNER, ANNIE- BUTT, DARCY- FAZIO, LEIA- 7 3008 FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIV. A FAU 1:50.10 24 PANCAKE, KELLY- SOUDERS, MERI- SOLOMON, TESSA- BEITEL, J.- 8 3033 UL A UL 1:54.84 22 PEDDIE, TARA- GUERRA, MARIA- SMITH, MEGHAN- CARRILLO, S.-

Event 7 Women 400 Individual Medley Sponsor: Aurit, Lau & Laub familys NIC Record: * 4:18.19 Lung, FAU 02/1992 2000 NIC: ! 4:29.41 Kursiss, OU 02/2000 OUAC Pool: # 4:23.18 Svensson, Cincinnati 02/1998 NCAA: ------ 4:16.38 Prov: ------ 4:24.07

PL Meet ID Name Yr Team Finals Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Finals 1 1010 LIVINGSTON, TORI UC 4:26.30! 20 2 1086 KURSISS, KRISTEN NAU 4:28.76! 17 3 1007 GOWENS, LOUISE UC 4:29.05! 16 4 1023 BRIE, KELLY FAU 4:31.59 15 5 1017 WEIS, ELIZABETH UC 4:33.92 14 6 1050 TURPIN, LUCILLE UH 4:34.84 13 7 1148 STANLEY, PENTA WKU 4:38.62 12 8 1150 VANANTWERP, JULIA WKU 4:41.16 11 * Consolations 9 1032 VANDER PLOATS, ANDREA FAU 4:32.32 9 10 1077 ATRASZ, RACHELLE NAU 4:33.71 7 11 1021 BATLEY, KATIE FAU 4:35.78 6 12 1108 KELLY, HEATHER OU 4:37.16 5 13 1024 KENNEDY, KRISTINA FAU 4:38.31 4 14 1088 LASIK, AMANDA NAU 4:39.08 3 15 1042 NELSON, ELISSA UH 4:42.03 2 16 1087 LARSON, BROOKE NAU 4:43.03 1

Event 8 Women 100 Butterfly Sponsor: Carlin family NIC Record: * 54.23 Cooper, Cincinnati 02/1986 2000 NIC: ! 55.93 Hopkins, Houston 02/2000 OUAC Pool: # 56.30 Borgo, EMU 02/2001 NCAA: ------ 54.48 Prov: ------ 56.11

PL Meet ID Name Yr Team Finals Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Finals 1 1109 KORNIYENKO, TANYA OU 55.56!Prov 20 2 1039 HOPKINS, FALON UH 55.97#Prov 17 3 1004 DE JONG, MAREIN UC 56.45 16 4 1122 SWABY, TAMARA OU 57.28 15 5 1028 PETERSSON, EMMA FAU 58.22 14 6 1005 ELLIS, JENNY UC 58.39 13 7 1144 JANES, CHAR WKU 58.46 12 8 1009 KRISS, TARA UC 58.81 11 * Consolations 9 1140 CUMMINS, LISA WKU 58.54 9 10 1020 AMOR, ANGELA FAU 58.89 7 11 1079 BUTT, DARCY NAU 59.54 6 12 1013 MEYER, GRANDY UC 59.62 5 13 1051 WOLF, CINDY UH 1:00.59 4 14 1113 LONGHURST, JORDAN OU 1:00.74 3 15 1016 SEGAL, PAMELA UC 1:00.94 2 16 1001 ARMSTRONG, JAIMI UC 1:00.99 1

Event 9 Women 200 Freestyle Sponsor: OU Swimming Alumni NIC Record: * 1:48.67 Jorgensen, Cincinnati 02/2000 2000 NIC: ! 1:48.67 Jorgensen, Cincinnati 02/2000 OUAC Pool: # 1:50.68 Beckwith, WKU 02/1999 NCAA: ------ 1:47.58 Prov: ------ 1:50.80

PL Meet ID Name Yr Team Finals Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Finals 1 1014 OBERG, MARIA UC 1:48.38*Prov 20 2 1123 WARD, DANIELLE OU 1:49.56#Prov 17 3 1147 MOUNTFORD, SYDNEY WKU 1:51.23 16 4 1128 GREGALIS, ABBY UL 1:53.18 15 5 1151 ZERHUSEN, MEGAN WKU 1:53.46 14 6 1022 BEITEL, JACQUELINE FAU 1:54.09 13 7 1002 CONRAD, SHAUNA UC 1:54.90 12 8 1104 CARLIN, KELLY OU 1:55.41 11 * Consolations 9 1082 ERICK, ELLEN NAU 1:54.13 9 10 1084 FAZIO, LEIA NAU 1:56.11 7 11 1059 DUCHARME, NICOLE ISU 1:56.15 6 12 1133 SAVCIC, DARINKA UL 1:57.77 5 13 1026 MARTINEZ, MARIA FAU 1:58.16 4 14 1091 PETERSON, LINDSAY NAU 1:58.48 3 15 1145 KOSTELNIK, KRISTY WKU 1:58.51 2 16 1103 CAGNEY, MEGAN OU 1:59.88 1

Event 10 Women 100 Breaststroke [Sponsor: Aurit family & Lesnau family NIC Record: * 1:03.35 Kinsela, OU 02/2000 2000 NIC: ! 1:03.35 Kinsela, OU 02/2000 OUAC Pool: # 1:04.49 Jordaan, Evansville 02/1999 NCAA: ------ 1:02.33 Prov: ------ 1:04.19

