March 19, 2004
COLLEGE STATION, Texas. - Arizona State junior ?gnes Kov?cs finished in sixth place in the 100m breaststroke during the second night of action at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:07.37, earning first-team All-American honors for the second day in a row. The team remains in 15th place with a total of 70 points with one day to go at the Student Rec Center Natatorium.
In the 800m freestyle relay, the Sun Devils turned in a stunning performance and finished eighth, earning the foursome first-team All-American honors. Senior Petra Banovic, junior Florencia Szigeti, Kov?cs and freshman Amanda Gillespie utterly destroyed the previous school record as they turned in a time of 8:00.69. The time converted to a short course yards equivalent figures to 7:10.69, bettering the previous mark that had stood since 1988 by almost seven seconds.
The 200m freestyle saw Szigeti win the consolation final with a school-record time of 1:58.48 to finish ninth overall. The time converts to a 1:46.15 which betters the school record of 1:46.46 she set at the Pac-10 Championships in February.
The 2004 NCAA Championships conclude tomorrow. Scores after the first two days are as follows:
1, Auburn, 399 points. 2, Georgia, 278. 3, Arizona, 261. 4, California, 179.5. 5, Florida, 171. 6, Stanford, 157. 7, UCLA, 126. 8, Texas, 118. 9, Penn State, 96. 10, Michigan, 95.5. 11, USC, 94. 12, Indiana, 93. 13, South Carolina, 90.5. 14, Wisconsin, 90. 15, Arizona State, 70 16, Florida State, 55. 17, Texas A&M, 54.5. 18, SMU, 46. 19, Alabama, 43. 20, LSU, 29.5. 21, Notre Dame, 28. 21, Oregon State, 28. 23, Hawai'i, 21.5. 24, Arkansas, 20. 25, Tennessee, 19. 26, North Carolina, 16. 26, Virginia, 16. 26, Houston, 16. 29, Maryland, 14. 29, Pacific, 14. 31, Richmond, 13. 32, Villanova, 6. 33, Purdue, 5. 34, Oakland, 2. 35, Brown, 1. .