March 17, 2000

INDIANAPOLIS - Junior Corrie Murphy (400m IM) and sophomores Kristin MacGregor (100m breast) and Kellie Brennan (3-meter springboard) all reached the finals in their respective events to highlight USC's second day at the 2000 Women's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Ind., on Friday (March 17).

USC, with only six swimmers and one diver competing, was in sixth after the second day with 140 points. Georgia was in first with 336.5 points. The meet is being swum in short course meters.

Murphy took second in the 400m IM, finishing in 3:37.77. It was her first finals appearance since finalling twice as a freshman in 1998. Columbia's Christina Teuscher won the event in 4:33.81.

MacGregor reached her second finals in as many days, tying for sixth in the 100m breast in 1:08.25. She tied with Georgia's Ashley Roby.

Brennan also finalled in her second consecutive day, taking fifth in the 3-meter springboard with 500.85 points. She was seventh in the 1-meter on Thursday.

Freshman Jennifer Parmenter made her individual point-scoring debut by reaching the consolation finals of the 400m IM. She finished 15th overall in 4:46.06.

"Kellie Brennan is doing an awesome job," USC coach Mark Schubert said. "For her first time at NCAAs, I am so impressed with her poise. Corrie Murphy was really good again. She's having a career year. I'm really amazed we've been able to do so well with this small of a team."

Senior Paige Francis reached the consolation finals of the 100m back, finishing 13th in 1:01.51. Freshman Michala Kwasny was 21st in the 400m IM (4:48.36).

USC's 200m medley relay team of Francis, MacGregor, Kwasny and Parmenter tied for 11th (with Minnesota) in 1:54.58. USC's 800m free relay of Francis, Parmenter, Kwasny and Murphy took 11th in 8:10.43.

The championships conclude Saturday (March 18).

Top 10 Team Scores 1. Georgia 336.5

2. Arizona 299

3. Stanford 245

4. Cal 235.5

5. Auburn 169

6. USC 140

7. Northwestern 129.5

8t. UCLA 113

8t. Virginia 113

10. Texas 102

200m Medley Relay

1. Cal 1:49.23

2. Arizona 1:49.71

3. Georgia 1:50.14

4. Stanford 1:50.15

5. Northwestern 1:51.63

6. UCLA 1:52.40

7. Virginia 1:52.69

8. Nevada 1:54.14

11t. USC (Francis, MacGregor, Kwasny, Parmenter) 1:54.58

400m Individual Medley

1. Christina Teuscher (Columbia) 4:33.81

2. Corrie Murphy (USC) 4:37.77

3. Maggie Bowen (Auburn) 4:38.94

4. Mirjana Bosebska (Virginia) 4:40.47

5. Katie Hathaway (North Carolina) 4:40.85

6. Elli Overton (Cal) 4:40.88

7. Keegan Walkley (Georgia) 4:41.87

8. Katy Christoferson (Minnesota) 4:44.56

15. Jennifer Parmenter (USC) 4:46.06

21. Michala Kwasny (USC) 4:48.36

100m Butterfly

1. Liu Limin (Nevada) 57.97

2. Misty Hyman (Stanford) 58.60

3. Joscelin Yeo (Cal) 58.82

4. Julia Voitovitsch (UCLA) 59.34

5. Katie Younglove (UCLA) 59.59

6. Haley Cope (Cal) 59.70

7. Gina Panighetti (Wisconsin) 1:00.17

8. Sarah Baham (Arizona State) 1:01.03

200m Freestyle

1. Maritza Correia (Georgia) 1:57.33

2. Sarah Tolar (Arizona) 1:57.59

3. Helene Muller (Nebraska) 1:57.87

4. Ellen Stonebraker (Wisconsin) 1:58.09

5. Lorena Diaconescu (UNLV) 1:58.38

6. Kim Black (Georgia) 1:58.80

7. Rada Owen (Auburn) 1:58.87

8. Emily Mastin (Arizona) 1:58.96

100m Breaststroke

1. Kristy Kowal (Georgia) 1:05.74

2t. Amy Balcerzak (Northwestern) 1:06.79

2t. Staciana Stitts (Cal) 1:06.79

4. Amanda Beard (Arizona) 1:06.95

5. Brook Monroe (Auburn) 1:07.22

6t. Kristin MacGregor (USC) 1:08.25

6t. Ashley Roby (Georgia) 1:08.25

8. Erin Eldridge (WSU) 1:09.08

100m Backstroke

1. Courtney Shealy (Georgia) 58.86

2. Haley Cope (Cal) 59.17

3. Beth Botsford (Arizona) 59.34

4. Catherine Fox (Stanford) 59.35

5. Shelly Ripple (Stanford) 59.56

6. Denali Knapp (Arizona) 59.92

7. Summer Mack (North Carolina) 1:00.35

8. Julie Manitt (Arizona) 1:01.15

13. Paige Francis (USC) 1:01.51

3-Meter Springboard

1. Ashley Culpepper (LSU) 538.25

2. Sara Reiling (Indiana) 525.10

3. Erin Sones (Stanford) 522.10

4. Jenny Keim (Miami) 518.60

5. Kellie Brennan (USC) 500.85

6. Emily Spychala (Miami) 495.80

7. Lane Bassham (Alabama) 494.80

8. Carly Weiden (Michigan St.) 472.75s

800m Freestyle Relay

1. Arizona 7:55.51

2. Wisconsin 7:58.87

3. Auburn 7:59.53

4. Stanford 8:00.45

5. Georgia 8:00.46

6. SMU 8:02.95

7. Texas 8:03.40

8. Virginia 8:05.54

11. USC (Francis, Parmenter, Kwasny, Murphy) 8:10.43