2008 Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
March 22, 2008
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Day 3 Meet Notes
Maggie Bird finished fourth in the 1650 free with a time of 15:59.81, a time that is short of her personal-best but would rank fourth all-time at Auburn
Bird, a sophomore, improves to third after finishing 15th in the event last year and clocked an 18.22 second improvement
Auburn has had at least one swimmer in the top five of the 1650 free each year since 2005
From Bird: "It really hurt a lot, swimming that far. There were a few little details that I need to work on to get better, but overall I'm happy with it. I'm really excited about my improvement, I've made a lot of strides since last year. Still not quite as fast as I would like to be, but I'm happy."
Freshman Erica Meissner places eighth in the 200 back with a time of 1:55.92, this coming after swimming a 1:54.87 in prelims the fourth-fastest time ever at Auburn
Senior Kara Denby placed fourth in the 50 free with a time of 48.20, finishing slower than her preliminary time of 47.92 that broke her own Auburn record
Denby finishes fourth in the event for the second year in a row; no Tiger has finished better than fourth since Jana Kolukanova placed third in 2003
With her prelim time of 47.92, Denby became the first Auburn swimmer ever to break 48 seconds in the event
Senior Emily Kukors swam a 49.20 in the 100 free to finish 15th
Denby and Kukors have both scored in the 100 free in each of their four years at Auburn
Freshman Melanie Roberts was the lone scorer for Auburn in the 200 breast, clocking a time of 2:13.53 to finish 16th overall
Roberts' time of 2:12.83 in the 200 breast prelims is good enough for sixth all-time at Auburn
Sophomore Ava Ohlgren set a new Auburn record in the 200 butterfly with her time of 1:54.64, finishing third in the event
She breaks the record set by Emily Kukors at the SEC Championships and holds two Auburn records with the other being in the 400 IM, set earlier this week
Her third-place finish is the best for Auburn in the event since the Tigers started winning national titles in 2002
The Auburn 400 free relay team of Ava Ohlgren, Emily Kukors, Emile Ewing and Kara Denby clocked a 3:13.65, holding off Stanford (3:13.77) to hold on to second place
The relay is the second-fastest of the season for Auburn
Auburn has finished either first or second at the NCAA Championships every year since 2002
The last time a non-SEC team won the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships was in 1998 when Stanford, coached by Richard Quick, took the title
Auburn, as a team, earned 43 All-America honors from 14 different athletes
The 43 All-America honors are the seventh-most in Auburn history
Kara Denby, Emily Kukors and Ava Ohlgren each earned seven All-America honors, joining just 13 other Auburn swimmers all-time to reach the mark
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