Moraes Twins Dominate Collegiate National Semifinals – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/17/2000 12:00:00 AM | Artistic Swimming
March 17, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio— OSU twins, Isabela and Carolina Moraes (So., Sao Paulo, Brazil) are leading in two out of three events after the semifinals of the Collegiate National Championships today. The Moraes twins took first place in the duet competition with the semifinal score of 95.733 outscoring the defending duet champions, Stanford’s Julie Enos and Shannon Montague (92.600).
“Carolina and Isabela are right on track to peak at this meet, and carry some momentum into the Olympics,” Head Coach Linda Lichter-Witter said. “We performed well across the board today. The collegiate championships is always a close meet and this year will be no different.”
Carolina and Isabela Moraes teamed up with Mary Hofer to nab first place in the trio semifinal event as well posting 94.600 to beat Stanford’s Ashley Ensign, Lindsey Wiggington, and Kristi Wright (92.467).
The top eight places in the solo, duet, and trio semifinals will continue to compete for the national title in the final round on Saturday. Tomorrow the figure competition will take place beginning at 9a.m.-4:30p.m. The team semifinals will be at 5:30p.m.-7:45p.m. Ohio State has entered two routines in the team event for tomorrow.
Solo
1. Shannon Montague (Stanford) 93.933 2. Lindsey Wiggington (Stanford) 93.400 3. Victoria Bowen (OSU) 93.267 4. Jill Wright (Canisus) 90.133 5. Bogdana Zareva (UAB) 89.600 6. Meghan Green (Calif. Synchro.) 87.867 7. Becky Percey (Calif. Synchro.) 87.600 8. Inga Todd (Keuka) 82.533
Duet
1. Carolina Moraes, Isabela Moraes (OSU) 95.733 2. Julie Enos, Shannon Montague (Stanford) 92.600 3. Kelli Dickerson, Bogdana Zareva (UAB) 88.267 4. Heather Forester, Kate Matusiak (Canisius) 85.533 5. Luna Aguila, Erica Levine (UAB) 85.000 6. Pamchal Javandel, Paradi Javandel (Calif. Synchro) 83.000 7. Caren Gellin, Jennifer Muzyk (Canisius) 82.867 8. Inga Todd, Jessica Trainer (Keuka) 82.733
Trio
1. Mary Hofer, Carolina Moraes, Isabela Moraes (OSU) 94.600 2. Ashley Ensign, Lindsey Wiggington, Kristi Wright (Stanford) 92.467 3. Julie Enos, Paige Freiheit, Stephanie Joukoff (Stanford) 92.133 4. Tarin Forbes, Beth Kreimer, Heather Moore (OSU) 91.800 5. Caren Gellin, Jennifer Muzyk, Jill Wright (Canisius) 88.533 6. Luna Aguila, Kristen Kramer, Erica Levine (UAB) 85.067 7. Heather Forester, Kate Matusiak, Jennifer Rzepecki (Canisius) 84.733 8. Heather Bias, Judy Chiang, Panchal Javandel (Calif. Synchro.) 84.667
Team Event
1. Alia Arbas, Katie Edwards, Tarin Forbes, Beth Kreimer,Heather Moore, Carolina Moraes, Isabela Moraes, Kristen Price (OSU) 95.600 2. Ann Marie Altman, Marietta Aruta, Anna Eng, Ellen Faulhaber,Alisha Hendren, Allison Volz, Suzanna Hyatt, Andrea McGirr (OSU) 89.667 3. Lindsay Kaufman, Meghan Mandsager, Lindsey Pyle, Lisa Schwartz, Laura Walcker (Iowa) 73.383
Figures
1. Carolina Moraes (OSU) 81.462 2. Isabela Moraes (OSU) 80.307 3. Victoria Bowen (OSU) 80.023 4. Katie Edwards (OSU) 79.250 5. Heather Moore (OSU) 79.090
