2002 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

2002 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Host city	Austin, Texas
Date	March 2002
Venue(s)	Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center University of Texas
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The 2002 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 21st annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.

This year's events were hosted by the University of Texas at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.

Auburn topped the team standings for the first time, finishing 58 points ahead of three-time defending champions Georgia. It was the Tigers' first and the first for coach David Marsh.

Team standings

• Note: Top 10 only
• (H) = Hosts
• ^(DC) = Defending champions
• Full results ^[1]

Rank	Team	Points
	Auburn	474
	Georgia (DC)	386
	Stanford	301
4	USC	3001⁄2
5	Arizona	291
6	Texas (H)	2671⁄2
7	Florida	249
8	California	245
9	SMU	178
10	Arizona State Indiana	136

Swimming results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 freestyle	Maritza Correia Georgia	21.69 US , AR	Mandy Mularz Rice	22.17	Eileen Coparropa Auburn	22.39
100 freestyle	Maritza Correia Georgia	47.56 US , AR	Stefanie Williams Georgia	48.37	Sarah Tolar Arizona	48.78
200 freestyle	Sarah Tolar Arizona	1:44.66	Stefanie Williams Georgia	1:44.88	Jessi Perruquet North Carolina	1:45.65
500 freestyle	Flavia Rigamonti SMU	4:40.13	Jessica Foschi Stanford	4:41.10	Magda Dyszkiewicz Auburn	4:41.98
1650 freestyle	Flavia Rigamonti SMU	15:52.28	Janelle Atkinson Florida	16:01.01	Cara Lane Virginia	16:04.54
100 backstroke	Natalie Coughlin California	49.97 US , AR	Susan Woessner Indiana	53.23	Beth Botsford Arizona	53.45
200 backstroke	Natalie Coughlin California	1:49.52 US , AR	Alenka Kejžar SMU	1:54.18	Kirsty Coventry Auburn	1:54.37
100 breaststroke	Tara Kirk Stanford	59.03	Maggie Bowen Auburn	59.94	Anne Poleska Alabama	1:00.08
200 breaststroke	Tara Kirk Stanford	2:07.36 US , AR	Ágnes Kovács Arizona State	2:07.64	Anne Poleska Alabama	2:07.86
100 butterfly	Natalie Coughlin California	50.01 US , AR	Shelly Ripple Stanford	51.50	Joscelin Yeo Texas	52.52
200 butterfly	Shelly Ripple Stanford	1:53.23	Georgina Lee USC	1:54.92	Rebecca Harper Florida	1:55.66
200 IM	Maggie Bowen Auburn	1:53.91 US , AR	Shelly Ripple Stanford	1:55.58	Alenka Kejžar SMU	1:56.38
400 IM	Maggie Bowen Auburn	4:04.69	Alenka Kejžar SMU	4:06.70	Mirjana Boševska Virginia	4:09.75
200 freestyle relay	Georgia Stefanie Williams (22.39) Neka Mabry (22.45) Paige Kearns (22.68) Maritza Correia (21.22)	1:28.74 US , AR	Auburn Becky Short (22.42) Maggie Bowen (22.28) Cassidy Maxwell (22.39) Eileen Coparropa (21.83)	1:28.92	Texas Joscelin Yeo (22.66) Sarah Wanezek (22.31) Kelley Robins (22.38) Erin Phenix (21.91)	1:29.26
400 freestyle relay	Georgia Stefanie Williams (48.35) Neka Mabry (49.13) Paige Kearns (49.20) Maritza Correia (47.03)	3:13.71 US , AR	Auburn Becky Short (48.79) Eileen Coparropa (47.87) Kirsty Coventry (49.06) Maggie Bowen (48.16)	3:13.88	Arizona Jenny Vanker (49.82) Sarah Tolar (48.23) Jessica Hayes (49.38) Katie Zimbone (49.31)	3:16.74
800 freestyle relay	Arizona Emily Mason (1:46.14) Jenny Vanker (1:47.65) Jessica Hayes (1:47.48) Sarah Tolar (1:43.83)	7:05.10	Auburn Magda Dyszkiewicz (1:47.82) Heather Kemp (1:46.35) Cassidy Maxwell (1:48.17) Maggie Bowen (1:44.36)	7:06.70	Georgia Stefanie Williams (1:46.65) Julie Hardt (1:48.91) Paige Kearns (1:45.76) Maritza Correia (1:45.45)	7:06.77
200 medley relay	Stanford Amy Wagner (25.25) Tara Kirk (26.96) Shelly Ripple (23.33) Lacey Boutwell (22.25)	1:37.79 AR	California Natalie Coughlin (23.41) Staciana Stitts (27.31) Alice Henriques (24.60) Danielle Becks (22.56)	1:37.88	Auburn Jenni Anderson (25.37) Laura Swander (27.11) Demeraeso Christianson (23.75) Eileen Coparropa (21.71)	1:37.94
400 medley relay	Stanford Amy Wagner (53.80) Tara Kirk (58.16) Shelly Ripple (51.32) Lacey Boutwell (48.46)	3:31.74 US , AR	California Natalie Coughlin (50.57) Staciana Stitts (59.68) Alice Henriques (53.76) Danielle Becks (48.54)	3:32.55	Auburn Kirsty Coventry (54.52) Maggie Bowen (58.62) Demeraeso Christianson (52.55) Eileen Coparropa (48.84)	3:34.53

Diving results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m diving	Blythe Hartley USC	350.85	Yuliya Pakhalina Houston	320.40	Sara Reiling Indiana	320.15
3 m diving	Yuliya Pakhalina Houston	625.05	Sara Reiling Indiana	581.90	Blythe Hartley USC	567.80
Platform diving	Blythe Hartley USC	460.35	Megahn Zack Texas A&M	435.90	Nicole Pohorenec Texas	430.00

See also

• List of college swimming and diving teams

References

1. "NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 10–12. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
2. "2002 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championships Results" (PDF). SwimSwam. Retrieved 3 January 2026.