Nov. 11, 2006
Knoxville, Tenn. - No. 4 Auburn women's swimming and diving team defeated No. 15 Tennessee, 203-143.50, but fell to No. 3 Stanford, 191.5-161.5, during a two-day tri-meet in Knoxville, Tenn. It is the first dual meet loss for the AU women since the Nov. 12, 2004.
"We had a much better day today," co-women's head coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker said. "The girls were better prepared today and were more intense. Rachel [Goh] had a nice 100 back and Adrienne [Binder] swam a great 1000 free. We performed better as the meet progressed and that indicates two things: we haven't competed in a while and we need to improve."
On the final day, defending national champion Rachel Goh earned Auburn's first `A' cut in the 100 back. Goh swam 54.29 to win the event by more than a second over Stanford's Brooke Bishop.
Six more provisional standards were met on Saturday, led by two each from Emily Kukors and Ava Ohlgren. Kukors touched the wall in 1:48.40 in the 200 free to earn the `B' cut. Later in the day, she took second in the 200 IM with a provisional time of 2:03.15. Ohlgren was third in the 200 fly, 2:02.21, and fourth in the 200 IM, 2:03.32, both were `B' performances.
Also picking up a `B' cut was Kristen Hastrup in the 200 fly. Hastrup was runner-up in the 200 fly with a time of 2:01.93. The other provisional time was earned by the 400 free relay - Kara Denby, Goh, Emile Ewing and Kukors. The group was clocked at 3:20.54 for the win.
The diving duo of Lynnsey Segraves and Corey Lynn Gerlach earned zone qualifiers on 3-meter with second and third place finishes, respectively. Segraves earned a 303.40 and Gerlach, the AU record holder in the event, notched a 298.05. Segraves tied her zone qualifying score on 1-meter Friday evening (255.75).
Other standout individual performances on the day came from Adrienne Binder and Hayley Peirsol in the 1000 free. Binder took the event win with a time of 9:43.62 and Peirsol was second, 9:46.18.
The Tigers move to 2-1 on the season and 2-0 in the SEC. The last time Stanford defeated Auburn was on Jan. 8, 1999, 172-129. Since that loss, Auburn has put together a 55-1 dual meet ledger.
"Stanford has a very good team this year," Tierney-Walker commented. "We just need to get better. We left the meet having momentum and I think that is a positive that will carry over for next week at Alabama and into the U.S. Open."
Auburn's men and women will take on Alabama next Friday in the "Chlorine Bowl" in Tuscaloosa. Meet time is set for 5 p.m. CT.