University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Bolt To Early Lead At The 1999 Nike Cup
November 18, 1999 | Swimming & Diving
Nov. 18, 1999
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The 18th-ranked women and 23rd-ranked men of the University of North Carolina swimming and diving program have achieved early leads Thursday night in the 1999 Nike Cup Swimming and Diving Championships at the Maurice. J. Koury Natatorium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Action continues on Friday and Saturday with preliminaries each day at 10:30 a.m. and finals each night at 6:30 p.m.
North Carolina's women lead the competition with 399 points, 144 points better than LSU's Tigers. Kentucky is in third place with 169.
North Carolina's men are in the lead with a 369 point total. LSU is in second place with 295 points and Texas A&M is third with 202 points.
The Tar Heel women took the lead in the first event of the night and did not look back. The Tar Heels' 200-yard freestyle relay of Katie Hathaway, Summer Mack, Christy Watkins and Stefanie Rulis touched first in 1:35.03 to start a strong string of swims by UNC participants.
The UNC women dominated the 500-yard freestyle even though the Tar Heels did not produce the individual winner. LSU sophomore Mandy Leach won the championship in an NCAA "B" cut time of 4:54.58. Led by sophomore Molly Sullivan's third-place finish, UNC swimmers also finished 5-6-7-8-9-13-14 in the event. The Tar Heel women swept the top four places in the 200-yard individual medley led by the winning performance of sophomore Katie Hathaway at 2:02.41 (NCAA "B" cut). Senior Kelly McLaughlin finished second, freshman Janna Turner third and senior Ilana Kavadlo was fourth. UNC-Wilmington junior Kate Milling won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.83 seconds, edging North Carolina junior Summer Mack. Sophomore Jamie Watkins of LSU led a 1-2-3 sweep of the three-meter diving for the Tigers, winning the event with 514.40 points.
Carolina took the top two places in the final event of the night, the 400-yard medley relay. The quartet of freshman Christy Watkins, sophomore Katie Hathaway, junior Summer Mack and senior Jen Starsburger edged their teammates by only six one-hundredths of a second to capture the event.
On the men's side, the Louisiana State University men's 200-yard freestyle relay team captured first place in a time of 1:21.97. The winning Tiger relay consisted of Rodrigo Castro, Mattias Ohlin, Calton Greer and Ken Kuhn.
Castro continued his outstanding swimming for LSU as he won the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 4:28.79. Carolina swimmers took 2-4-8-9-11 in the event led by the runnerup finish of junior tri-captain Brad Kline. Carolina swimmers took 1-2 in the men's 200-yard individual medley as sophomore Chris Helin took the Nike Cup title in 1:49.58 (NCAA "B" cut). That time was also a career best time for the Long Island native. UNC junior Dave Slawinski finished in second place with a time of 1:50.39. Carolina swimmers also took 5-7-8-11-16 in the event. LSU junior Ken Kuhn captured the title in the 50-yard freestyle with an NCAA "B" cut time of 20.31 seconds. Carolina sophomore Kevin Erndl took second in 20.53. Texas A&M swimmers were 3-4-5-7-10-11 in the 50 free, by far the Aggies' best event of the night. LSU's Corey Fox won the men's one-meter diving competition with a score of 506.95.
LSU won its second relay event of the night when the Bayou Tigers captured the 400-yard medley relay in a time of 3:20.58. The winning relay unit consisted of Tommy Starkweather, Steve Gluch, Mattias Ohlin and Ken Kuhn.
Action continues on Friday at the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium with preliminaries at 10:30 a.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m. All sessions are free to the public.
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS SUMMARY
TEAM SCORES AFTER FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION: 1. North Carolina 399 (UNC), 2. Louisiana State (LSU) 255, 3. Kentucky (UK) 169, 4. Connecticut (UCONN) 95, 5. Syracuse (SYRC) 80, 6. Richmond (UR) 67, 7. UNC-Wilmington (UNCW) 52, 8. Old Dominion (ODU) 50, 9. N.C. State (NCSU) 36, 10. East Carolina (ECU) 35, 11. Davidson (DAV) 2.
