2003 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

2003 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Host city	Auburn, Alabama
Date	March 2003
Venue	James E. Martin Aquatics Center
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The 2003 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 22nd 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 Auburn University at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center in Auburn, Alabama.

Defending champions Auburn once again topped the team standings, finishing 163 points ahead of Georgia. This was the Tigers' second women's team title.

Team standings

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

Rank	Team	Points
	Auburn (H)(DC)	536
	Georgia	373
	USC	284
4	SMU	281
5	Florida	277
6	Stanford	2751⁄2
7	Texas	220
8	California	215
9	Arizona	209
10	Arizona State	135

Swimming results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 freestyle	Maritza Correia Georgia	21.83	Becky Short Auburn	22.11	Eileen Coparropa Auburn	22.40
100 freestyle	Becky Short Auburn	48.64	Maritza Correia Georgia	48.75	Lacey Boutwell Stanford	49.04
200 freestyle	Jessi Perruquet North Carolina Heather Kemp Auburn	1:45.01	None awarded		Julie Hardt Georgia	1:45.14
500 freestyle	Flavia Rigamonti SMU	4:37.32	Kaitlin Sandeno USC	4:39.31	Sara McLarty Florida	4:39.42
1650 freestyle [3]	Flavia Rigamonti SMU	15:43.90	Cara Lane Virginia	15:53.49	Kaitlin Sandeno USC	15:58.58
100 backstroke	Natalie Coughlin California	50.92	Kirsty Coventry Auburn	53.01	Beth Botsford Arizona	53.46
200 backstroke	Natalie Coughlin California	1:53.53	Kirsty Coventry Auburn	1:54.16	Margaret Hoelzer Auburn	1:54.19
100 breaststroke	Tara Kirk Stanford	58.62	Maggie Bowen Auburn	59.86	Sarah Poewe Georgia	59.89
200 breaststroke	Vipa Bernhardt Florida	2:09.13	Ágnes Kovács Arizona State	2:09.96	Tara Kirk Stanford	2:10.41
100 butterfly	Natalie Coughlin California	50.62	Mary DeScenza Georgia	51.93	Margaret Hoelzer Auburn	52.03
200 butterfly	Mary DeScenza Georgia	1:55.10	Emily Mason Arizona	1:55.33	Jana Krohn USC	1:56.02
200 IM	Maggie Bowen Auburn	1:55.33	Alenka Kejžar SMU Kirsty Coventry Auburn	1:57.28	None awarded
400 IM	Maggie Bowen Auburn	4:06.15	Emily Mason Arizona	4:07.07	Kaitlin Sandeno USC	4:07.20
200 freestyle relay	Georgia Neka Mabry (23.00) Paige Kearns (22.09) Samantha Arsenault (22.69) Maritza Correia (21.18)	1:28.96	Auburn Becky Short (22.13) Jana Kolukanova (22.72) Erin Gayle (22.57) Eileen Coparropa (22.62)	1:29.04	Texas Sarah Wanezek (22.64) Joscelin Yeo (22.09) Lacey Elliott (22.66) Erin Phenix (22.22)	1:29.61
400 freestyle relay	Auburn Maggie Bowen (49.54) Eileen Coparropa (49.32) Leslie Lunsmann (49.38) Kirsty Coventry (49.14)	3:17.38	Georgia Neka Mabry (50.71) Paige Kearns (49.11) Samantha Arsenault (50.12) Maritza Correia (47.78)	3:17.72	Texas Joscelin Yeo (49.74) Michelle Molina (50.71) Sarah Wanezek (48.79) Tanica Jamison (48.51)	3:17.75
800 freestyle relay	Auburn Margaret Hoelzer (1:45.37) Heather Kemp (1:45.50) Kirsty Coventry (1:45.12) Maggie Bowen (1:46.73)	7:02.72	Georgia Mary DeScenza (1:45.85) Julie Hardt (1:45.60) Samantha Arsenault (1:47.33) Maritza Correia (1:46.91)	7:05.69	USC Kaitlin Sandeno (1:46.87) Margie Pedder (1:47.46) Jana Krohn (1:48.41) Michala Kwasny (1:47.06)	7:09.80
200 medley relay	Auburn Jenni Anderson (24.97) Laura Swander (27.20) Margaret Hoelzer (22.98) Becky Short (21.54)	1:36.69 US , AR	Stanford Amy Wagner (25.73) Tara Kirk (26.81) Dana Kirk (23.78) Sarah Jones (22.10)	1:38.42	California Natalie Coughlin (24.20) Staciana Stitts (27.42) Natalie Griffith (24.48) Michelle Harper (22.55)	1:38.65
400 medley relay	Auburn Kirsty Coventry (53.09) Maggie Bowen (59.05) Margaret Hoelzer (51.73) Becky Short (47.58)	3:31.45 US	Georgia Lauren Gettel (54.16) Sarah Poewe (59.11) Mary DeScenza (51.68) Maritza Correia (46.86)	3:31.81	California Helen Silver (54.54) Staciana Stitts (1:00.31) Natalie Coughlin (50.45) Danielle Becks (49.65)	3:34.95

Diving results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m diving	Yuliya Pakhalina Houston	339.70	Jaime Sanger Tennessee	329.90	Blythe Hartley USC	329.70
3 m diving	Yuliya Pakhalina Houston	657.30	Blythe Hartley USC	585.15	Lane Bassham Alabama	561.85
Platform diving [4]	Natalie Diea Ohio State	476.65	Blythe Hartley USC	456.90	Trisha Tumlinson Arizona State	456.55

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 February 6, 2017.
2. "2003 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championships Results" (PDF). SwimSwam. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
3. "2005 NCAA D1 Men, Day 3 Finals Results - Meet Results". Swimming World . 22 March 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
4. "Diea Crowned First NCAA Platform Diving Champion in Ohio State History – Ohio State Buckeyes". Ohio State Buckeyes. 22 March 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2026.