Records topple but Stanford stays on top
By Daily Bruin Staff
Feb. 19, 1996 9:00 p.m.
February 20, 1996
Records topple but Stanford stays on top
By A. CinQue Carter
Daily Bruin Contributor
UCLA attempted to do what no team has done for nearly a decade
this weekend at Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach. They tried to
dethrone Stanford as the Pacific 10 champions.
They’ll have to wait until next year, as the Cardinal holds a
commanding lead after the swimming events. The defending Pac-10
champions scored 1,583 points on the weekend, 600 points more than
second-place USC. The Bruins notched 840.5, good for third.
The Bruins did have some strong individual showings. Senior
Annette Salmeen stole the 100- and 200-yard butterfly with times of
54.59 and 1:57.00, respectively. She also placed second in the 500
freestyle with a 4:42.62.
"We always like to have at least one Pac-10 champion and qualify
as many people as possible for NCAAs," head coach Cyndi Gallagher
said.
Gallagher has had no less than one Pac-10 champion in each of
her years at UCLA’s helm, and Salmeen kept the streak intact. She
etched her name into record books with school records in the 200
fly and 500 free.
Lindsay Etter placed second in the 100 breaststroke with a time
of 1:02.04, .17 seconds behind the winner. Etter also placed second
in the 200 breast, finishing in 2:13.12. Both times were lifetime
bests and UCLA records.
Cindy Bertelink swam the 1,650 free in 16:35.56, just 1.38
seconds from her lifetime best, and good for third place this
weekend.
Stanford’s dominance was never questioned. The Cardinal placed
first in all but four events. "There were some events where we
could’ve put more people in to score points," Gallagher said. "But
we don’t stack events to score points, (our swimmers) are there to
swim their best."
UCLA’s relay teams placed second in one event, while placing
third in three others. In the 200 medley relay, the Bruins posted a
1:44.11 to finish second behind the Cardinal.
"Jill Jenkins had a really good meet," Gallagher said. "She’s
vital to our relays. She swims lots of events for us."
Said assistant coach Brad Burnham: "It’s a system where the
people that did good work and gave 100 percent got rewarded for
that."
All told, four school records fell at Belmont Plaza.
"Everybody swam faster than they had and that’s pretty
important," Gallagher said.
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