SMU freshman swimmer Flavia Rigamonti won her second NCAA crown Saturday night in the 1,650 freestyle event at the 2002 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships at Joe Jamail Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. The win began a night that saw SMU finish runner-up in two other events and finish the 2002 Championships in ninth place with 178 points. Auburn won the 2002 crown with a total of 474 points.

In the night's first event, the 1,650 free, Rigamonti wasted no time in adding her second NCAA individual trophy to her mantle. Her time of 15:52.28 was nearly ten seconds better than Florida's Janelle Atkinson's time of 16:01.01. The win capped off the most successful NCAA Championship run since volunteer assistant coach Martina Moravcova won three individual NCAA titles at the 1999 championships. On Thursday, Rigamonti came from behind late to take her first NCAA crown in the 500 free.

Sophomore Alenka Kejzar finished runner-up for the second night straight in the night's second event, the 200 backstroke. Kejzar touched in with a time of 1:54.18. Cal's sophomore sensation Natalie Coughlin won the event with a new NCAA, American, and U.S. Open record of 1:49.52, breaking her own record set a year ago at the NCAA Championships. Kejzar's time was a new SMU record breaking her own school record of 1:54.28 set earlier this year.

The Mustangs picked up its third All-American honor of the night three events later as sophomore Georgina Lee finished runner-up in the 200 fly with a time of 1:54.92. Lee finished second to Stanford's Shelly Ripple, who also broke a NCAA record with a time of 1:53.23 in the event.

The night concluded a successful NCAA Championship run that saw SMU capture 13 All-American honors over the three-day competition. SMU's ninth place showing was its highest finish since placing third in 1999.

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