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Women's swimming finishes second at NCAAs
LUCAS ROGERS
Issue date: 3/23/09 Section: Sports
The No. 2 Georgia women's swim team (9-0) finished the 2009 NCAA championships in second place on Saturday night in College Station, Texas, at Texas A&M University.
The youthful team, comprised of mostly freshmen and sophomores, sent a message to the competing field for the future, reasserting Lady Bulldog dominance after a seventh place finish in last year's competition.
"I couldn't be more proud of our kids," head coach Jack Bauerle said in a news release. "This was one of the closest national meets ever, and we are glad to be a part of it. We had some exceptional performances from Chelsea Nauta, Morgan Scroggy, Wendy Trott and Michelle McKeehan, and a really nice feeling is that our hot shots are young guns. The experience we have at this meet will service us well for the next couple of years."
Georgia finished the meet with 400.5 points, coming in shy of meet champion California's total of 411.5 points.
After falling short in the SEC championships, in which Georgia finished behind Florida and Auburn, the Lady Bulldogs showed their true strength and depth in the NCAA competition. Freshmen Wendy Trott and Allison Schmitt led the way for the Lady Bulldogs, each capturing their own individual championship.
Trott won the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:45.49, breaking a school record in the process.
Teammate Schmitt won the 500-yard freestyle on the first day of the meet, with a time of 4:35.17, also setting a new school record.
The Lady Bulldogs' depth was shown in both the 200-yard freestyle and in the 100-yard breaststroke, as they placed four swimmers in the top 16 of each race.
Morgan Scroggy led the way in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing second with a time of 1:42.90.
In the 100-yard breaststroke, Colleen Haase claimed the top Bulldog finish, coming in seventh place with a time of 59.67.
Nearly all swimmers of the full 18-woman roster scored for the Lady Bulldogs.
"Last year, we were seventh and after today, it feels great to be back where we are accustomed to being," Bauerle said in the release. "We have a lot to look forward to next year, and this should be fuel to the fire. To be third at a conference meet and to get second at NCAAs is no small feat."
The youthful team, comprised of mostly freshmen and sophomores, sent a message to the competing field for the future, reasserting Lady Bulldog dominance after a seventh place finish in last year's competition.
"I couldn't be more proud of our kids," head coach Jack Bauerle said in a news release. "This was one of the closest national meets ever, and we are glad to be a part of it. We had some exceptional performances from Chelsea Nauta, Morgan Scroggy, Wendy Trott and Michelle McKeehan, and a really nice feeling is that our hot shots are young guns. The experience we have at this meet will service us well for the next couple of years."
Georgia finished the meet with 400.5 points, coming in shy of meet champion California's total of 411.5 points.
After falling short in the SEC championships, in which Georgia finished behind Florida and Auburn, the Lady Bulldogs showed their true strength and depth in the NCAA competition. Freshmen Wendy Trott and Allison Schmitt led the way for the Lady Bulldogs, each capturing their own individual championship.
Trott won the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:45.49, breaking a school record in the process.
Teammate Schmitt won the 500-yard freestyle on the first day of the meet, with a time of 4:35.17, also setting a new school record.
The Lady Bulldogs' depth was shown in both the 200-yard freestyle and in the 100-yard breaststroke, as they placed four swimmers in the top 16 of each race.
Morgan Scroggy led the way in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing second with a time of 1:42.90.
In the 100-yard breaststroke, Colleen Haase claimed the top Bulldog finish, coming in seventh place with a time of 59.67.
Nearly all swimmers of the full 18-woman roster scored for the Lady Bulldogs.
"Last year, we were seventh and after today, it feels great to be back where we are accustomed to being," Bauerle said in the release. "We have a lot to look forward to next year, and this should be fuel to the fire. To be third at a conference meet and to get second at NCAAs is no small feat."
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