Mizzou Sits 10th at NCAA Championships With One Day Remaining
3/20/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Mizzou swimming and diving team continued its strong performance at the 2015 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with six individual and one All-America honors during day two competition on Friday. With one day remaining, the Tigers sit in 10th-place with 90 points.
Two days into the three day event, all six of Mizzou's individual qualifiers (five swimmers and one diver) have earned All-America honors. On Friday, senior Danielle Barbiea earned first team honors in the 100 fly, while five different Tigers claimed individual honorable mention accolades: freshman Sharli Brady (400 IM), redshirt junior Abby Duncan (100 breast), junior Lauren Reedy (3-meter springboard), sophomore Katharine Ross (100 breast) and freshman Hannah Stevens (100 back). Additionally, the 200 medley relay team took home first team honors.
Barbiea earned the first individual All-America first team honor of her career with a seventh-place finish in the 100 fly. A two-time honorable mention All-American in the event after finishes of 13th in 2014 and 15th in 2013, Barbiea touched the wall in 51.73 in the championship final to take seventh.
A day after placing fourth in the 400 medley relay, Missouri's 200 medley relay team earned All-America first team honors with a seventh-place finish in finals. It is the first time two Mizzou relays claimed top-eight finishes in one Championship. The Tiger foursome of freshman Hannah Stevens, sophomore Katharine Ross, Barbiea and junior Anna Patterson set a school record in prelims with a swim of 1:37.08 to earn their spot in the championship final. In finals, the Tigers finished seventh in a time of 1:37.35.
On the 3-meter springboard, Reedy won the consolation final to take ninth overall and earn her first All-America honor. The junior rallied late in prelims with final dives of 69.0 and 71.3 points to jump to advance to the consolation final. Reedy then scored a career high 363.00 points in finals, including scores of 60 or higher in five of her six dives, to take ninth.
Brady continued her late season emergence with a 12th-place finish in the 400 IM. The freshman initially broke her own school record with a 4:08.41 in prelims to qualify for the consolation final. Then, Brady dropped her program mark with a finals time of 4:08.01 and claim the first All-America honor of her career.
Missouri had two top-14 finishers in the 100 breast, as Duncan and Ross each swam in Friday night consolation finals. Duncan clocked a 59.71 to take 13th overall, one spot ahead of teammate Ross, who was 14th in 1:00.34. In prelims, Ross swam a 59.72 and Duncan a 59.86.
Stevens earned individual honorable mention All-America honors Saturday in the 100 back. The freshman qualified for the consolation final after taking 15th in prelims in a swim of 52.20. Stevens then finished sixth with a time of 52.37 in the consolation final to place 14th overall in the event.
The Tigers' 800 free relay team of Brady, freshmen Rachel Hayden and Erin Metzger-Seymour and Patterson took 21st after a time of 7:10.95. In the leadoff spot, Brady clocked a personal best 1:46.37 in the 200 free to move into fifth all-time at Mizzou.
Final day action at the 2015 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships continues on Saturday with preliminary action at 10 a.m. CT.
2015 NCAA Women's Championships Day Two Results
200 Medley Relay
7. Stevens, Ross, Barbiea, Patterson (1:37.35 finals, 1:37.08 prelims)
400 IM
12. Sharli Brady (4:08.01 finals, 4:08.41 prelims)
100 Fly
7. Danielle Barbiea (51.73 finals, 51.77 prelims)
100 Breast
13. Abby Duncan (59.71 finals, 59.86 prelims)
14. Katharine Ross (1:00.34 finals, 59.72 prelims)
100 Back
14. Hannah Stevens (52.37 finals, 52.20 prelims)
800 Free Relay Relay
21. Brady, Hayden, Metzger-Seymour, Patterson (7:10.95)
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