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ACC Women's Championships Finals
Tar Heel Women Shatter Two School Marks On First Night Of ACCs
February 18, 2009 | Swimming & Diving
Feb. 18, 2009
COLLEGE PARK, MD. - North Carolina's women's swimming and diving team is in second place at the end of the first night of the 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Maryland's Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium after shattering a pair of school relay records in startling fashion.
Carolina shaved almost two full seconds off the school record in the 200-yard medley relay while finishing third in the event. The UNC relay went 1:38.99, an NCAA "B" qualifying time. Relay members included senior Kimmy Davis (25.53), freshman Layne Brodie (27.35), freshman Sarah Tanner (23.98) and junior Eliza Butts (22.13).
The old school record was 1:40.82 set in 2001 by Christy Watkins (25.57), Katie Hathaway (28.20), Summer Mack (24.61) and Erika Acuff (22.44).
Carolina took second place in the 800-yard freestyle relay in an NCAA "B" qualifying time of 7:08.07, better than five seconds faster than the previous school record. Junior Megan Steeves led off the relay in 1:48.08, her personal best in the 200-yard freestyle which also made her the sixth fastest individual in school history at the 200 distance. The rest of the record-eradicating unit included sophomore Rebecca Kane (1:46.99), junior Eliza Butts (1:47.90) and sophomore Katura Harvey (1:45.10).
The old mark was 7:13.33 set in 2004 by Virginia Hanson (1:48.97), Kelly Weeks (1:48.85), Amanda Smith (1:48.55) and Jessi Perruquet (1:46.96).
Defending champion Virginia leads after the first day with 80 points while UNC is second with 66. Florida State and Virginia Tech are tied for third with 60 followed by Maryland with 58, Clemson with 56, Duke with 46, NC State with 40, Miami with 38, Boston College with 26 and Georgia Tech with 18.
The second day of competition is Thursday with prelims at 11 and finals at 7. Real time results are available at TarHeelBlue.com (check the schedule and results page for links) and the evening session is being telecast free of charge on ACC Select (check the same page for that link as well).
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