University of Connecticut Athletics
Larson Clocks In NCAA Consideration Time At U.S. Open
12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
AUBURN, Ala. - Several members of the University of Connecticut men's and women's swimming team made considerable marks in the opening day of the 2000 U.S. Open Swimming Championships on Thursday (Nov. 30) in Auburn, Ala.
In her second year at the national meet, sophomore Kate Larson (Sayville, N.Y.) turned in an NCAA consideration time of 1 minute, 11.46 seconds in the 100-meter breaststroke to place ninth in the evening finals. The swim eclipsed the national time cut of 1:11.65. Larson is UConn's first-ever Olympic Trials participant, after qualifying in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes last season. She posted a 1:12.17 in the morning preliminaries to advance her into the finals which included recent Olympian Megan Quann.
Another Husky sophomore, Marshal Livingstone (Endwell, N.Y.), came in 18th in the preliminaries of the 50-meter freestyle in a time of 23.49 seconds. Junior Ofri Brener (Haifa, Israel) also placed 18th in the preliminaries of the 100 breaststroke with a 1:04.57.
The U.S. Open is one-of-four major United States Swimming events held each year and features five Olympians from the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The meet hosts over 650 athletes from 175 collegiate, high school and club programs.
The Connecticut men and women continue competition among the field of world-class swimmers at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center through Saturday, Dec. 2.
MEN'S RESULTS
(All distances in short course meters)
PRELIMINARIES
400 Freestyle: 37, Craig Orski (UC), 4:03.89
100 Breaststroke: 18, Ofri Brener (UC), 1:04.57
200 Backstroke: 30, Craig Orski (UC), 2:07.85
50 Freestyle: 18, Marshal Livingstone (UC), 23.49.
WOMEN'S RESULTS
PRELIMINARIES
200 Individual Medley: Not available
100 Breaststroke: 9, Kate Larson (UC), 1:12.17. 29, Karri Charpentier (UC), 1:13.49
50 Freestyle: 63, Rachel Schwartz (UC), 27.27.
FINALS 100 Breaststroke: 9, Kate Larson (UC), 1:11.46.
