SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- An Olympic synchronized swimmer who was sentenced to jail for a fatal car accident said Tuesday she regrets pleading no contest because she doesn't think she did anything wrong.

Speaking publicly for the first time about the single car wreck that killed her boyfriend and a 12-year-old boy, a tearful Tammy Crow, 27, said that even though she wishes her case had gone to trial she has deep remorse over the deaths.

"I'm so, so sorry," said Crow, accompanied by her coach and two teammates from the U.S. synchronized swimming team. "I would do anything to get that day back."

Crow, a St. Louis native who lives and trains in Santa Clara, was driving Brett Slinger, 12, of Danville, Calif., and her boyfriend, Cody Tatro, 26, of Walnut Creek, to a ski trip near Yosemite National Park on Feb. 16, 2003, when she lost control of Tatro's sport utility vehicle.

The SUV slammed into two trees, killing Slinger and Tatro, who was not wearing a seat belt. Prosecutors said they charged Crow with two misdemeanor counts of vehicular manslaughter because she had consumed alcohol at a party the night before the accident and sped on a slick highway.

A blood sample taken three hours after the accident revealed no alcohol in Crow's system.

Crow sustained a broken arm and broken bones in her back but recovered in time to qualify for the Olympic team in December. The judge allowed her to postpone serving her 90-day sentence until after she competes in this summer's Athens Games.

Crow told reporters Tuesday that she hadn't asked the judge to defer her sentence, which also includes three years probation and $23,000 restitution to the Slinger family. Crow met the boy after he invited Tatro, who worked as a teacher's aide at the boy's school, to go skiing with his family.

Crow said she regrets her decision to follow her attorney's advice to enter a no-contest plea because even though she had three alcoholic drinks while celebrating with her club team, she was not impaired or tired by the time she got behind the wheel. When she lost control of the SUV, "it really felt like somebody pushed the car," she said.

"I really feel like I didn't do anything wrong," she said.

Crow said she was "in shock" when she was sentenced to jail.

Standing with Crow in a show of support were coach Chris Carver and teammates Becky Jasontek and Lauren McFall.

"I don't know anything about the law, but I know an awful lot about Tammy Crow," Carver said. "She's the best of the best."