Event #1: Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
1. North Carolina (Katie Hathaway, Summer Mack, Christy Watkins, Stefanie Rulis), 1:35.03, 2. LSU (Mandy Leach, Julie Hughes, Ashley Marxen, Suzie Flook), 1:36.57, 3. Kentucky (Melissa Beavers, Jennifer Priester, Sarah Hoppe, Michelle Inzetta), 1:37.60, 4. Richmond (Kristin Newkirk, Elizabeth Cook, Kim Green, Kate Berquist), 1:38.05, 5. Connecticut (Rachel Schwartz, Michael Rinkevich, Erin Moran, Anne McAndrew), 1:38:69, 6. North Carolina (Jennie Gardner, Beth Colacurcio, Katie Scoggins, Jennifer Strasburger), 1:38.89, 7. Syracuse (Eleanor Thoet, Mary Kate Haggerty, Erin Dugan, Erica Boberk), 1:39.24, 8. East Carolina (Courtney Foster, Amy Hendrick, Lindsay Gardiner, Mary Beth Inskeep), 1:39.40, 9. LSU (Candice Nethercutt, Meghan Claney, Johanna Hill, Carly Farrell), 1:40.31, 10. North Carolina (Marjorie Witter, Ilana Kavadlo, Heather Stiles, Emily Huber), 1:40.57, 11. Old Dominion (Jamie D'Agostino, Kara Fitchtorn, Sarah Mooney, Victoria Vanderbilt), 1:41.09, 12. Connecticut (Kate Larson, Lindsey Nichols, Allison Berg, Claudia Milani), 1:41.47, 13. UNC-Wilmington (Melissa Cox, Kate Milling, Baker Stocks, Katie McNulty), 1:41.65, 14. N.C. State (Shana Bullock, Beth Bohnsack, Kim Whitaker, Kristina Butler), 1:41.73, 15. Syracuse (Christiana Young, Renee Sheppard, Melanie Bryon, Stacy Wells), 1:41.81,l 16. Davidson (Rachel Horak, Kensra Berner, Britta Toleman, Suzi Bozzone), 1:42.60.
Event #3: Women's 500-Yard Freestyle
Super Finals: 1. Mandy Leach (LSU), 4:54.58#, 2. Kelley Miller (UK), 4:55.58, 3. Molly Sullivan (UNC), 4:55.77, 4. Jamie D'Agostino (ODU), 4:58.26.
Finals: 5. Jennifer Strasburger (UNC), 4:55.84, 6. Melissa Fiss (UNC), 4:55.88, 7. Danley Stone (UNC), 4:58.70, 8. Katie Scoggins (UNC), 4:59.60, 9. Leigh Sanders (UNC), 5:00.48, 10. Melissa Knox (LSU), 5:01.26, 11. Tracy Sullivan (UK), 5:02.50, 12. Stacy Wells (SYRC), 5:03.49.
Consolations: 13. Jennie Gardner (UNC), 5:02.41, 14. Erica Vrana (UNC), 5:02.63, 15. Emily Johnston (UK), 5:03.47, 16. Melanie Bryon (SYRC), 5:04.01.
Event #5: Women's 200-Yard Individual Medley
Super Finals: 1. Katie Hathaway (UNC), 2:02.24#, 2. Kelly McLaughlin (UNC), 2:04.55, 3. Janna Turner (UNC), 2:06.13, 4. Ilana Kavadlo (UNC), 2:06.55.
Finals: 5. Lindsey Mooney (LSU), 2:06.00, 6. Chere Richards (LSU), 2:07.55, 7. Elizabeth Cook (UR), 2:07.72, 8. Christy Watkins (UNC), 2:08.09, 9. Sarah Mooney (ODU), 2:09.02, 10. Kristin Lozeau (UNC), 2:09.16, 11. Kara Fitchtorn (ODU), 2:09.78, 12. Suzie Flook (LSU), 2:12.95.
Consolations: 13. Kate Larson (UCONN), 2:08.42, 14. Sarah Givan (UNC), 2:09.67, 15. Shana Bullock (NCSU), 2:10.04, 16. Chasin Frew (LSU), 2:10.07.
