Synchronized Swimming Takes Second in Team Semifinal – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Artistic Swimming
March 24, 2007
COLUMBUS, Ohio – With one more day of competition remaining at the 2007 U.S. Collegiate National Championships, the Ohio State synchronized swimming team concluded semifinal team action Friday at Balfour Natatorium in Norton, Mass. The Scarlet team finished second with a 97.000, just five-tenths of a point behind leader Stanford. The OSU Gray team was sixth, scoring 90.333 points.
In the figures and elements competitions, three Buckeyes ranked in the Top 10. In B figures, Jackie Mundy (Corona, Calif.) was third with a mark of 71.619. Barbara Nesbitt (Riverside, Calif.) and Caitlin Stewart (Huntington Beach, Calif.) finished third (82.79197) and ninth (80.80942), respectively in A elements.
The trio, duet, solo and team finals will wrap up the final day of the championships Saturday, which will decide the overall team champion.
Team Event
1. Stanford – 97.500
2. Ohio State Scarlet Team – 97.000
3. Incarnate Word – 93.000
6. Ohio State Gray Team – 90.333
A Elements,br> 1. Natalia Tarasova CCN 84.11449
2.Courtenay Stewart SUS 83.73892
3. Barbara Nesbitt OSU 82.79197
4. Elizabeth-Anne Markman SUS 82.69494
5. Sara Lowe SUS 81.99895
6. Poppy Carlig SUS 81.86492
7. Alicia “Dayli” Sepulveda UAZ 81.42339
8. Samantha Bongiovan-Duclos SUS 81.06911
9. Caitlin Stewart OSU 80.80942
10.Sara Petrov UAB 80.71658
B Figures
1. Taylor Durand Stanford University 73.639 62
2. Gayle Lee Stanford University 72.438 108
3. Jackie Mundy Ohio State Synchro 71.619 99
4. Corenn Cookerly Keuka College Storm 70.138 100
5. Andrea Natoli Canisius College 70.074 70
6. Erin Dunne Univ. of Incarnate Word 69.788 93
7. Vanessa Dash U of Alabama Birmingham 69.401 81
8. Alaina Hill Canisius College 69.186 87
9. Liza Walker-Byron Univ. of Incarnate Word 69.111 80
10. Megan Becker Gator Synchro 69.054 68
