Day Three of NCAA Swimming Championships is Complete With Tampa Among Leaders
DALLAS - The University of Tampa women's swimming team continues to move up the leaderboard and is now fourth overall at the 2012 NCAA Division II Swimming Championships. The Spartan men also moved up and stand at 13th.
After three of four days, Tampa's women have tallied 173 points as Wayne State's women are the overall leaders with 392 points. UC-San Diego is second while Drury is third with 337.5 and 337 respectively.
The Spartan men now have 82 points as the Drury men are first with 330 total points.
Heather Glenday began the finals for the Spartans in the 500 Free, finishing fifth with a 4:55.33 tally after winning the prelims.
Alex Hipolito set a school record while finishing fourth in the 100 Breast. Hipolito's record time was clocked at 1:03.90.
Catherine Parker was eighth in the 200 Fly with time of 2:04.76 while teammate Lindsay Calimer was second in the consolation heat to place 10th overall in the event. Calimer's finals time was listed at 2:04.48.
To conclude women's action, Tampa's 800 Free Relay team placed seventh in the finals. The group of Kristine Kassl, Glenday, Alexandria Greenhill and Hipolito were timed at 7:31.98.
Berk Kahraman broke his own school record from earlier this season while taking the consolation to place ninth in the 100 Back with a time of 48.82.
Norbert Kovacs swam to a national runner-up finish in the 200 Fly, with a time of 1:46.51. It also set a new school record, with Kovacs topping his record-time from the 2012 Sunshine State Conference Championships.
The UT men's 800 Free Relay team of Jeff Fiore, Kahraman, David Humphrey and Kovacs swam to a 12th-place finish with a time of 6:44.41, which marked the final event of day three. The time was also a school record for Tampa.
Saturday will mark the fourth and final day of competition, which will include finals in the 1,650 Free, 100 Free, 200 Back, 200 Breast and 400 Free Relay. The prelims are slated for 10:30 a.m., followed by the 6 p.m., finals.
Tampa's women are looking for its first top-10 finish since 2006, when it was ninth.