Event #7: Women's 50-Yard Freestyle
Super Finals: 1. Kate Milling (UNCW), 23.83, 2. Summer Mack (UNC), 23.92, 3. Melissa Beavers (UK), 23.97, 4. Stefanie Rulis (UNC), 24.28.
Finals: 5. Julie Hughes (LSU), 24.11, 6. Kate Bergquist (UR), 24.11, 7. Eleanor Thoet (SYRC), 24.34, 8. Jennifer Priester (UK), 24.46, 9. Ashley Marxen (LSU), 24.61, 10. Elizabeth Cook (UR), 24.70, 11. Erica Boberk (SYRC), 24.71, 12. Courtney Foster (ECU), 24.75.
Consolations: 13. Rachel Schwartz (UCONN), 24.37, 14. Sarah Hoppe (UK), 24.44, 15. Beth Colacurcio (UNC), 24.67, 16. Kristin Newkirk (UR), 24.68.
Event #9: Women's Three-Meter Diving
1. Jamie Watkins (LSU), 514.40, 2. Asley Culpepper (LSU), 512,.10, 3. Gretchen Mury (LSU), 454.85, 4. Sarah Fields (UK), 446.75, 5. Carrie Knoeber (UK), 442.05, 6. Ashley Benner (UNC), 440.10, 7. Kelli Frost (UK), 424.05, 8. Michelle Glowatch (UK), 418.15, 9. Shelly Cavaliere (NCSU), 380.85, 10. Taryn Smith (UCONN), 380.10, 11. Holly Winters (LSU), 379.15, 12. Michelle Coryell (LSU), 368.70, 13. Erin Lambie (NCSU), 365.20, 14. Amber O'Reilly (NCSU), 364.15, 15. Ashley Kirchner (ODU), 364.10, 16. Jenny Goodman (UNC), 350.55.
Event #11: Women's 400-Yard Medley Relay
1. North Carolina (Christy Watkins, Katie Hathaway, Summer Mack, Jennifer Strasburger), 3:50.20, 2. North Carolina (Heather Stiles, Janna Turner, Ilana Kavadlo, Stefanie Rulis), 3:50.26, 3. LSU (Carly Farrell, Cissy Schepens, Candice Nethercott, Mandy Leach), 3:53.65, 4. Kentucky (Sarah Carter, Jennifer Clifford, Emily Buske, Melissa Beavers), 3:54.48, 5. Connecticut (Erin Moran, Kate Larson, Lindsey Nichols, Rachel Schwartz), 3:54.59, 6. North Carolina (Laura Collier, Beth Colacurcio, Kelly McLaughlin, Jennie Gardner), 3:56.27, 7. UNC-Wilmington (Baker Stocks, Adrienne Sutton, Melissa Cox, Kate Milling), 3:56.82, 8. LSU (Lindsey Mooney, Chere Richard, Suzie Flook, Julie Hughes), 3:56.87, 9. Syracuse (Branka Sustic, Melanie Bryon, Mary Kate Haggerty, Eleanor Thoet), 3:59.42, 10. Connecticut (Dana Pinther, Melinda Antonucci, Kelly Bergkessel, Anne McAndrew), 3:59.74, 11. N.C. State (Lauren Copan, Bridgett Bowers, Sarah Kos, Kim Whitaker), 3:59.89, 12. Syracuse (Kelly Bryon, Maureen Dugan, Stacy Wells, Eric Boberk), 4:00.97, 13. East Carolina (Amy Hendrick, Alicia Harris, Cammy Crosson, Courtney Foster), 4:02.67, 14. Old Dominion (Brianna Wolfe, Sarah Mooney, Kara Fitchtorn, Victoria Vanderbilt), 4:02.94, 15. Richmond (Michelle Groff, Dana Leonard, Kristin Newkirk, Kate Bergquist), 4:03.35, 16. LSU (Johanna Hill, Chasin Frew, Meghan Claney, Ashley Marxen), 4:05.95.