PL Meet ID Name Yr Team Finals Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Finals 1 1012 MCGIBBON, SERENA UC 1:04.27# 20 2 1036 EBELING, STACEY UH 1:05.64 17 3 1106 FROLOVA, VERONICA OU 1:05.73 16 4 1011 LOOSOVA, MONIKA UC 1:05.88 15 5 1095 WARNER, ANNIE NAU 1:06.31 14 6 1041 MATOVIC, JELENA UH 1:06.79 13 7 1102 AURIT, SHELLY OU 1:06.94 12 8 1126 CORDON, BEATRIZ UL 1:08.80 11 * Consolations 9 1143 FISHER, NICOLE WKU 1:06.99 9 10 1047 SANCHEZ, ANGELA UH 1:07.13 7 11 1031 SOUDERS, MERI FAU 1:07.97 6 12 1087 LARSON, BROOKE NAU 1:08.36 5 13 1015 RICHARDSON, KIM UC 1:08.67 4 14 1045 PHARES, CORRIE UH 1:09.15 3 15 1111 LESNAU, KRIS OU 1:09.20 2 16 1090 PEREYRA, KRISTIN NAU 1:09.91 1

Event 11 Women 100 Backstroke Sponsor: Longhurst family & Lynn family NIC Record: * 55.85 Beckwith, WKU 02/2000 2000 NIC: ! 55.85 Beckwith, WKU 02/2000 OUAC Pool: # 56.78 Beckwith, WKU 02/1999 NCAA: ------ 54.87 Prov: ------ 56.51

PL Meet ID Name Yr Team Finals Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Finals 1 1114 LYNN, YVONNE OU 55.94#Prov 20 2 1138 CAREY, BRANDI WKU 56.70# 17 3 1030 SOLOMON, TESSA FAU 58.00 16 4 1027 PANCAKE, KELLY FAU 58.09 15 5 1121 STRELETS, OKSANA OU 58.30 14 6 1060 DUDLEY, TIFFANY ISU 59.23 13 7 1033 BLAKE, JESSICA UH 59.38 12 8 1107 HARLEY, SARA OU 1:01.52 11 * Consolations 9 1149 THOMAS, DEANNE WKU 59.93 9 10 1040 LINN, RORY UH 1:00.63 7 11 1085 HASHAGEN, JODI NAU 1:01.43 6 12 1144 JANES, CHAR WKU 1:01.54 5 13 1132 PEDDIE, TARA UL 1:01.78 4 14 1016 SEGAL, PAMELA UC 1:01.97 3 15 1113 LONGHURST, JORDAN OU 1:01.98 2 16 1134 SMITH, MEGHAN UL 1:02.88 1

Event 12 Women 3-Meter Diving Sponsor: Cunningham & Livingston familys NIC Record: * 870.65 Ruehl, Cincinnati 02/1996 2000 NIC: ! 434.58 Hernandez, Houston 02/2000 OUAC Pool: # 451.58 Trostel, Cincinnati 02/1999

PL Meet ID Name Yr Team Finals Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1044 PAKHALINA, YULIA UH 705.05# 20 2 1096 MORGAN, KATE NAU 467.20# 17 3 1019 KELLERMAN, CASSIE UC 438.75! 16 4 1105 CUNNINGHAM, DEVON OU 422.85 15 5 1119 SORLEY, LAURA OU 419.75 14 6 1154 LYNCH, MICHELLE WKU 403.75 13 7 1098 WAGENER, MARYANN NAU 399.55 12 8 1097 MCKENZIE, COURTNEY NAU 373.00 11

9 1063 LOVELLE, ANDREA ISU 370.40 9 10 1152 JONES, SHANNON WKU 356.25 7 11 1153 KACSIR, MARCI WKU 349.00 6 12 1099 KOTCHKA, NICOLE NAU 344.85 5 13 1048 SMITH, VERONICA UH 337.10 4 14 1100 DEEM, ANNA NAU 328.50 3 15 1112 LIVINGSTON, KATIE OU 305.15 2 16 1018 BURNS, AMBER UC 276.30 1

Event 13 Women 800 Freestyle Relay Sponsor: The Carlin Family NIC Record: * 7:25.08 Cincinnati 02/1990 2000 NIC: ! 7:29.51 Cincinnati 02/2000 OUAC Pool: # 7:39.16 Cincinnati 02/1999 NCAA: ------ 7:14.15 Prov: ------ 7:27.17

PL Meet ID Name Team Finals Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3074 WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIV. A WKU 7:31.24# 40 CAREY, BRANDI- ZERHUSEN, MEGAN- VANANTWERP, J.- MOUNTFORD, S.- 2 3029 OAKLAND UNIVERSITY A OU 7:33.31# 34 WARD, DANIELLE- SWABY, TAMARA- CARLIN, KELLY- STRELETS, O.- 3 3004 UC A UC 7:33.33# 32 WEIS, ELIZABETH- LIVINGSTON, T.- CONRAD, SHAUNA- OBERG, MARIA- 4 3024 NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIV. A NAU 7:34.86# 30 WARNER, ANNIE- ATRASZ, R.- ERICK, ELLEN- URBAN, CHELSEY- 5 3009 FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIV. A FAU 7:41.82 28 PETERSSON, EMMA- BEITEL, J.- VANDER PLOATS - KENNEDY, K.- 6 3019 ISU A ISU 7:52.01 26 CROWDER, L.- NORRIS, HEATHER- COOPER, M.- DUCHARME, N.- 7 3034 UL A UL 7:54.40 24 GREGALIS, ABBY- GUERRA, MARIA- CARRILLO, S.- SAVCIC, DARINKA- 8 3014 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON A UH 7:56.47 22 TURPIN, LUCILLE- NELSON, ELISSA- BLAKE, JESSICA- HAGGERTY, B.-

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