North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Women Finish Sixth At ACC Swimming/Diving Championships
2/23/2002 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
Feb. 23, 2002
College Park, Md.-The NC State women's swimming/diving squad finished sixth (306 points) at the ACC Swimming/Diving Championships on Saturday, paced by Annamaria Gazda's fourth-place finish in the 200 backstroke. With her time of 2:01.60, Gazda qualified under the NCAA "B" cut provision, ahead of the 2:02.26 standard. Erika Newell also placed 11th (2:03.45) for NC State in the event.
Erin Bailey led the NC State diving contingent in the 3-meter competition with a sixth overall finish (4:41.15), followed by Nicole Vanderbeke (9th, 385.40), Amber O'Reilly (13th, 361.85), Erin Lambie (16th, 357.30) and Abby Griffith (2:69.25).
Caroline Curran took eighth overall for the Wolfpack in the women's mile with a time of 16:56.34, a time that was also good enough for a "B" cut. Mandy Horn (14th, 17:07.94) also competed in the event.
Bridgett Bowers took 10th (2:21.10) and Karen Burbella (17th, 2:31.13) competed in the 200 breaststroke for the Wolfpack, as did Laura Cutler (14th, 2:04.79), Shana Bullock (16th, 2:05.97), Catherine Parks (19th, 2:06.69) and Elizabeth Herron (20th, 2:07.42) in the 200 butterfly.
Karen Cone led the way for the Wolfpack women in the 100 freestyle with a mark of 53.14. Also competing for the Wolfpack were Andrea Hastings (26th, 52.88), Elizabeth Herron (30th, 53.60) and Lindsay Holman (34th, 54.28).
The Wolfpack capped the competition with a seventh-place showing in the 400 freestyle relay (3:29.45), led by Newell, Cone, Andrea Hastings and Mandy Horn.