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MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS SUMMARY
TEAM SCORES AFTER FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION: 1. North Carolina (UNC) 369, 2. Louisiana State (LSU) 295, 3. Texas A&M (A&M) 202, 4. Kentucky (UK) 88, 5. Syracuse (SYRC) 82, 6. Old Dominion (ODU) 81, 7. Connecticut (UCONN) 49, 8. N.C. State 38, 9. UNC-Wilmington 25, 10. East Carolina 10.
Event #2: Men's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
1. LSU (Rodrigo Castro, Mattias Ohlin, Calton Greer, Ken Kuhn), 1:21.97, 2. North Carolina (Ben Davidson, Kevin Erndl, Kert Johnson, Drew Hathaway), 1:23.43, 3. Texas A&M (Ray Huff, Nik Tate, Scott Taylor, Chris Melan), 1:24.72, 4. Old Dominion (Mark Guisto, Matt Morrisetti, Mike Corey, John Sax), 1:25.14, 5. Connecticut (Nick Burke, M. Livingstone, Jeff Hammeken, Michael Famiglietti), 1:25.24, 6. LSU (Martin Latz, Neal Satterly, Kevin Ayer, Will Tanner), 1:25.45, 7. North Carolina (Michael Chenier, Mike Callahan, David Green, Sebastien Moity), 1:25.89, 8. LSU (Tommy Starkweather, Mike Jotautas, Erick Oynes, Jeff Maynor), 1:26.39, 9. Kentucky (Roger Watkins, Derek Perkins, Brett Palmer, Aaron Cuker), 1:27.14, 10. UNC-Wilmington (Dan Gallagher, Tiago Barreira, Shaun Hill, Brian Mullen), 1:27.40, 11. Syracuse (Josko Vocetic, Robert Lovstrom, Djordie Filipovic, Ilia Mikhailov), 1:27.75, 12. Texas A&M (Chris Ehlers, Patrick, Dideum, Patrick Kennedy, Brett Ruoff), 1:27.91, 13. East Carolina (Casey Charles, Chris Miller, Will Hudgins, Matt Jabs), 1:28.55, 14. North Carolina (Ros Cidlowski, P.J. Wallin, Jonah Turner, Warren Perry), 1:28.61, 15. Old Dominion (James Sullivan, Greg Cardillo, Eric Mitchell, Greg Hofmann), 1:29.09, 16. Syracuse (Brett Bergmann, Dylan Malagrino, Dustin Riley, Dave Hanthorn), 1:29.12.
Event #4: Men's 500-Yard Freestyle
Super Finals: 1. Rodrigo Castro (LSU), 4:28.79, 2. Brad Kline (UNC), 4:29.95, 3. David Tweedle (UK), 4:30.95, 4. Stephen Mohr (UNC), 4:31.09.
Finals: 5. James Sullivan (ODU), 4:33.30, 6. James Loveless (SYRC), 4:34.39, 7. Stephen Matthews (NCSU), 4:35.71, 8. Justin Rossi (UNC), 4:36.64, 9. David Weeks (UNC), 4:37.39, 10. Patrick Dideum (A&M), 4:38.41, 11. Judd Glasco (UNC), 4:39.31, 12. Randy Tyner (4:39.39).
Consolations: 13. Stephen Naremore (LSU), 4:37.99, 14. John Wall (ODU), 4:38.60, 15. Tim Campbell (A&M), 4:39.13, 16. David Kudndig (UK), 4:39.34.
Event #6: Men's 200-Yard Individual Medley
Super Finals: 1. Chris Helin (UNC), 1:49.58#, 2. David Slawinski (UNC), 1:50.39, 3. Mattias Ohlin (LSU), 1:51.27, 4. Djordie Filipovic (SYRC), 1:54.25.
Finals: 5. Sebastien Moity (UNC), 1:53.12, 6. Ed Hill (NCSU), 1:54.87, 7. Mark Seidman (UNC), 1:55.71, 8. Warren Perry (UNC), 1:55.82, 9. Eddie Aguilar (LSU), 1:55.84, 10. Jason Goltz (LSU), 1:55.87, 11. Sean Quinn (UNC), 1:55.96, 12. Jeff Hammeken (UCONN), 1:55.97.
