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Cal freshman wins five events at Texas meet

Daily Planet Wire Services
Monday December 04, 2000

AUSTIN, TX - The University of California women’s swim team, behind a phenomenal performance by freshman standout Natalie Coughlin, finished in sixth place with 367 points at the 2000 Texas Invitational.  

Coughlin captured a total of five individual titles at the Texas Invite. On Sunday, she won the 200 fly with a meet record and NCAA automatic time of 1:55.93. On Saturday, Coughlin won the 200 free with an NCAA automatic mark and school record time of 1:45.65, and captured the 100 back with an NCAA automatic mark and Texas Invitational record time of 52.79. Coughlin’s time of 1:45.65 in the 200 free topped the former Cal school record of 1:45.83 swam by Sarah Anderson in 1991. Coughlin’s time of 52.79 in the 100 back bettered the meet record time of 53.80 set by Arizona’s Beth Botsford in 1999. Coughlin actually defeated Botsford (53.30) in this year’s Texas Invite.  

On Friday, Coughlin placed first in the 100 fly (52.40) and the 200 IM (1:58.35). Coughlin’s time of 52.40 in the 100 fly equaled the Cal school record set by Marylyn Chiang in 1999.  

Other highlights for the Bears on Sunday were junior captain Alice Henriques finishing second in the 200 back (1:58.54) and Cal’s 400 free relay placing third (3:22.73 Coughlin, freshman Danielle Becks, senior Haley Cope, sophomore Michelle Harper).