The 2002 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 21st annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.
This year's events were hosted by the University of Texas at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.
Auburn topped the team standings for the first time, finishing 58 points ahead of three-time defending champions Georgia. It was the Tigers' first and the first for coach David Marsh.
Team standings Note: Top 10 only (H) = Hosts (DC) = Defending champions Full results
Rank Team Points Auburn 474 Georgia (DC) 386 Stanford 301 USC 300 Arizona 291 Texas (H) 267 Florida 249 California 245 SMU 178 Arizona StateIndiana 136
Swimming results
50 freestyle Maritza CorreiaGeorgia 21.69US, AR Mandy MularzRice 22.17 Eileen CoparropaAuburn 22.39100 freestyle Maritza CorreiaGeorgia 47.56US, AR Stefanie WilliamsGeorgia 48.37 Sarah TolarArizona 48.78200 freestyle Sarah TolarArizona 1:44.66 Stefanie WilliamsGeorgia 1:44.88 Jessi PerruquetNorth Carolina 1:45.65500 freestyle Flavia RigamontiSMU 4:40.13 Jessica FoschiStanford 4:41.10 Magda DyszkiewiczAuburn 4:41.981650 freestyle Flavia RigamontiSMU 15:52.28 Janelle AtkinsonFlorida 16:01.01 Cara LaneVirginia 16:04.54100 backstroke Natalie CoughlinCalifornia 49.97US, AR Susan WoessnerIndiana 53.23 Beth BotsfordArizona 53.45200 backstroke Natalie CoughlinCalifornia 1:49.52US, AR Alenka KejžarSMU 1:54.18 Kirsty CoventryAuburn 1:54.37100 breaststroke Tara KirkStanford 59.03 Maggie BowenAuburn 59.94 Anne PoleskaAlabama 1:00.08200 breaststroke Tara KirkStanford 2:07.36US, AR Ágnes KovácsArizona State 2:07.64 Anne PoleskaAlabama 2:07.86100 butterfly Natalie CoughlinCalifornia 50.01US, AR Shelly RippleStanford 51.50 Joscelin YeoTexas 52.52200 butterfly Shelly RippleStanford 1:53.23 Georgina LeeUSC 1:54.92 Rebecca HarperFlorida 1:55.66200 IM Maggie BowenAuburn 1:53.91US, AR Shelly RippleStanford 1:55.58 Alenka KejžarSMU 1:56.38400 IM Maggie BowenAuburn 4:04.69 Alenka KejžarSMU 4:06.70 Mirjana BoševskaVirginia 4:09.75200 freestyle relay GeorgiaStefanie Williams (22.39) Neka Mabry (22.45) Paige Kearns (22.68)Maritza Correia (21.22) 1:28.74US, AR AuburnBecky Short (22.42) Maggie Bowen (22.28) Cassidy Maxwell (22.39)Eileen Coparropa (21.83) 1:28.92 TexasJoscelin Yeo (22.66)Sarah Wanezek (22.31)Kelley Robins (22.38) Erin Phenix (21.91) 1:29.26400 freestyle relay GeorgiaStefanie Williams (48.35) Neka Mabry (49.13) Paige Kearns (49.20)Maritza Correia (47.03) 3:13.71US, AR AuburnBecky Short (48.79)Eileen Coparropa (47.87) Kirsty Coventry (49.06)Maggie Bowen (48.16) 3:13.88 ArizonaJenny Vanker (49.82)Sarah Tolar (48.23)Jessica Hayes (49.38) Katie Zimbone (49.31) 3:16.74800 freestyle relay ArizonaEmily Mason (1:46.14)Jenny Vanker (1:47.65)Jessica Hayes (1:47.48) Sarah Tolar (1:43.83) 7:05.10 AuburnMagda Dyszkiewicz (1:47.82)Heather Kemp (1:46.35) Cassidy Maxwell (1:48.17) Maggie Bowen (1:44.36) 7:06.70 GeorgiaStefanie Williams (1:46.65) Julie Hardt (1:48.91) Paige Kearns (1:45.76)Maritza Correia (1:45.45) 7:06.77200 medley relay StanfordAmy Wagner (25.25) Tara Kirk (26.96)Shelly Ripple (23.33) Lacey Boutwell (22.25) 1:37.79AR CaliforniaNatalie Coughlin (23.41) Staciana Stitts (27.31)Alice Henriques (24.60) Danielle Becks (22.56) 1:37.88 AuburnJenni Anderson (25.37) Laura Swander (27.11) Demeraeso Christianson (23.75) Eileen Coparropa (21.71) 1:37.94400 medley relay StanfordAmy Wagner (53.80) Tara Kirk (58.16)Shelly Ripple (51.32) Lacey Boutwell (48.46) 3:31.74US, AR CaliforniaNatalie Coughlin (50.57) Staciana Stitts (59.68)Alice Henriques (53.76) Danielle Becks (48.54) 3:32.55 AuburnKirsty Coventry (54.52)Maggie Bowen (58.62) Demeraeso Christianson (52.55) Eileen Coparropa (48.84) 3:34.53
Legend: US – U.S. Open record; AR – American record;
Diving results
1 m diving Blythe HartleyUSC 350.85 Yuliya PakhalinaHouston 320.40 Sara Reiling Indiana 320.153 m diving Yuliya PakhalinaHouston 625.05 Sara Reiling Indiana 581.90 Blythe HartleyUSC 567.80Platform diving Blythe HartleyUSC 460.35 Megahn ZackTexas A&M 435.90 Nicole PohorenecTexas 430.00
See also List of college swimming and diving teams
References