AUBURN, Ala. - The 2000 U.S. Open kicked off at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center today in Auburn, Ala. Olympic gold medalist Megan Quann showed she hasn't missed a step since coming back from Sydney, winning the 100m breast in a meet record time of 1:07.25. Quann held the previous record from 1998 at 1:07.41. Curl-Burke's Ed Moses, the silver medalist in Sydney, made it an Olympic double, winning the men's 100m breast in 59.70, more than two seconds ahead of runner-up David Schulze of Indiana (1:02.06).

Quann's teammate, Jamie Reid, made it a double for Puyallup, coming from behind to win the 200m back in 2:09.47. She trailed by half of a second at the 100 mark, but a strong back half gave her an almost one second victory over Aquazot's Nicole Mackey (2:10.43). Auburn's Romain Barnier won the men's 200m back from lane one with a time of 1:58.99, just ahead of West Michigan's Chris DeJong (1:59.19).

Earlier in the evening, Mackey jumped out to an early lead in the women's 200m IM, but Auburn's Maggie Bowen moved from fourth to first on the breaststroke leg and never looked back. Bowen won the event in 2:11.30 with Mackey taking second in 2:13.47. Honza Vitazka, swimming unattached, led from start to finish to win the men's 200m IM in 1:58.35. St. Petersburg's Robert Margalis was second in 2:01.08.

Up-and-comer Christina Swindle of Miami won the 50m free in 25.17. Just a few weeks ago, she broke Dara Torres' National High School record in the 50y free as well as the national mark in the 100y free. North Coast's Michael Picotte won the men's 50m free in 22.36.

Janelle Atkinson (University of Florida) survived a couple of lead changes to win the 400m free in 4:07.43. She was third at the 50 mark and moved to first with 100 meters to go. The top three finishers in the men's 400m free all went under the meet record with Florida's Ricardo Monaserio holding off Margalis to win in 3:48.92. Margalis posted a 3:49.44, followed by Long Island's Brendan Neligan in 3:50.39. The previous meet record was 3:50.63 set by Robbie McFarland in 1994.

The meet continues tomorrow through Saturday.