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NCAA Championships
Hoosiers Place 15th at NCAA Swim and Dive Championships
3/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
March 19, 2011
Results
AUSTIN, Texas - Led by a consolation final victory from sophomore Amy Cozad in the platform diving competition, and top-16 finishes from junior Allysa Vavra and senior Brittany Barwegen, the Hoosiers finished 15th at the 2011 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.
Indiana finished with 86.5 points for its eighth-straight top-15 finish. California took home the NCAA title with 424 points, with Georgia (394.5), USC (351), Stanford (272) and Arizona (266) rounding out the top five.
Following up her fifth-place finish in the 400 individual medley yesterday, Vavra earned her third All-America honor of the meet with an 11th-place finish in the 200 breaststroke. Her time of 2:09.70 was third fastest in the consolation heat and is the third-fastest time in school history. Vavra went 2:10.94 in the morning prelims to earn her consolation final spot.
Sophomore Amy Cozad earned her first All-America honor after winning the consolation final in the platform diving competition with a score of 330.45. Cozad finished 12th in the prelims after tallying 278.25 points, earning her spot in the consolation final. Junior Gabby Agostino placed 19th in the competition with a score of 243.50 in prelims.
Freshman Bronwyn Pasloski took third in her heat with a career-best time of 2:12.51, placing her 30th overall. Sophomore Ashley Specht swam the same heat, posting a time of 2:14.05, which was good for 44th overall.
Barwegen moved up one spot with her consolation final swim in the 200 butterfly, taking 15th overall with a time of 1:57.36. She went 1:57.03 in the morning prelims to earn her spot in the consolation final.
Freshman Brenna MacLean clocked a time of 1:58.43 to finish sixth in her prelim but was 1/100th of a second out of third place as three swimmers tied for third in 1:58.42.
Freshman Taylor Wohrley and senior Ashley Jones swam in the final prelim heat of the 200 backstroke, with Wohrley finishing seventh in 1:57.06, and Jones eighth in 1:57.39. Overall they placed 34th and 37th, respectively.
Junior Margaux Farrell was the fastest Hoosiers in the 100 freestyle with a time of 49.01, good for fifth in her heat and 22nd overall. Junior Brittany Strumbel placed fourth in her prelim heat and 27th overall with a time of 49.06.
Junior Nikki White finished 24th in the 1,650 freestyle after going 16:14.71 in her swim. Freshman Lindsay Vrooman placed a few spots back in 28th with a time of 16:17.58.
In the final race of the day, Strumbel, freshman Sara Delay, Farrell and freshman Stephanie Armstrong posted a 13th-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:17.38. That is the third-fastest time in school history, just ahead of the 3:17.44 the quartet put up in the morning preliminary session.
1,650 Freestyle
24. Nikki White - 16:14.71
28. Lindsay Vrooman - 16:17.58
200 Backstroke
34. Taylor Wohrley - 1:57.06
37. Ashley Jones - 1:57.39
100 Freestyle
22. Margaux Farrell - 49.01 (fifth-fastest time in school history)
27. Brittany Strumbel - 49.06
200 Breaststroke
11. Allysa Vavra - 2:09.70 (third-fastest time in school history; All-American) (2:10.94 prelims)
30. Bronwyn Pasloski - 2:12.51 (career best)
44. Ashley Specht - 2:14.05
200 Butterfly
15. Brittany Barwegen - 1:57.36 (All-American) (1:57.03 prelims)
34. Brenna MacLean - 1:58.42
400 Freestyle Relay
13. Indiana (Strumbel, Delay, Farrell, Armstrong) - 3:17.38 (third-fastest time in school history; All-American) (3:17.44 prelims; fourth-fastest time in school history.)
Platform Diving
9. Amy Cozad - 330.45 (278.25 prelims)
19. Gabby Agostino - 243.50
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