Consolations: 13. Aaron Cuker (UK), 1:55.03, 14. Matt Rice (A&M), 1:55.23, 15. Claes Lindgren (ECU), 1:55.47, 16. Hal Wansley (UNC), 1:55.79.
Event #8: Men's 50-Yard Freestyle
Super Finals: 1. Ken Kuhn (LSU), 20.31#, 2. Kevin Erndl (UNC), 20.53,, 3. Riley James (A&M), 20.56, 4. David Morrow (A&M), 20.72.
Finals: 5. Erik Toth (A&M), 20.97, 6. Ben Davidson (UNC), 21.16, 7. Alfred Mansour (A&M), 21.24, 8. Kert Johnson (UNC), 21.28, 9. Roger Watkins (UK), 21.33, 10. Scott Taylor (A&M), 21.37, 11. Nik Tate (A&M), 21.44, 12. John Sax (ODU), 21.45.
Consolations: 13. Calton Greer (LSU), 21.36, 14. Drew Hathaway (UNC), 21.41, 15. Nick Burke (UCONN), 21.49, 16. Matt Morrisetti (ODU), 21.52.
Event #38: Men's One-Meter Diving
1. Corey Fox (LSU), 506.95, 2. Aaron Fitzpatrick (UK), 494.45, 3. Stephen Krebs (UNC), 463.15, 4. Erik Peterson (LSU), 455.95, 5. Christian Zuburg (UNC), 410.75, 6. Kevin Harrison (ODU), 407.05, 7. Kyle Vanarsdale (LSU), 392.00, 8. Robert Moss (UK), 336.45, 9. Rob McMillen (UNC), 337.80, 10. Will Humphries (UNCW), 334.15, 11. Adam Earle (SYRC), 332.00, 12. Jason Danforth (UNC), 325.80, 13. Mike Polito (UNCW), 292.55, 14. Joe Keiffer (ODU), 272.25, 15. Damion Patton (ODU), 270.65.
Event #12: Men's 400-Yard Medley Relay
1. LSU (Tommy Starkweather, Steve Gluch, Mattias Ohlin, Ken Kuhn), 3:20.58, 2. Texas A&M (Riley James, Nike Tate, David Morrow, Erik Toth), 3:21.33, 3. North Carolina (Hal Wansley, Chris Helin, Sebastiern Moity, Kevin Erndl), 3:23.15, 4. Syracuse (Josko Vocetic, Ilia Mikhailov, Djordie Filipovic, Robert Lovstrom), 3:24.02, 5. LSU (Neal Satterly, Erick Oynes, Eddie Aguilar, Rodrigo Castro), 3:25.48, 6. Texas A&M (Patrick Kennedy, Chris Sandt, Scott Taylor, Alfred Mansour), 3:26.19, 7. North Carolina (Judd Glasco, Brad Kline, David Weeks, Kert Johnson), 3:26.69, 8. North Carolina (Ben Davidson, Sean Quinn, Drew Hathaway, Michael Chenier), 3:26.99, 9. Texas A&M (Chris Ehlers, Zach Widener, Nik Tate, Ray Huff), 3:27.81, 10. Connecticut (Nick Burke, Ofri Brener, Jeff Hammeken, Michael Famiglietti), 3:28.98, 11. LSU (Mike Jotautas, Zac Adams, Jeff Maynor, Martin Latz), 3:30.30, 12. Kentucky (Cody Nath, Aaron Cuker, Matt Nilson, David Tweedle), 3:30.35, 13. N.C. State (Pat Morrow, Suha Akman, Madison Snyder, Randy Tyner), 3:30.50, 14. Old Dominion (Greg Hofmann, Mike Coley, Matt Morrisetti, John Sax), 3:30.90, 15. Syracuse (Brett Bergmann, Dustin Riley, Dave Hanthorn, Dylan Malagrino), 3:31.07, 16. Kentucky (William Fowler, Joshua Waldrop, Brett Palmer, Roger Watkins), 3:31.92.
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