Feb. 17, 2006
Knoxville, Tenn. – Lindsey Tiberio had an astonishing performance in the 100-breaststroke during preliminary events beginning the third day of the Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving Championships in Knoxville, Tenn.
Tiberio placed 5th with a time of 1:02.79 to qualify for the “A” cut. Amanda Dunnigan took 8th place in the 400-IM to earn a spot in the `B’ cut having a time of 4:20.02. Also for the Gamecock women, Christy Williams raced a season-best time of 54.32 for 11th place.
On the men’s side, Dan White (9th) and Colby Mack (12th) both advanced to the finals and made the qualifying “B” cut with season-best times of 1:37.80 (White) and 1:38.21 (Mack). Senior Tamas Bathazi also swam a season-best qualifying time of 1:38.41, which was good for 13th place.
South Carolina has four women and five men qualified for the final round tonight.
Men’s Preliminaries
400-IM
18. Kyle Cormier 4:02.25
19. Tim Farrington 4:03.64
22. Steven Luckie 4:07.81
23. Mike Farrington 4:09.13
100-Butterfly
26. Pete McGregor 52.17
200-Freestyle
9. Dan White 1:37.80
12. Colby Mack 1:38.21
13. Tamas Bathazi 1:38.34
20.Christian Robledo 1:39.35
24. Reid Duff 1:41.35
30. Christian Kata 1:45.11
31. Michael Burke 1:45.11
32. Todd Weyandt 1:46.67
100-Breaststroke
17. Justin Kata 56.31
24. Pete McGregor 1:00.30
100-Backstroke
21. Sean Murray 53.31
22. Christian Kata 53.76
Women’s Preliminaries
400-IM
8. Amanda Dunnigan 4:20.02
20. Carly Hensel 4:31.77
100-Butterfly
11. Christy Williams 54.32
22. Heather Roffey 57.01
25. Kendel Fiorentino 57.26
200-Freestyle
21. Lauren Fayssoux 1:51.30
24. Haley Skaggs 1:52.47
27. Diana Lopez 1:53.49
28. Stephanie Margalis 1:53.69
29. Kassy Kugler 1:54.12
33. Mallory Deighan 1:55.27
100 Breaststroke
5. Lindsey Tiberio 1:02.79
17. Mandee Cregar 1:04.88
23. Aunya Nance 1:07.47
26. Alyssa Cady 1:10.39
100-Backstroke
12. Christy Williams 56.76
25. Kelly Giese 1:01.38
The finals round will resume the SEC Championship meet at 6 p.m. tonight.
