Nov. 19, 2006

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- The East Carolina men and women's swimming and diving teams completed Nike Cup competition on Saturday with the men claiming a sixth place finish, while the ladies finished in seventh place.

Junior Rebecca Perry made her NCAA 'B' cut in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.87. Perry also reached the finals of the 100-yard backstroke where she placed 11th. Her highest finish of the competition was eighth in the 50-yard freestyle.

Senior Kate Gordon recorded her second top 10 finish of the cup by placing seventh in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:03.54. She also earned a sixth place finish in the 100-yard butterfly on Friday.

Fellow senior Matt Donohue placed ninth in the same event on the men's side with a time of 1:51.88. Sophomore Amanda Duncam also earned a ninth place finish in the women's 100-yard butterfly earlier in the meet.

The best finish by any member of the men's team was an eighth place finish by freshman Kristian Ramkvist in the 100-yard breaststroke on Friday.

Junior Megan Pulaski earned a 12th place finish in the 500-yard freestyle on the first day of competition with a time of 5:04.29 after reaching the finals with a mark of 4:59.16 in the preliminaries.

Another ECU freshman that reached the finals of an event was Jacquelynn Jones, who placed 10th in the 400 IM.

Junior diver Christie Icenhower earned a sixth place finish on the three-meter boards with a score of 285.60. She also claimed a sixth place finish on the one-meter board.

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES
1. Florida State-- 929
2. North Carolina--711
3. Clemson-- 604
4. Kentucky-- 574
5. Virginia Tech-- 508
6. Miami-- 247
7. East Carolina-- 202
8. Syracuse-- 56
9. NC State -- 7

SATURDAY'S WOMEN'S EVENT WINNERS
1650-Yard Freestyle - Casey LaRussa, Clemson, 16:53.63
200-Yard Backstroke - Romy Altmann, Florida State ,1:57.24
100-Yard Freestyle-- Jenny Bradford, Kentucky, 49.12
200-Yard Breaststroke -- Goergia Holderness, Florida State, 2:15.84
200-Yard Butterfly -- Lindsey Marck, North Carolina, 2:01.22
400-Yard Freestyle Relay-- Kentucky (Heather Bradford, Nikia Deveaux, Lauren Willis, Jenny Bradford) 3L20.93
Three Meter Diving - Heather Bounds, Miami, 316.65

MEN'S TEAM SCORES
1. Florida State-- 1104
2. Kentucky-- 690
3. Clemson-- 605
4. Virginia Tech -- 568
5. North Carolina -- 567
6. East Carolina -- 105
7. James Madison -- 99
8. Miami -- 35
9. Syracuse -- 22
10. NC State -- 17

SATURDAY'S MEN'S EVENT WINNERS
1650-Yard Freestyle -- Chip Peterson, North Carolina, 15:05.28
200-Yard Backstroke -- Jarryd Botha, Florida State, 1:45.10
100-Yard Freestyle -- Alex Kennon, Florida State, 44.72
200-Yard Breaststroke -- Will Vietti, Kentucky, 2:01.34
200-Yard Butterfly -- Gus Calado, Virginia Tech, 1:46.96
400-Yard Freestyle Relay -- Virginia Tech (Scott Beard, Zac Czaplicki, Jake Bova, Kaan Tayla) 2:58.86*
Three Meter Diving - Ruben Ross, Miami, 383.25

*Nike Cup Record
^Pool Record

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