Spartan Swimming Set for Final Day of NCAA Championships
INDIANAPOLIS - Following three days of competition at the 2015 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships, both University of Tampa teams are in contention for national top-10 finishes.
The Spartan men are ninth overall with 126 points, as the women moved up to 12th with 79.5 total points. Queens is the team leader in the men's and women's with 316.5 and 422.5 points respectively.
Freshman Brittany Bayes opened the evening with an 11th place finish in the 500 Free. Her time was 4:56.49, which was nearly two full seconds faster than her prelims time.
Senior Zane Hranac concluded his excellent collegiate career with a 15th-place effort in the 200 Fly. His time was clocked at 1:51.10.
UT's women's 800 Free Relay team finished sixth, which earned them All-American honors. The team of Sophie Long, Bayes, Erin Plachy and Briana Murphy was timed at 7:28.27.
Tampa's men also became All-Americans in the 800 Free Relay with a seventh-place time of 6:35.40. Runar Borgen, Jeremy Parker, Derek Krell and Martin Hammer made up the UT relay team.
Saturday's competition is at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Fans may watch live and access real-time scoring through NCAA.com.
Following is a link to the 2015 digital championships program: http://www.ncaa.com/DIISwimDive.
2015 Tampa All-Americans
Men
Khalid Aldaboos: 200 Free Relay
Jordan Augier: 400 Medley Relay
Runar Borgen: 50 Free, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay
Wayne Denswil: 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
Martin Hammer: 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay
Derek Krell: 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay
Jeremy Parker: 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay
Women
Marisa Barton: 200 Free Relay
Brittany Bayes: 800 Free Relay
Amanda Fernandes: 200 Free Relay
Sophie Long: 800 Free Relay
Briana Murphy: 200 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay
Erin Plachy: 200 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay