Ohio State Claims 2002 U.S. Collegiate Synchronized Swimming Championship – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/23/2002 12:00:00 AM | Artistic Swimming
March 23, 2002%^$
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%^$%^$Brazilian Olympians Carolina and Isabela Moraes ended their senior season in%^$style by helping the Ohio State Buckeyes to the school’s 22nd overall title%^$at the U.S. Collegiate Synchronized Swimming Championships in Norton, Mass.%^$
%^$In the process, the pair that finished 12th in the 2000 Olympic Games for%^$Brazil also earned their fourth consecutive duet and trio gold medals.%^$
%^$The Buckeye twins utilized lengthy underwater hybrids to win duet gold with%^$a final score of 96.333. Stanford’s Erin Dobratz and Lindsey Wigginton -%^$both members of the U.S. National Team program – finished second at 95.000.%^$
%^$The Moraes teamed up with Mary Hofer of Spring Valley, Calif. to win the%^$trio’s fourth Collegiate gold with a score of 97.333. Stanford’s top trio of%^$Dobratz, Wigginton and Norris finishd a point back at 96.333.%^$
%^$Carolina Moraes and Stanford’s Katie Norris created a first occurrence of%^$their own in the sport of synchronized swimming. Moraes and Norris earned a%^$perfect tie of 95.833 in the solo final to share the event’s gold medal.%^$
%^$Norris led in technical merit by two-tenths, but Moraes led in artistic%^$impression by two-tenths. In routine scoring, technical merit is weighted to%^$50 percent, and artistic impression to 50 percent. When the math was%^$completed, both athletes earned gold.%^$
%^$The unprecedented, and previously impossible, tie is due to new scoring%^$rules affecting the balance of technical merit and artistic impression score%^$weighting instituted by FINA, the sport’s international governing body, in%^$July of 2001. Under the old rules, the technical merit score would have%^$taken precedence had a tie occurred. In that situation, Norris would have%^$captured the gold and Moraes the silver.%^$
%^$There was no tie in the team event, however, with Ohio State capturing gold%^$with a score of 98.167. Swimming for Ohio State were Hofer, Victoria Bowen,%^$Suzanna Hyatt, Kim Lester, Isabela Moraes, Beth Kreimer, Lauren Marsh, and%^$Kristin Price.%^$
%^$The overall title is Ohio State’s third consecutive, and 22nd overall title%^$in the 26th year of the championships. Top athletes now advance to the U.S.%^$National Championships and 2002 U.S. National Team Trials, April 18-20 at%^$Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.%^$
%^$Host Wheaton (Mass.) College’s Beth Percy finished a strong fifth in the%^$solo final with a score of 88.333. The sophomore from St. Louis teamed with%^$fellow St. Louis native Jamie Sallier for eighth in duet with a mark of%^$85.834. Wheaton was the only Division III University among a host of%^$Division I schools to qualify for the finals in any event.%^$
%^$Wheaton’s “Batman” routine finished eighth in the team final with a mark of%^$87.750. Swimming for Wheaton was Percy, Sallier, Blair Feldman, Bevin%^$Hughes, Elizabeth Maga, Jamie Olken, and Emily Padow.%^$
%^$More than 200 athletes from 22 universities were on hand competing for%^$collegiate national titles in the solo, duet, trio and team events. The%^$championships are an open-class meet, combining competition for NCAA%^$Divisions I, II and III, plus NAIA schools.%^$
%^$2002 U.S. Collegiate
%^$Synchronized Swimming Championships%^$
%^$Final Results%^$
%^$Solo Final
%^$1T, Katie Norris (Stanford) 95.833. 1T, Carolina Moraes (Ohio State) 95.833.%^$3, Bogdana Zareva (UAB) 94.833. 4, Jill Wright (Canisius) 89.833. 5, Beth%^$Percy (Wheaton) 88.333. 6, Katie Rozofsky (Florida) 86.833. 7, Lindsay%^$Kaufmann (Iowa) 86.334. 8, Inga Todd (Keuka) 85.500.%^$
%^$Duet Final
%^$1, Carolina Moraes, Isabela Moraes (Ohio State) 96.333. 2, Erin Dobratz,%^$Lindsey Wigginton (Stanford) 95.000. 3, Stephanie Joukoff, Jennifer Kibler%^$(Stanford) 91.666. 4, Amanda Haeuser, Bogdana Zareva (UAB) 91.167. 5,%^$Jennifer Holmquist, Stacy Leiker (UAB) 90.000. 6, Alexandra Pinango,%^$Gabriella Pinango (Canisius) 89.000. 7, Jennifer Arenz, Sally Winchester%^$(Washington) 86.333. 8, Beth Percy, Jamie Sallier (Wheaton) 85.834.%^$
%^$Trio Final
%^$1, Mary Hofer, Carolina Moraes, Isabela Moraes (Ohio State) 97.333. 2, Erin%^$Dobratz, Katie Norris, Lindsey Wigginton (Stanford) 96.333. 3, Stephanie%^$Joukoff, Jennifer Kibler, Shella Sadovnik (Stanford) 93.666. 4, Victoria%^$Bowen, Suzanna Hyatt, Beth Kreimer (Ohio State) 92.833. 5, Luna Aguilu,%^$Jennifer Holmquist, Stacy Leiker (UAB) 91.667. 6, Alexandra Pinango,%^$Gabriella Pinango, Jill Wright (Canisius) 89.167. 7, Ruth Ashburn, Laura%^$Gellin, Kate Matusiak (Canisius) 86.667. 8, Lauren Gustafson, Laura Mase,%^$Schyler Reese (Richmond) 85.166.%^$
%^$Team Final
%^$1, Ohio State, 98.167. 2, Stanford, 97.334. 3, Ohio State B, 95.333. 4, UAB%^$A, 95.167. 5, Canisius A, 92.667. 6, UAB B, 89.917. 7, Canisius B, 85.583.%^$8, Wheaton, 87.750.%^$
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Final Overall Standings%^$1. Ohio State 99%^$2. Stanford 92%^$3. UAB 73%^$4. Canisius 65%^$5. Wheaton 47.5%^$6. Richmond 41.5%^$7. Keuka 28.5%^$8. Florida 26%^$9. Arizona 24.5%^$10. William & Mary 21%^$11. Iowa 18%^$12. Washington 17.5%^$13T. Carleton 13.5%^$13T. Pennsylvania 13.5%^$15. Minnesota 12%^$16. Incarnate Word 9%^$17. Boston 7%^$18. Cornell 6.5%^$19. Penn State 6%^$20. Mary Washington 5%^$21. Michigan 3%^$22. Rhode Island 0.5%^$
%^$Special Award Recipients
%^$All-American (Top 14 individuals overall [two athletes tied this year, thus 15], must be U.S. citizen)
%^$Stanford: Katie Norris, Erin Dobratz, Lindsey Wigginton, Jennifer Kibler, Stephanie Joukoff, Shella Sadovnik
%^$Ohio State: Mary Hofer, Victoria Bowen, Beth Kreimer, Suzanna Hyatt, Kristin Price
%^$UAB: Stacy Leiker, Amanda Haeuser, Jessica Brown
%^$Canisius: Jill Wright
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%^$All-Collegiate (Top 3 individuals per Division I, II & NAIA, III, Club)
%^$NCAA Div. I – Carolina Moraes (OSU), Isabela Moraes (OSU), Katie Norris (Stanford)
%^$NCAA Div. II & NAIA – Esther Calderon (Walsh), Mollie Mallon (Walsh), Shea Driscoll (Walsh)
%^$NCAA Div. III – Beth Percy (Wheaton), Inga Todd (Keuka), Emily Brewer (Keuka)
%^$Club – Lauren Gustafson (Richmond), Laura Mase (Richmond), Kim Marsh (William & Mary)
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%^$Collegiate Athlete of the Year – Lindsay Kaufmann, University of Iowa
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%^$Collegiate Coach of the Year – Linda Witter, Ohio State
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%^$2002 Collegiate Contributor Award – Mary Kay Adams, Wheaton
%^$Mary Jo Ruggieri Scholarship – Lindsay Kaufmann, University of Iowa
%^$R&R Sports Academy Scholarship – Lauren Marsh, Ohio State University
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