Synchronized Swimming Reclaims The Throne – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/19/2000 12:00:00 AM | Artistic Swimming
March 19, 2000
Ohio State’s Egyptian snake hissed back at the Stanford Cardinal on Saturday, reclaiming the team event title and overall championship crown at the 2000 U.S. Collegiate Synchronized Swimming Championships at Ohio State University.
OSU scored a 99.067 to Stanford’s 98.600 in the team event to soundly defeat the west coast rivals. In the process, Ohio State took back the team event title that in 1999 eluded them for the first time in more than 13 years.
“I’m very proud of this group of swimmers,” coach Linda Witter said. “They set the goal last year to win the team event and the overall championships here at home. We got great performances from all our routines and were able to bring the title back to Ohio State.”
Ohio State finished first with 95 points, followed by Stanford at 89. Canisius College of Buffalo, N.Y. finished third in the overall standings with 63.5 points, edging first-year program UAB, which finished with 61. Brazilian Olympic hopefuls Carolina and Isabela Moraes of Ohio State went 2-for-2 in defending their ’99 Collegiate titles. The pair earned a 97.467 swimming to music composed specifically for them by a Brazilian ensemble in their hometown of Sao Paulo. Stanford’s Shannon Montague and Julie Enos trailed in second place by more than three points at 94.267.
The Moraes and Mary Hofer of Spring Valley, Calif. started the day off right by taking the trio gold medal with a score of 96.933. Stanford’s Ashley Ensign, Lindsey Wigginton and Kristi Wright finished second at 94.400.
Stanford’s Montague, of Irving, Texas, defeated her former duet partner, OSU’s Victoria Bowen of Plano, Texas, in the solo final. Montague earned a 96.600 to Bowen’s 96.267.
Nearly 200 of the nation’s top synchronized swimmers from 19 Division I, II, III and NAIA universities competed for bragging rights in the solo, duet, trio and team events. The 2000 U.S. Collegiate Championships mark the 24th anniversary of the event. Ohio State has won 19 of 24 overall titles. Top routines will advance to the 2000 Jantzen National Championships, April 27-29 in Landover, Md. The Moraes will swim next in the 2000 Olympic Qualifying Open, April 10-13 in Sydney, Australia, in hopes of qualifying for the 2000 Olympic Games. 2000 U.S. Collegiate Synchronized Swimming Championships
Final Results
Solo Final
1. Shannon Montague, Stanford, 96.600
2. Victoria Bowen, Ohio State, 96.267
3. Lindsey Wigginton, Stanford, 95.067
4. Bogdana Zareva, UAB, 91.267
5. Jill Wright, Canisius, 89.733
6. Becky Percey, Cal-Berkeley, 89.333
7. Meghan Green, Cal-Berkeley, 88.667
8. Inga Todd, Keuka, 86.600
Duet Final
1. Carolina Moraes, Isabela Moraes, Ohio State, 97.467
2. Julie Enos, Shannon Montague, Stanford, 94.267
3. Kelli Dickerson, Bogdana Zareva, UAB, 90.400
4. Heather Forester, Kate Matusiak, Canisius, 88.000
5T.Luna Aguilu, Erica Levine, UAB, 86.667
5T.Paradi Javandel, Pamchal Javandel, Cal-Berkeley, 86.667
7. Caren Gellin, Jennifer Muzyk, Canisius, 86.267
8. Inga Todd, Jessica Trainer, Keuka, 85.267
Trio Final
1. Carolina Moraes, Isabela Moraes, Mary Hofer, Ohio State, 96.933
2. Ashley Ensign, Lindsey Wigginton, Kristi Wright, Stanford, 94.400
3. Julie Enos, Paige Freiheit, Stephanie Joukoff, Stanford, 92.800
4. Tarin Forbes, Beth Kreimer, Heather Moore, Ohio State, 92.733
5. Caren Gellin, Jennifer Muzyk, Jill Wright, Canisius, 89.600
6. Heather Forester, Kate Matusiak, Jennifer Rzepecki, Canisius, 86.867
7. Luna Aguilu, Kristen Kramer, Erica Levine, UAB, 86.533
8. Heather Bias, Judy Chiang, Pamchal Javandel, Cal-Berkeley, 86.200
Team Final
1. Ohio State A, 99.067
2. Stanford, 98.600
3. Ohio State B, 94.667
4. University of Alabama-Birmingham, 91.667
5. Canisius, 90.167
6. Cal-Berkeley, 87.100
7. Keuka, 87.000
8. Richmond, 86.150
Overall Championship Ranking
1. Ohio State, 95
2. Stanford, 89
3. Canisius, 63.5
4. UAB, 61
5. Cal-Berkeley, 52.5
6. Keuka, 33
7. Wheaton, 28
8. Richmond, 22.5
9. Walsh, 22
10.Minnesota, 15.5
11.William & Mary, 14
12.Iowa, 13
13.Arizona, 8
14.Carleton, 7.5
15.Alaska-Southeast, 6.5
16.Mary Washington, 3.5
17.Penn State, 3.5
18.Miami (OH), 2
19.Michigan, 1.5
All-Americans – top 14 overall (note: must be U.S. citizens)
Ohio State – Mary Hofer, Heather Moore, Beth Kreimer
Stanford – Shannon Montague, Lindsey Wigginton, Julie Enos, Paige Freiheit, Stephanie Joukoff, Kristi Wright
Canisius – Jill Wright, Heather Forester, Kate Matusiak, Caren Gellin, Jennifer Muzyk
