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Day 2- Finals
IU 11th After Day 2 of NCAA Championships
3/20/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Site: Greensboro Aquatic Center (Greensboro, N.C.) Score: 82 Points (11th) Live Results: NCAA Championships Live Results
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- All-America honors for freshman Kennedy Goss, junior Brooklynn Snodgrass and freshman Jessica Parratto, as well as the 800 freestyle relay, moved Indiana up the leaderboard at the 2015 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Indiana shot up the leaderboard from 25th to 11th heading into the final day with 82 points. California leads the field with 383.5 points.
Competing against some of the top swimmers in the world in the 200 freestyle final, Goss, broke the school record for the second time on the day with a 1:43.52 to take fifth. That bested her prelims time of 1:43.67, which is now the second-fastest time in IU history. Goss time is also a new Big Ten Conference record.
Junior Haley Lips qualified for the consolation final after posting a 1:44.06 in prelims, the fourth-fastest time in IU history. Lips went 1:44.41 in the B final to place 14th overall.
Snodgrass matched her finish at last year's NCAA Championships in the 100 backstroke, taking fourth in a time of 51.39. That is the fifth-fastest time in IU history and makes Snodgrass a three-time All-American in the event.
Senior Justine Ress is capping her career off on a high note, finishing fourth in the consolation final with a time of 52.01. That is her second-fastest time ever in the 100 back and her best-ever individual finish at the NCAA meet. Ress went a career-best 51.75 in prelims to earn her second swim. Also in prelims freshman Marie Chamberlain was 27th in a time of 52.98.
Parratto made her first championship final, finishing seventh on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 340.95. Lacey Houser posted a score of 292.80, placing her 34th in the field.
The evening session ended with the 800 freestyle relay as Lips, Goss, freshman Grace Vertigans and freshman Delaney Barnard went 7:02.61 to finish sixth. Lips, Vertigans and Barnard earn first-team All-America honors for the first time in their careers, while Goss adds to her 200 free All-America honor.
Senior Dorina Szekeres led Indiana in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:10.74, placing 23rd. Right behind her in 24th was freshman Sam Lisy, posting a career-best time of 4:10.83. Sophomore Bailey Pressey was 41st in the field with a time of 4:15.88.
Sophomore Gia Dalesandro was Indiana's lone entrant in the 100 butterfly, finishing 29th in a time of 52.67.
The competition concludes Saturday with the 1,650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 butterfly, platform diving and the 400 freestyle relay for the Hoosiers.
400 Individual Medley
23. Dorina Szekeres - 4:10.74
24. Sam Lisy - 4:10.83 (Career Best)
41. Bailey Pressey - 4:15.88
100 Butterfly
29. Gia Dalesandro - 52.67
200 Freestyle
5. Kennedy Goss - 1:43.52 (Big Ten Record; All-American (1:43.67 prelims; 2nd-fastest time in IU history)
14. Haley Lips - 1:44.41 (1:44.06 prelims; Career Best; 4th-fastest in IU history)
100 Backstroke
4. Brooklynn Snodgrass - 51.39 (All-American; 5th-fastest time in IU history) (51.63 prelims)
12. Justine Ress - 52.01 (Honorable Mention All-American (51.75 prelims; Career Best)
27. Marie Chamberlain - 52.98
3-Meter Diving
7. Jessica Parratto - 340.95 (348.15 prelims)
34. Lacey Houser - 292.80
800 Freestyle Relay
6. Lips, Goss, Vertigans, Barnard - 7:02.61 (All-American; 5th-fastest time in IU history)
*1:44.93 leadoff for Lips
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