Bergen Finishes Second At 2003 FINA World Cup Event
11/03/2003 | 12:00:00 | Swimming & Diving
Nov. 3, 2003
By Josh Magill
www.SIUSalukis.com
Cancun, Mex. - Sophomore swimmer Briley Bergen bettered her 10K time from this summer's World Championships by more than 14 minutes at the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup event held in Cancun, Mexico this weekend.
Bergen's time of one hour and 50.58 minutes earned her runner-up honors in the final open water event of the 2003 World Cup Championship Circuit. Participants on the circuit earn points toward an individual open water world title. Bergen finished fifth in a similar event last year.
A nine-time U.S. Open Water National Champion, Bergen finished just .14 seconds behind eventual World Cup Marathon Swimming Champion Britta Kamrau (GER), and only .01 seconds ahead of World Cup runner-up, Angela Maurer (GER).
WOMEN'S Resuts:1 KAMRAU BRITTA GER 01:50:442 BERGEN BRILEY USA 01:50:583 MAURER ANGELA GER 01:50:594 LOPEZ CARRILLO PALOMA MEX 02:00:315 BARSI CLAUDIA HUN 02:01:046 PANKINA NATALIA RUS 02:01:427 HUTCHINSON TRUDEE AUS 02:02:438 ROSE ERICA USA 02:03:189 FARIAS CORTES CLAUDIA MARCELA MEX 02:06:5510 PU?ET MITCHELL CELESTE ARG 02:07:1011 GEIJO PILAR ARG 02:09:1812 DOYLE MELISSA CAN 02:12:5513 CHARBONNEAU SOPHIE CAN 02:13:0714 MATUS ACU?A VIOLETA MEX 02:14:0515 YEPEZ ENRIQUEZ JOSELYN MEX 02:15:2716 RAPTIS TEODORA MKD 02:15:3417 VAN DER LAAN IRENE HOL 02:24:0018 ROJAS DULCE MEX 02:35:4319 PONCE DEL CASTILLO AIDA MEX 02:43:48