March 23, 2006

The Atlantic Coast Conference had 19 All-American performances at the 2006 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships held in Athens, Ga. March 16-18.

Florida State led all ACC teams, finishing in 16th place with 84 points. Seminole relay teams posted three top 10 finishes, highlighted by a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay. The Seminoles also recorded a league-best time of 3:39.01 in the 400 medley relay.

Virginia's Brielle White, the Most Valuable Swimmer at the ACC Championships, posted a pair of top 10 finishes at the national championship. She claimed third in the 100 backstroke at 52.76 and fourth in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:55.67, marking ACC records in both events.

A complete list of ACC All-Americans is listed below.

Place Team                                          Score
16. Florida State .............................. 84 points
T-23. Virginia .................................... 34 points
28. Clemson ..................................... 18 points
30. Miami ........................................ 16 points
36. Virginia Tech................................ 9 points
39. Maryland .....................................7 points
T-41. North Carolina ........................... 4 points

2006 Women's Swimming & Diving All-Americans

500 Freestyle
13. Kim Routh, Clemson ......................... 4:46.54
15. Whitney Sprague, North Carolina ..... 4:47.36

One-Meter Diving
16. Melanie Rinaldi, Miami ..................... 268.70

400 Medley Relay
9. Florida State ...................................* 3:39.01
  Altmann, Brick, Raleigh, Ellis

200 Medley Relay
3. Florida State ..................................... 1:38.97
  Raleigh, Brick, Sparg, Ellis

400 Individual Medley
13. Sasha Malanina, Maryland .............. 4:17.65

100 Butterfly
9. Christie Raleigh, Florida State ............. 53.72

100 Breaststroke
8. Lauren Brick, Florida State .............. 1:01.50

100 Backstroke
3. Brielle White, Virginia .......................* 52.76

Three-Meter Diving
12. Heather Bounds, Miami .................... 305.55
14. Melanie Rinaldi, Miami ..................... 300.10

1650 Freestyle
5. Kim Routh, Clemson ....................... 16:10.28
14. Rachael Burke, Virginia.................. 16:24.18
15. Nicole O'Donnell, North Carolina .... 16:26.99

200 Backstroke
4. Brielle White, Virginia ....................* 1:55.67

200 Breaststroke
9. Jessica Botzum, Virginia Tech .......... 2:13.37
14. Krisztina Kovacs, Maryland ............. 2:14.72

Platform Diving
10. Heather Bounds, Miami .................... 253.15

400 Freestyle Relay
10. Florida State ..................................... 3:20.10
  Raleigh, Altmann, Holderness, Ellis

* ACC record